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Is interaction design finally going mainstream? ;-)
For many years, north america’s hi-tech behemoths have had a tendency to favor engineering over design, leaving the art of creating products that are at once useful and desirable to the likes of Apple....
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Is Google the new Microsoft?
Just as Microsoft seems at last to be struggling out from under the weight of it’s own mediocrity, and is finally, albeit under palpable threats to it’s survival, starting to put usability and...
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“Art” vs. “Design”
Having recently spent a few days with my brother, Tim (a sculptor – you can find examples of his work at www.timmorgansculpture.co.uk), my thoughts have returned to one of our favorite topics of...
View ArticleIpad – the Iforma review.
I bought my first iPad at the SF Apple Store a day or two after the launch. I loved it from day one, despite not being a Mac user. It’s the first truly personal computer, in that it is small enough to...
View ArticleInteraction design for startups
The folks over at Startup2Startup have posted a very interesting video from a recent panel session with Kate Aronowitz (head of UX at Facebook), Jason Putori (ex-Mint) and Garry Tan dealing with the...
View ArticleThe importance of user experience
Here’s a great concept map by Bryce Glass on the importance of user experience. It’s been around for a while, but I’ve only just come across it: http://www.flickr.com/photos/bryce/106972762/ It’s...
View ArticleSix strategies for Agile UX
User experience design in the context of Agile development seems, for some reason, to remain a hot topic. There is a perception that design and agility are somehow in conflict, which seems odd to me –...
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The emperor has no Pepsi
There’s a great article over on the Guardian newspaper regarding the recent Pepsi re-branding. It’s been around a while, but I had not come across it, and a friend just pointed it out to me:...
View ArticleUser research is cheap and easy
OK, so I’m clearly one of those people that’s been living under a rock for the last couple of years: I’ve only just realized that the user research industry has gone online and social. A couple of the...
View ArticleAwesome International Startup Festival experiences
Last week saw the first ever International Startup Festival here in Montreal, and it was wicked. I learned a whole lot, met some amazing people, and came away terrified and inspired all at once....
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