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February 2010

Five User Experience Trends « Bokardo – Social Design by Joshua Porter

February 28, 2010 Uncategorized

February 9th, 2010 Five User Experience Trends by Joshua Porter  |   5 Comments  |  shortlink: http://bokardo.com/p/1614 Since my blog has been broken a lot recently I missed this excellent overview of Five User Experience trends by Gene Smith. I can%u2019t help but agree with all of them: Services as Software %u2013 Gene is one of [...]

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Roundup of UX Applications | UX Booth

February 28, 2010 Uncategorized

Reviewed Applications ClickTale Crazy Egg Chalkmark Feedback Army Other Applications Silverback UserTesting Loop11 UserZoom Usabilla Five Second Test Feng-GUI Clixpy Concept Feedback ClickHeat via uxbooth.com Nice review of the latest UX apps. They actually didn’t mention that Camtasia is now Mac compatible too – but I like Silverback just as much. Posted via web from [...]

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Why Design is a Method of Action (Eames)

February 28, 2010 Uncategorized

To whom does design address itself: to thegreatest number (the masses)? to the specialistsor the enlightened amateur? To a privilegedsocial class?To the need. via blog.gentry.io Nice article about Eames ideas about design. I like this answer. Posted via web from John Whalen’s Posterous

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LukeW’s Social Site Use Data | Still interesting that Twitter is for 39 yr olds…

February 28, 2010 Uncategorized

Globally, social networks and blogs are the most popular online category when ranked by average time spent in December. (source) Consumers spent more than 5.5 hours on social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter in December 2009, an 82% increase from the same time last year. (source) 47% of online adults use social networking sites, [...]

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Three reasons why you should design for Mobile first. #ixd #mobile #ux

February 28, 2010 Uncategorized

More often than not, the mobile experience for a Web application or site is designed and built after the PC version is complete. Here’s three reasons why Web applications should be designed for mobile first instead. 1. Mobile is exploding Though the Web has been accessible on mobile devices for years, today’s smart phones are [...]

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NYT: On Wall Street, a Romance With the Curling Stone

February 26, 2010 Uncategorized

It is about strategy and precision. Curling is like chess on ice, and that, Wall Streeters say, it part of its quiet appeal. via nytimes.com Well said! Now if I can just persuade everyone I know this is the case… Posted via web from John Whalen’s Posterous

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Now that’s what I call a wireframe!

February 24, 2010 Uncategorized

via core77.com Now that’s what I call a wireframe! Posted via web from John Whalen’s Posterous

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Designing To Innovate And Improve The World

February 24, 2010 Uncategorized

So what does it take to cause millions of people to do things differently? “In the old days it was all about [public service announcements],” he said. “The way we got people to think about drugs or smoking — and it was quite a lot more complex than that. One role is that the private [...]

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Role of Design in Business | understanding #ux #riskmitigation #marketing

February 11, 2010 Uncategorized

there are four basic areas in which design has an important role to play in value creation: Understanding the Consumer Entrepreneurs and large companies alike invest heavily in understanding their consumers. Consumers themselves often give detailed suggestions about how to improve various offerings. Still, most products that perform as promised are rejected in the marketplace. [...]

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Flash vs. HTML5 | UX Magazine – no matter…#ux and #uxcommitment the key

February 11, 2010 Uncategorized

the root causes for sub-optimal user experience have to do with lack of appropriate process, and governance, and lack of a genuine commitment to a quality user experience. Such a commitment would lead organizations to adopt a user-centered usability-oriented development process. Rather than taking these steps, we see a lot of projects that are “stakeholder [...]

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