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Lifehacker is making some changes to its comment system that will require you to log in with a Facebook, Google, or Twitter account. You must convert your account to one of these services in order to continue using your account. Converting your account on Lifehacker will do so on all Gawker Media Sites.This wiki accompanies the Design with Intent card deck which is free to download or can be ordered in printed form .
Design with Intent Toolkit
Design with Intent | Design and human behaviour
There are lots of models of human behaviour, and as the design of systems becomes increasingly focused on people , modelling behaviour has become more important for designers. As Jon Froehlich, Leah Findlater and James Landay note , “even if it is not explicitly recognised, designers [necessarily] approach a problem with some model of human behaviour”, and, of course, “all models are wrong, but some are useful” . One of the points of the DwI toolkit (post-rationalised) was to try to give designers a few different models of human behaviour relevant to different situations, via pattern-like examples. I’m not going to get into what models are ‘best’ / right / most predictive for designers’ use here.Method & Craft
Learn how to choose between PNG-24 and PNG-8 when working with textured artwork in Photoshop, plus a handy technique to keep file size at a minimum.