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- The Dirtiest Word in UX: Complexity
It’s hard to read anything about UX without finding a reference to the constant tension between simplicity and complexity. People have strong preconceived notions about the words, especially when it comes to experience design. You don’t have to be a UX ...
Article - Francisco Inchauste - July 06, 2010 - 25 comments - 0 attachments
- From Industrial Design to User Experience
Title 2: The heritage and evolving role of experience-driven design I was standing at a double water fountain the other day filling my water bottle when a gentleman app ...
Article - Mark Baskinger - June 08, 2010 - 19 comments - 0 attachments
- iPad vs. iPhone: A User Experience Study
Our 2-year-olds can use it . It's a brilliant entertainment device . But what sort of business potential does the iPad offer? Several companies have shown interest in mobile payment systems from startups like Square to mega-corporations li ...
Article - Nate Bolt, Brynn Evans, Cyd Harrell - June 10, 2010 - 26 comments - 0 attachments
- How UX Can Drive Sales in Mobile Apps
This is an interview with Jeff Powers and Vikas Reddy, the founders of Occipital and creators of the popular iPhone app, RedLaser . We became interested in their story when we learned the differentiating factor between a somewhat unsuccessful f ...
Article - Jeffrey Powers, Vikas Reddy, Jeremy Olson - May 10, 2010 - 5 comments - 0 attachments
- Ideate: A Digital Sketchbook
Communicating thoughts and ideas can be one of the biggest challenges in an industry that relies so heavily on visual interpretation. If you’re working on an idea by yourself, with a colleague or a client, it’s one thing to see an idea in your mind and ...
Article - Juan Sanchez - April 06, 2010 - 8 comments - 0 attachments
- Connectile Dysfunction
Emergent Themes in Designing for Inclusive Product Experiences Products fail us every day. For some reason, though, we tend to blame ourselves for those failures—for our inability to perform adequately, our lack of understanding, and, sometimes, our ...
Article - Mark Baskinger - March 22, 2010 - 1 comment - 0 attachments
- The Puma Phone: an underdog shows everyone else what "different" means
Am I going to ditch my iPhone for a Puma phone ? No. I am, however, really impressed by how Puma has chosen to enter a space that’s already way over-saturated. In an industry full of me-too-ing, they clearly recogni ...
Article - Alex Rainert - March 05, 2010 - 7 comments - 0 attachments
- Toward a better tablet OS, part 2
Part one of this article can be found here . A man could write for days and not say all there is to say about optimizing a UI for multitouch and tablet use. So I'll limit my observations for now to a few specific cases having to do ...
Article - Devin Coldewey - February 05, 2010 - 9 comments - 0 attachments
- Toward a better tablet OS, part 1
Part two of this article can be found here . As an exploration into the creation of a true tablet computing device, I wrote the piece you are about to read, which, while originally a single 3500-word monster, has been split into ...
Article - Devin Coldewey - February 03, 2010 - 0 comments - 0 attachments
- Product Sonification
We spoke with Karel Barnoski, an award-winning audio designer who has integrated sound into products and experiences ranging from stoves to cameras. Karel shares his keen insights about how the language of sound relates to interaction design and UX, ...
Article - Karel Barnoski - December 29, 2009 - 7 comments - 0 attachments
