Google Archives

I Love You, Instagram … but Why Won’t You Let Me Make Collages?

Content and Copy, Design, Design Tools and Software, Facebook, Google, Information Design and Architecture, Interaction Design, Interface and Navigation Design, Mobile Technology, Motion and Animation, Personas, Product design, Product Releases and Redesigns, Prototypes, Research Methods and Techniques, Sketching, Social Networking, Storytelling, Technology, Usability, User Acceptance Testing, Visual Design

Wishing that Instagram had a feature for creating collages, one user decided to create her own a prototype.

Article by Lin Wang

August 28, 2014

3 min read

What Will It Take to Make Your Grandma’s Wearable?

Apple, Apple iOS, Business Value and ROI, Consumer products, Design, Development, Empathy, Google, Input devices, Interaction Design, Interface and Navigation Design, iPhone, Mobile Applications, Mobile Technology, New and Emerging Technologies, Product design, Tablet, Technology, Usability, Voice & Natural Language

Wearable technology can’t reach its full potential until it provides valued services without being obtrusive and causing the users extraneous learning pains.

Article by Pallavi Sharma

August 7, 2014

6 min read

Creating Outstanding Experiences for Digital Natives

Analytics and Tracking, Business Value and ROI, Customer Experience, Design, Facebook, Flow and Immersion, Google, Interaction Design, Interface and Navigation Design, iPad, iPhone, Mobile Applications, Mobile Technology, New and Emerging Technologies, Product design, Psychology and Human Behavior, Social Networking, Strategy, Tablet, Technology, Usability, User Reported Feedback

A survey of Digital Natives reveals a group of impatient users with fragmented attention spans who demand fast and intuitive products and services.

Article by Saskia Schippers, Meike Mak

July 24, 2014

4 min read

Go Ahead, White-Label Your Services

Business Value and ROI, Design, Development, Employee Experience, Employment and Hiring, Google, Government and Public Services, Marketing and Brand, Personal and Professional Development, Product design, Project Management, Research Methods and Techniques, Social Networking, Team Dynamics, Technology, Usability, User Acceptance Testing, User Reported Feedback, Vendor-Client Relationships, Working With Stakeholders

While controversial among freelancers, white-labeling your services to a company can open you up to a whole new world of opportunity.

Article by Cory Lebson

July 14, 2014

8 min read

The Future Of Web TV

Analytics and Tracking, Android, Apple, Apple iOS, Business Value and ROI, Design, Development, Flow and Immersion, Google, HTML5, Information Design and Architecture, Input devices, Interaction Design, Interface and Navigation Design, iPad, iPhone, Mobile Technology, Motion and Animation, New and Emerging Technologies, Product design, Sound and Audio, Tablet, Technology, Usability, Video, Web

Products like Google Chromecast are creating new pathways for user-friendly connections between televisions and Internet content.

Article by Jeroen Wijering

June 16, 2014

5 min read

The Hubris and Humility of Opting In

Analytics and Tracking, Artificial Intelligence, Consumer products, Customer Experience, Design, Facebook, Global Products and Localization, Google, Government and Public Services, Information Design and Architecture, Input devices, Interaction Design, Interface and Navigation Design, Location-Based Services, Microsoft, Mobile Technology, New and Emerging Technologies, Privacy and Data Security, Product design, Product Releases and Redesigns, Psychology and Human Behavior, Search, SEO, and SEM, Social Media Marketing, Social Networking, Technology, Technology for the Common Good, Twitter, Ubiquitous Computing

As we opt-in to giving more and more of our selves over to technology, we risk trading dignity for convenience.

Article by Bryan Goodpaster

February 19, 2014

7 min read

Google

I Love You, Instagram … but Why Won’t You Let Me Make Collages?

What Will It Take to Make Your Grandma’s Wearable?