Article No. 1176 | January 22, 2014
Andy Polaine, Laura Weiss, and Marc Rettig weigh in on Google's recent acquisition of Nest for $3.2 billion in cash.
Article No. 1162 | December 19, 2013
A look at what 2014 might have in store for users and experience design practitioners.
Article No. 1143 | November 15, 2013
Coin, a smart credit card that promises to eliminate wallet-bulge, is an idea so smart it might help itself become obsolete.
Article No. 1135 | November 7, 2013
Designing apps for users in a healthcare setting, requires an understanding of the emotional states of patients and doctors.
Article No. 1133 | November 4, 2013
A closer look at the Design for Experience awards category: Bottom Line Impact
Article No. 1109 | October 9, 2013
A pair of brain activity visualization projects illustrates concepts and themes that affect human behavior and the realm of experience design.
Article No. 1102 | October 2, 2013
Embracing the messiness and complexity of the systems, users, and contexts we're designing for can yield flexible future-proofed products.
Article No. 1091 | September 19, 2013
In interviews, the experience design leaders at Groupon, eBay, and Lumension share their views of UX and agree it still has some growing to do.
Article No. 1089 | September 18, 2013
As radio frequency identification tags become more cost effective, a smart fridge might emerge that is able to take full advantage of the Internet of Things
Article No. 1065 | August 1, 2013
With gamification continuing to grow in popularity as a way to engage users, the new book Gamification at Work lays out the five steps of "player centered design."
Article No. 1064 | July 31, 2013
Avoid creating scuzzy user experiences by studying the oeuvre of Seth Rogen.
Article No. 1057 | July 18, 2013
Building a bridge between the disparate experiences of IT administrators and end users can improve UX in enterprise software.
Article No. 1055 | July 16, 2013
When it comes to privacy issues, you need to build trust with users—here are seven actions that engender transparency and control.
Article No. 1024 | May 24, 2013
A study of North American consumers shows that users are comfortable sharing their personal information when they know exactly how it will be used and shared, and are given control over when they are releasing it.
Article No. 1000 | April 15, 2013
Impressed with its development opportunities and unique UI, Macadamian chose to devote a quarter of its workforce to the BlackBerry 10 OS.
Article No. 966 | February 26, 2013
A home where appliances are speaking to each other and collecting usage data is fertile ground for user-centered research and design.
Article No. 952 | February 6, 2013
Calling the future of mobile "bright" is an understatement: the possibilities are endless, provided designers keep users at the center.
Article No. 951 | February 5, 2013
Help users make the most of the instruction manual that comes with a product by taking a user-centric approach to writing it.
Article No. 945 | January 24, 2013
Where user experience in cars is concerned, there are distinct advantages and disadvantages to moving systems to the cloud.
Article No. 919 | December 12, 2012
When designing forms, think about your queries in the form of a conversation.
Article No. 878 | October 2, 2012
Rather than clashing, design and security concerns can be addressed in complementary ways—with the right approach.
Article No. 865 | September 11, 2012
Baby Boomers represent a huge and influential customer base for your designs—winning their loyalty requires a safe and easy experience.
Article No. 778 | January 3, 2012
Five strategies for increasing awareness of security throughout the design process in order to build long-term customer trust and loyalty.
Article No. 710 | August 5, 2011
Tablet platforms break traditional paradigms of computer and mobile use.