Insights curated by Experientia, the UX research and design consultancy
Insights curated by Experientia, the UX research and design consultancy
Here is my selection on usability related papers presented at CHI 2008. (Papers are linked to their pdf downloads, if available.) Usability evaluation considered harmful (some of the time) [abstract] Authors: Saul Greenberg (University of Calgary) and Bill Buxton (Microsoft…
Robert Scoble, managing director of FastCompany.TV, thinks the online world isn’t always user-friendly, and argues how it easily could be. “The Internet, which is shorthand for “interconnected network” and is one of the most significant achievements in the history of…
According to Tom Stewart, the new version of ISO 13407, the International Standard for Human Centred Design (which will be called ISO 9241-210 to bring it into line with other usability standards), will use the term “user experience”. Stewart is…
Luca Chittaro will keep a running blog (in English and Italian) during CHI 2008 where he promises “news, interviews with internationally-known researchers, and the latest trends and discoveries in human-computer interaction”. Chittaro, who is a professor at the University of…
Although usability engineering as a profession has been developed in the western countries for over twenty years, its development in other parts of the world like China remains relatively unknown. The study reported in this paper seeks to compare the…
As medical devices transition from hospital to home, device manufacturers must create a positive experience for users, argues Matthew Jordan, director of research and interaction design at Insight Product Development, in a long article in Medical Device Link. Certain macrotrends…
February’s issue of Mechanical Engineering is focused on the role of human factors in design. The lead article, the new point of view, discusses the renewed importance of human factors in product design, with a veritable who’s who of IDSA…
Business Week carries a short article about how Humanized co-founder Aza Raskin is carrying on the design legacy of his father, a Macintosh pioneer. “Aza Raskin wants your computer to disappear, but the 24-year-old is no latter-day Luddite. His goal…
UXmatters just published two new articles: Designing ethical experiences: social media and the conflicted future By Joe Lamantia Questions of ethics and conflict can seem far removed from the daily work of user experience (UX) designers who are trying to…
The website of the Microsoft Design Center looks like it is set up as a one-stop shop for everything related to design, usability and user experience that this huge company is involved with. Although somewhat shallow in substance and with…
Usability News reports on a new survey which shows that despite heavy investment in mobile phone development and services, the majority of UK consumers continue to use their mobile phones for calls and texts only. The research, commissioned by mobile…
E-Consultancy interviews Sergio Falletti, director of mobile app specialists at Future Platforms, about the challenges and opportunities of mobile website design. Read interview
The Usability Professionals’ Association is proud to announce the first European Regional UPA Conference. The conference will take place from December 4th to December 6th 2008 in the beautiful city of Turin, Italy – the 2008 World Design Capital.…
“The iPhone has pushed manufacturers to think again about usability”, says Jessica Sandin, the head of the mobile practice at Fathom Partners, a British strategic mobile consultancy in an International Herald Tribune article. “Many cellphone makers have lost their way…
Peter Merholz did an hour-long interview with Donald Norman, who just published a new book: The Design of Future Things. According to the Adaptive Path blog, the interview deals with: “adaptive cruise control, ubiquitous computing, human plus machine, “user experience,”…
The weekly Nova supplement of Italy’s business newspaper Il Sole 24 Ore is by far the most valuable innovation, science and technology forum in this country: serious and thorough, fresh and engaging, up-to-date and challenging. Some of its writers like…
Richard Titus, acting head of user experience at the BBC announced yesterday the launch of the new BBC homepage beta: “It was a no-brainer to move to a layout that would be cleaner, more open and more easily readable. There…
Software giant Microsoft unveiled some of its future technology at its fourth annual Innovation Day in Brussels on December 4, reports CNN. “From virtual family organizers to tabletop touch-screens, their vision of the future sees technology move from the traditional…
In a Business Week interview design guru Don Norman argues for making autos less automated and for infusing gadgets with natural, easy-to-interpret feedback signals. In his new book, The Design of Future Things (Basic Books), Don Norman isn’t afraid to…
In an article for UXmatters, Hilary Cooldige of Molecular reviews current research on teen mobile phone us, argues for contextual user research and mobile usability studies in the field, and presents some of the results of her own field studies.…