UXify 2017 | Making Technology Personal...Again Kevin Richardson, Ph.D. / Wed, May 10, 2017 At the 5th annual UXify conference , sponsored by Infragistics , I had the privilege of giving the keynote address. In my presentation, entitled, Making Technology Personal...Again , I attempted to explain...
McMansion Problems - Don’t Design for the Extras Darian O'Reilly / Mon, Oct 24, 2016 There is a blog that I love called McMansion Hell – you know those crazy monster houses built in bulk starting in the 1980’s? They are usually found in great clusters and sometimes on very small pieces...
Interaction Design Needs a Frank Lloyd Wright – SXSW Interactive 2015 Kent Eisenhuth / Mon, Aug 18, 2014 Friends and colleagues, I’ve submitted a presentation proposal to the 2015 SXSW Interactive Conference. If you like my proposal, please take a moment to visit the SXSW PanelPicker ( http://panelpicker...
Unicorns in UX? Just say no! Marshal Datkowitz / Wed, Feb 5, 2014 The “Unicorn” concept (a rare individual who can do every UX job) has been talked up lately. I last heard an impassioned talk about this at UI18 in Boston. The idea goes something like this: There are...
Stop asking people what they think! (and start watching what they do) Marshal Datkowitz / Tue, Oct 8, 2013 I listen to developers of software and websites all day, they have great ideas and observations but I try to balance what I hear with what I see. Many product managers tell me what their customers...
Communicating Complex Information Kevin Richardson, Ph.D. / Wed, Feb 27, 2013 I was recently invited to speak at the Second Annual Symposium on Communicating Complex Information (SCCI). The goals of the conference, sponsored by the Association for Computing Machinery’s (ACM) Special...
Are You Design-Driven? Probably Not. Kevin Richardson, Ph.D. / Fri, Jan 18, 2013 The phrase “design-driven” seems to be used a lot these days. From design blogs to books on building corporate culture to marketing campaigns, everyone either thinks they are “design-driven” or need to...
Listening to users with Iterative Design Marshal Datkowitz / Thu, May 3, 2012 The heart of User Centered Design (UCD) is to listen to users. By "listen" I don't mean just hearing their words but using all the methods of observation to understand what users want from a product....
Envisioning the Future of UX: WebVisions NYC 2012 Miao Wang / Wed, Feb 22, 2012 How will business, design and technology be perfectly coordinated in the future? Strategists, designers and developers gathered in New York for the WebVisions 2012 Convention to share their visions and...
UX at this year's Web 2.0 NYC Conference jsalvador / Sun, Nov 27, 2011 As you may have noticed, 'UX' is a hot topic these days so it's no surprise that most sessions in this year's Web 2.0 conference in New York City revolved around User Experience and applying its principles...