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Lesenswertes vom 18.10.2011 – Rund um Design Patterns

Maxi — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 10:49:17 +0000

Why have a design pattern library? | dezining interactions
"At some point or another in a company’s lifecycle the interaction design team may find themselves seriously outnumbered. […] Whatever the issue, it’s usually at this point that someone on the team will think about an interaction design pattern library.
So You Wanna Build a Library, Eh? | Boxes and Arrows
"The following article is an abridged version of Chapter 7 of Nathan Curtis’s 2009 book, Modular Web Design published by New Riders."
The power of patterns: Bridging IA, design and development | non-linear thinking
"Patterns are infinitely useful to interaction designers and programmers thanks to their reusability and the implicit knowledge sharing of tried-and-true solutions. Where they really become valuable though is in the sweet spot where they are paired with stencils and code."
What is the best way to explain the value of interface guidelines and interaction design patterns to upper management? | Quora
Eine Reihe von spannenden Antworten.

Doodlers of the World Unite!

Lennart — Sat, 08 Oct 2011 08:49:07 +0000

Hier erklärt uns Sunni Brown, warum ~~doodlen~~ “Kritzeln” eine gute Methode ist, komplexe Sachverhalte zu verstehen.

Während der Konferenz wurde Sunni zusätzlich von CNN interviewt.

Wirklich alles über Sketchnotes

Lennart — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 06:31:21 +0000

…erklärt uns Eva-Lotta Lamm in ihrer Präsentation.

Und neben der Tatsache, dass der Inhalt wirklich gelungen ist, macht es richtig Spaß, sich die Präsentation anzuschauen.

Aber wem das noch nicht reicht, für den hat Eva-Lotta in ihrem Blog noch ein wenig erklärenden Text hinterlassen.

Und jetzt fangt das Zeichnen an, liebe Zielgruppe.

Was ist Kreativität?

Lennart — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 05:01:43 +0000

Diese Frage versucht Tony Yoo in seiner Präsentation zu beantworten. Obwohl sie recht knapp gehalten ist, liefert sie einen guten Überblick.

Die Präsentation könnt ihr bei slideshare als .pdf herunter laden. Und weitere Informationen rund ums Kreativ sein hatte ich hier gesammelt.

Lesenswertes vom 27.07.2010 | User Research Edition

Lennart — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 06:50:41 +0000

User Research for Personas and Other Audience Models | UXmatters
"[T]his article is about the ingredients we can draw on when creating audience models and some alternative ways of communicating the results of an audience analysis."
Three Important Benefits of Personas | UIE Brain Sparks
"As part of our research to understand what techniques truly help teams produce better designs, we’re still constantly surprised by the number of teams successfully using personas. With personas, teams report that they are producing more usable designs that better match the needs of their audience, increasing the satisfaction of their users."
Tips for Effective Storyboarding | ANidea
"In this article you will learn how to create storyboards and present them. At the bottom of the post you’ll find free storyboard templates available for download."
Interviewing Users | Jakob Nielsen’s Alertbox
"[I]nterviews are in fact an appropriate user research method — if you use them only in the few cases for which they generate valid data."

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Wie kommt man schneller zu besseren Ideen?

Lennart — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 05:01:59 +0000

Diese Frage versucht David Sherwin in seinem Vortag zu beantworten. Und das recht erfolgreich, wie ich finde.

Over the course of my talk, I described the four parts of every designer’s process that can be optimized to come up with better ideas faster:

Strategy: Relating what you’ve been tasked to design back to a client’s stated business problem

Articulation: Knowing what questions need to be answered through ideation

Ideation: Answering those questions via brainstorming activities such as timeboxing—the use of short, structured sprints to reach stated ideation goals

Synthesis: Mixing and matching the ideas created during your brainstorm to create even better ones

Die Präsentation kann bei slideshare als .pdf herunter geladen werden.

→ Better Ideas Faster: How to Brainstorm More Effectively

iPad Paper-Prototyping bei der Omni Group

Lennart — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 05:01:21 +0000

Linda Sharps beschreibt recht nett, wie das derzeit UI der iPad-Version des OmniGraphSketcher entsteht.

Anyway, I thought some of you might be interested in seeing how some of our iPad development work is happening for OmniGraphSketcher. Now obviously we do a lot of mockups in [...] OmniGraffle. But when it comes to envisioning how something works on a piece of hardware no one can actually use yet, a lot of people here are going low-tech to try and figure it out.

→ Designing OmniGraphSketcher for the iPad

Prototyping in the Wild

Lennart — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:01:53 +0000

…so der Titel einer sehr guten Präsentation von Todd Warfel, über die Theresa Neil folgendens schreibt:

I was so inspired by his approach that I changed the way we work. We have now moved away from large decks of wireframes and interaction notes- and embraced the 70% rule. We design 70% then build a prototype.

Wenn das nicht vielversprechend klingt, liebe Zielgruppe, dann weiß ich es auch nicht…

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Lesenswertes vom 15.11.2009 – Über Usability Testing

Lennart — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 11:58:24 +0000

Usability Testing Versus Expert Reviews | UXmatters
"In this Ask UXmatters column [..] our experts discuss the use of usability testing versus expert reviews."
Five Techniques for Getting Buy-In for Usability Testing | User Interface Engineering
"Through our own research at UIE, and in our ongoing discussions with expert usability practitioners, we’ve identified several proven techniques for getting stakeholders onboard."
Three Tips to Keep Usability Testing on Track | ClickZ
"[M]y aim in this column is to list a few things to watch out for, based on a project we're testing right now.

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Lesenswertes vom 11.11.2009 – Über Präsentationen

Lennart — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 07:03:11 +0000

Visual Attention | Presentation at slideshare
"Slides from a talk by Dr Chris Atherton about the brain's limits of attention and cognitive load, and how we can work around that to ensure that we still have people's attention."
Why do people make bad slides? | Speaker Confessions
"So why then are bad slides so popular? Here’s some theories."
Why Learning from PowerPoint Lectures is Frustrating | Carolyn Blog
"However, subject matter being equal, the biggest influence on the quality of the class, and sometimes the most frustrating, is the teaching style of the professor. Some students just learn better from different styles of teaching than others. Recently I came to the conclusion that I do not learn well from classes in which the lectures are based on PowerPoint presentations."
Uncovering Steve Jobs’ Presentation Secrets – BusinessWeek
"For his new book, communications coach Carmine Gallo watched hours of Jobs' keynotes. Here he identifies the five elements of every presentation by the Apple CEO"

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