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Redesigning Wikipedia's Search
Yesterday was the deadline to submit a redesign of Wikipedia’s search page to the search design contest organized by Greplin .
Digital Web Magazine - Concept Design Tools
Designers of digital products and services like ourselves can dramatically improve our work by generating more concepts early in our projects.
Jesse James Garrett: experience design and information architecture resources
This page collects all my published work related to experience design and information architecture. This conceptual model of the considerations involved in designing successful user experiences for Web sites is the foundation for all my subsequent work in this field.
Mental models are representations of reality that people use to understand specific phenomena. Norman (in Gentner & Stevens, 1983) describes them as follows: "In interacting with the environment, with others, and with the artifacts of technology, people form internal, mental models of themselves and of the things with which they are interacting.
TIP: Concepts
In October 2008 I joined a great group of guys over at Daily Challenge to lend some creative firepower to an already blazing group of talented young individuals.
Applications of usability principles on a social network | creative briefing
Better User Experience With Storytelling – Part One - Smashing Magazine
Stories have defined our world.
Software development is built around quantitative measurements.
Quantifying Usability: How injecting usability principles into standard bug tracking software can reshape how your organization approaches UX design | UX Magazine
Bill Gates On Microsoft: Damn, Our Usability Sucks
Todd Bishop has published a 2003 e-mail from Bill Gates to some Microsoft developers. It’s basically Bill complaining about certain Windows features not working, and others being so convoluted that it’s irrational to expect a rational person to go through this hell to get an update or a piece of free software. The e-mail is fascinating for two reasons.
There has been too much nonsense spouted about the effectiveness of certain successful companies’ websites and it’s time to correct it. Those who say that poorly designed websites are partly responsible for some companies’ success are feeding you a load of crap. And too many of you are eating it up.
Hungry? Want another bullshit sandwich? | UX Magazine
Onboarding: Designing Welcoming First Experiences | UX Magazine
Last May I was given the great privilege to write a sidebar in Christian Crumlish and Erin Malone 's fabulous new book, Designing Social Interfaces . The topic I was asked to write about is " onboarding "—designing welcoming experiences for new users by easing them in.Pretty much every single day I get a tweet, email, or in person request for information on how to get started in the field of user experience.