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• Inexpensive ways to target problem areas

  
  Column Two — Authority: 126
  Todd Elliott has written an article on remote usability techniques . To quote: Until fairly recently, when designers wanted to test an idea or design, they sought out an outside usability agency or, rented a room, some expensive equipment and recruited users to come into an artificial environment to participate in ...
  1 day ago

• Ten Steps to Personas

  
  Simon Whatley — Authority: 98
  Personas are fictional characters created to represent the different user types within a targeted demographic that might use a site or product. Personas are useful in considering the goals, desires, and limitations of the users in order to help to guide decisions about a product, such as features, interactions, and ...
  5 days ago

• Sendungsverfolgung (Level 2) im User Centered Design

  
  oliver-emmler.de — Authority: 103
  “Möchten Sie über Änderungen des Status ihrer Sendungen per E-Mail/SMS benachrichtigt werden?” Ich habe am Dienstag Morgen gegen 8:30 bei T-Mobile eine Express V Card für mein MacBook bestellt. Tolle Beratung, toller Service. Bereits um 13:00 Uhr kam die SMS von DHL , dass das Paket unterwegs sei und ich ...
  5 days ago

• It’s OK To Poke

  
  Mike McCready — Authority: 112
  Growing up our parents use to tell us its not nice to poke our brother or sister, but we never really listened. Now that lack of listening can pay off. Lately at work there has been a lot of experimentation with software, processes,  methodologies, etc.  When talking to my colleagues, I’ve referred to this ...
  5 days ago

• Case Study:ICANN website revamp based on Usability Study

  
  User-Centered Design - Kelikuru.com — Authority: 110
  In the last couple of months, TG happened to notice that a few web site design revamps undertaking by major corporations –  ICANN, W3C, and Alibaba.com are taking usability studies to get users involved in the whole web site design process.Conducted by Revere Group, ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names ...
  1 week ago

• Street Kiosk App Stores: 3 Disruptions to Watch

  
  Interaction Design Ume — Authority: 426
  (via Jan Chipchase @FuturePerfect) For those interested in the ingenious ways in which people from the ‘Developing Countries’ (formerly known as the ‘Third World’) that experience a digital divide – here is a great ethnographic observation made in Kabul, by Jan Chipchase on his blog. Excerpt - Expect ...
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• Facebook needs to hire some UI designers

  
  theSalmonFarm Blog — Authority: 123
  I’ve been on Facebook for less than a month (give or take) and in that time, the service has managed to be so frustrating that I announced "on my wall" that I was taking a hiatus for two weeks. What drove me away ? Well … First, I blog and I found that FB was too limiting for my writing style. One of my very ...
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• Some testing is better than none

  
  Column Two — Authority: 126
  Ideally, all intranet design projects should adopt a design approach which consults with users throughout the process, from identifying needs to input and evaluation of structure and design. This is not always possible. Time and cost limitations occasionally result in corners being cut with testing often being the ...
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• Seven roles of the intranet homepage

  
  Column Two — Authority: 126
  There is no more contested or challenging page on the intranet than the homepage. As it is the most visible page on the site, everyone wants their piece of the homepage. There is also contention about the role of the intranet homepage: Should the homepage be mostly about news? Is navigation the key element? What ...
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• Lessons in Design Process from the Egyptian Pyramids

  
  ZenStorming - Where Science Meets Muse... — Authority: 112
  Insights into user centered design and the design process from the Egyptian Pyramids.
  2 weeks ago

• Eyetracking: is it worth it?

  
  Column Two — Authority: 126
  Jim Ross has written an article looking at eyetracking . To quote: It is easy to get excited about eyetracking. Seeing where people look while using your Web site, Web application, or software product sounds like an opportunity to get amazing insights into their user experience. But eyetracking is expensive and ...
  2 weeks ago

• How to understand your users with personas

  
  Column Two — Authority: 126
  Brad Colbow has posted a superb comic on personas . To quote: Personas are a powerful tool for helping you to better understand the needs of your users. In this comic, drawn exclusively for Think Vitamin, you’ll learn more about Personas and how they’ll revolutionize the way you design and build web sites.
  3 weeks ago

• Paper Prototyping

  
  Interaction Design Ume — Authority: 426
  http://www.alistapart.com/articles/paperprototyping an article about paper prototyping by Shawn Medero, an interface designer for the Linguistic Data Consortium at the University of Pennsylvania.
  3 weeks ago

• Protected: 5-second Test

  
  User-Centered Design - Kelikuru.com — Authority: 110
  There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.
  3 weeks ago

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