User Centered

(Fast) Alles über Mobile User Experience

30. August 2010 in Mobile Usability, Präsentationen |

Habt ihr ein wenig Zeit, liebe Zielgruppe?

Denn dieser Rohdiamant von Brian Fling hat 342 Seiten. Aber das Durchhalten lohnt sich – versprochen.

Lassen wir noch kurz den Autor zu Wort kommen:

In this workshop we will deconstruct a variety of successful mobile experiences from the old green screens to today’s hottest iPhone apps. We’ll identify what works in the mobile context and why. But more importantly we’ll learn how we can design incredible mobile experiences for today and for tomorrow.

Und die Präsentation kann bei slideshare heruntergeladen werden (81mb!).

→ Brian Fling – Designing Mobile Experiences

Tipps für produktive Design Reviews

27. August 2010 in Lesenswert |

…gibt uns Kim Cullen in ihrem Artikel an die Hand.

It’s a common challenge in visual design: creating a feedback structure that respects the subjective nature of visual design, yet also generates actionable items for moving forward. In reviews, clients need to know that their opinions are heard and the design team needs to walk away confident that they have clear next steps.

Below are a few of the tips and tricks that the visual designers at Adaptive Path use to manage effective client reviews. When talking to clients about the more subjective aspects of visual design, we’ve found these techniques help frame the conversation and lead to more productive feedback.

→ Adaptive Path – Managing Productive Visual Design Reviews

Design Thinking for Geeks

26. August 2010 in Design, Präsentationen, User Research |

Der Titel passt nicht wirklich gut zu der Präsentation. Denn die Folien geben einen ganz guten Überblick über Design Thinking – nicht nur für Geeks.

Lesenswertes vom 25.08.2010

25. August 2010 in Links, User Experience, User Research |

Giving research a design twist | Design Studies at Dundee
"Next time you hear the word “research”, or if you are assigned with a task to do some research in Design Studies or for a studio project, think about the colourful fun stuff you can do."
Agile and UX Coaching | Anders Ramsay.com
"Just like the Agile Coach is not part of a team but helps the team undergo the transformation from a traditional to an Agile approach, so too does a UX Coach help Agile teams undergo a similar transformation, from UX being a vaguely mysterious notion to something that is just another normal part of an Agile project lifecycle."
We are all designers | Perception Is The Experience
"There are many changes to the way 'we've always designed' when adopting an Agile philosophy. This post will focus on one realization I've made recently – there are no job titles, we are all designers. "

(via delicious.com)

Eight Principles of Information Architecture

23. August 2010 in Information Architecture, Präsentationen |

…heißt eine Präsentation, die Dan Brown im April auf der IA Summit gehalten hat.

Leider sind die Folien recht knapp gehalten und auch die von ihm ins Netz gestellten Notizen ließen einige Fragen offen.

Aber jetzt hat er seine Ideen in einen umfangreichen Artikel gepackt:

Logged in – Wie sozial machen uns Netzwerke?

22. August 2010 in ..., Videos |

Prototyping im Detail

16. August 2010 in Interaktionsdesign |

…erklärt uns Odette Colyer in ihrem Artikel Create the Perfect Prototype.

It’s much cheaper to change a website early on in the development process than it is to make changes later on. Building prototypes – draft versions of your website – is a good way of nipping problems in the bud and getting things right first time around. [...]

Your end prototype should be a fairly refined and testable representation of the product. There are several techniques you can use to reach this point, which again will be project-dependent.

Der Artikel lohnt sich, auch wenn die Gute hauptsächlich über Webseiten spricht.

→ Odette Coyler – Create the Perfect Prototype

Wie attraktive User Interfaces entstehen

9. August 2010 in Design, Präsentationen, User Experience |

Stephen P. Anderson, der Erfinder der Mental Notes, beschreibt in seiner Präsentation, wie man zu “attraktiven” User Interfaces (sein Begriff, nicht meiner) kommt.

Die Zutaten, die er anhand einer Reihe von Beispielen aufzeigt, erklärt er genauer auf seinen Mental Notes Karten. Aber die Präsentation ist auch so verständlich und das Durchblättern lohnt sich auf jeden Fall.

Der neue Ballast

8. August 2010 in Lesenswert |

There’s a new kind of clutter littering Web pages. It’s not just the obnoxious “Refinance your mortgage” ads plastered atop and alongside articles. It’s also not just the animated nonsense that floats by as you’re trying to read.

It’s the article itself.

In the never-ending quest to get page views, the choices writers and editors are making to attract eyeballs and drive traffic are creating a new breed of low-brow, gimmicky disposable content.

→ Richard Ziade – The new Clutter