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WWDC and Google I/O have come and gone. At first I was disappointed with both, but then I sat back to think about what an amazing time we are in with mobile and computing. I don’t know about you, but I feel like the battle of the full touch screen is done, and now we move on. Android has caught up enough on the quality of display (although not “retina” displays such as housed by HTC One X are fantastic), and especially with Jellybean, the UI isn’t as jaggy and laggy as in the past. The hard work of battery drain and performance still continues, but it is also easily close enough.
My HealtheVet
What`s YOUR health age? Yes, you`re healthy. You are eating better food, you even exercise a bit. You take medications on time, keep a positive attitude in life. So, yeah, you`re healthy. But do you know your health age?
Laws of User Experience (UX): Making It, or Breaking It, with th
As an evangelist for design ethnography, Kelly Goto is dedicated to understanding how real people integrate products and services into their daily lives.Goto is a sought-after international keynote lecturer and author on the topics of web and mobile strategies, usability, and design ethnography. Her book, Web Redesign 2.0: Workflow that Works has been translated into 14 languages and is an established standard for workflow methodologies and user-centered design principles worldwide. Kelly is principal of gotomedia, LLC, a global leader in research-driven, people-friendly interface design for web, mobile and product solutions for clients including Seiko Epson Japan, Adobe, VeriSign, Nokia, WebEx and CNET.
The Right Way to Wireframe: Web 2.0 Expo San Francisco 2010 - Co
Increasingly, as designers of interactive systems (spaces, processes and products for people), we find ourselves stretching the limits of communication tools to explore and document what it will be like to interact with the things we design. We describe “wireframing” as a form of design communication that enables stakeholders, team members, users and clients to gain first-hand appreciation of existing or future problem spaces and solutions. We create wireframes to inform both design process and design decisions. Wireframes range from sketches and different kind of models at various levels of fidelity— “looks like,” “behaves like,” “works like” — to explore and communicate propositions about the design and its context. This workshop will be presented in two parts and will revolve around a single design problem. Before the workshop, a third party (TBD) will provide clear business requirements to the four user experience designers leading it.
UserBlog
On April 20th at the Harrington College of Design in Chicago, we held our first Mobile Camp. We learned a lot, and had a lot of fun–and we’re pretty grateful that we get to do this type of event with and for people in Chicago, which is a great city with a pretty incredible tech scene that we love. We asked for some feedback, and we’ve heard some really great things. I’m going to go through some of the feedback and hopefully provide some insight and/or some ideas about what we think we may do differently in the future!
Persuasive Technology for Web and Mobile Developers: Web 2.0 Exp
This workshop is taught by Kendra Markle and is broken down as follows: 20 min – Intro, current landscape, future potential 30 min – Brain science 40 min – 5 persuasive techniques (of many) Break 30 min – Case studies 30 min – Design process & exercises 30 min – Summary, homework and questions Intro: Tools and techniques for persuading people, quickly and inexpensively, are here.
Create a Successful Social Media Plan: The Seven-Step Program: W
Engaging in social media doesn’t mean launching a Twitter account or Facebook Page—and then going crazy trying to keep it up. With a sound strategy and plan in place, you can effectively integrate social media tools and tactics into your workplace and workflow, saving both time and money in the long run. In this session, we’ll cover steps you can take to map out why and how your organization can and should use social media tools and tactics.
Designing Social Interfaces: Web 2.0 Expo San Francisco 2010 - C
Designing social websites and applications or adding a social dimension to an existing project entails its own unique challenges way beyond those involved in creating experiences for individuals interacting alone with an interface. Any of the following sound familiar? I’m a designer being asked to add “social” to my site! I have an active community on my site but people are misbehaving. How can I get that under control?
