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.
Tap is the New Click
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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Usability and Software Architecture: The Forgotten Problems
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Protoshare
Demonstration of the web based prototyping application, Protoshare.
Sketching and Experience Design
Bill Buxton discusses the role and importance of sketching in User Experience Design.
The Science and Art of User Experience at Google
An insight into Google’s own User Experience design process.
Sketchboards
A short presentation on how to effectively use sketchboards throughout the interaction design concept phase.
Grey Screening Example
XHTML & CSS Grey Screening/Grey Boxing example to demonstrate interactive prototypes to clients.
Operating System Design Evolution (…or not?)
A really interesting post over at Web Designer Depot made all reminiscent today… It takes a look at the evolution of operating system interface designs since 1981 – coincidentally the year I was born.
It’s really a very easy read and well worth taking a look over. What surprised me the most is how many features from as far back as “The Xerox Star” (later “ViewPoint” and later again “GlobalView”) remain consistent throughout the last 28 years of OS development despite the dramatic changes in PC usage and functionality.
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New Design
Today is the the day that I finally pulled my finger out and did some work!
Yes, and I’m ashamed to admit it, but previously I was working with the oh-so-butt-ugly default WordPress install. Ok, I’m quite sure it has it’s benefits – I just can’t stand it! So, I put my money where my mouth is and very hastily threw together this site. I’m not really a web designer by trade… I can’t code in PHP and I only know enough HTML and CSS to get me to the ‘quick and dirty client mock-up’ stage. So if it’s bad, or if it’s wrong, or if it plain just does not work… please let me know… politely!
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