Usationary» Chris http://www.usationary.com A video reference catalogue of Usability related tutorials, tips & insights Wed, 03 Feb 2010 14:15:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 Multitouch Interfaces http://www.usationary.com/usability/multitouch-interfaces/ http://www.usationary.com/usability/multitouch-interfaces/#comments Wed, 22 Apr 2009 10:23:00 +0000 Chris http://www.usationary.com/?p=88 Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> Darren David and Nathan Moody of Stimulant, sharing how they approach the design of large-scale multitouch interfaces.

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  • Smartguides
  • Updates to the Pages panel
  • Auto (re)numbering of pages
  • 9 Slice scaling.

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]]> http://www.usationary.com/usability/prototyping-with-fireworks-cs4/feed/ 1 Effective Protoyping http://www.usationary.com/usability/effective-protoyping/ http://www.usationary.com/usability/effective-protoyping/#comments Fri, 10 Apr 2009 20:51:24 +0000 Chris http://www.usationary.com/?p=79 Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> A short video clip from the Effective Prototyping workshop for the TriUPA group.

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]]> http://www.usationary.com/usability/effective-protoyping/feed/ 0 Designing for Business as Unusual http://www.usationary.com/usability/designing-for-business-as-unusual/ http://www.usationary.com/usability/designing-for-business-as-unusual/#comments Thu, 02 Apr 2009 20:49:32 +0000 Chris http://www.usationary.com/?p=70
  • Business Analysis and User Experience Activities During the Opencast Matterhorn Leadership and Planning Meeting, Allison...
    • Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]>     John Thackara shows the ways in which business as we know it are about to change for good, and then identifies how designers can take these challenges on as design problems.

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    ]]>     http://www.usationary.com/usability/designing-for-business-as-unusual/feed/ 0     Behavior is our Medium http://www.usationary.com/usability/behavior-is-our-medium/ http://www.usationary.com/usability/behavior-is-our-medium/#comments Thu, 02 Apr 2009 20:45:33 +0000 Chris http://www.usationary.com/?p=67 Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> Robert Fabricant gives examples of Interaction Design as far back as ancient history, all the way to a humanitarian project underway today. He shows that Interaction Design’s primary medium is behavior, extending far past the high technology world into the realm of human behavior and relationships.

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    ]]>     http://www.usationary.com/usability/behavior-is-our-medium/feed/ 0     Attention Awareness for Interaction Designers http://www.usationary.com/usability/attention-awareness-for-interaction-designers/ http://www.usationary.com/usability/attention-awareness-for-interaction-designers/#comments Thu, 02 Apr 2009 20:35:07 +0000 Chris http://www.usationary.com/?p=61
  • Ergonomics for Interaction Designers Rob Tannen presents an insightful guide to Ergonomics for...
    • Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]>     Dan Saffer calls out the Interaction Design community for allowing distracting topics to consume our attention, and for paying too little attention to “moonwalking bears,” the opportunities interaction designers can take advantage of in the near future.

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    ]]>     http://www.usationary.com/usability/attention-awareness-for-interaction-designers/feed/ 0     Built For Conversation: The Interaction Design of Social Media http://www.usationary.com/usability/built-for-conversation-the-interaction-design-of-social-media/ http://www.usationary.com/usability/built-for-conversation-the-interaction-design-of-social-media/#comments Thu, 02 Apr 2009 20:25:14 +0000 Chris http://www.usationary.com/?p=59 Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> Design choices affecting application design, functions, and features can only steer individual and aggregate participation within the social network. This talk will begin with the basics of social psychology as it pertains to social media and networking sites and give a brief overview of identity creation in the context of social networking theory.

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    ]]>     http://www.usationary.com/usability/built-for-conversation-the-interaction-design-of-social-media/feed/ 0     Tap is the New Click http://www.usationary.com/usability/tap-is-the-new-click/ http://www.usationary.com/usability/tap-is-the-new-click/#comments Thu, 02 Apr 2009 20:23:18 +0000 Chris http://www.usationary.com/?p=57 Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> This introduction to designing gestural interfaces will cover the basics: usability and ergonomics; a brief history of the technology; some elemental patterns of use; prototyping and documenting; and how to communicate that a gestural interface is present to users.

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