Lately there has been a resurgence in the discussion over using design for the greater good. From using design principles at the boardroom table, to solving third world problems with better interaction design. Who are we really kidding!
While the concepts are very noble and I can see how it can be done. There really needs to be a dose of reality in all this.
The overriding principle is that we can change the world through design. We do this by influencing everything we design. Such that we are producing high quality products that take into account sustainability, inclusivity and still focus on the business and audiences at hand.
Some of you may not know this, I come from a formal science background, I trained as a scientist. However, I don’t consider myself to be one, by any stretch of the imagination. I feel more at home in the design space.
Still all that background in the science arena has allowed me to apply it to the area of User Experience design. A guess it’s like a Science of UX Design.
Tagged: p52, project-52, research, science, theory, usability, userexperience, ux, ux-design, Web Methodology, webdesign
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As I’m designing forms I don’t usually have an issue making then usable or accessible within the limits of the clients budget.
However taking the form to the next level technically can sometimes be an issue. This is exactly what Fancy Form Design by Jina Bolton, Tim Connell and Derek Featherstone is all about, designing and building those great forms on the web.
When I first purchased this book (yes I do purchase my books, they aren’t usually review freebies) I was a little skeptical as to whether this book would have any content in it that would be relevant to me. This is an issue that I’m running into more and more these days.
Tagged: accessibility, design, enhancement, forms, jquery, project-52, review, ui, usability, ux, webdesign
This year I was honoured to be given the opportunity to speak at OZ-IA 2009. I will also be speaking at the Edge of the Web 2009 in November for the first time, right after the keynote, talk about pressure!
The following is my initial transcript of my presentation at OZ-IA 2009, The Art of Skywriting – The Demise of the Tag Cloud.
Now it’s not going to be word for word the same as the audio recording, but you’ll get the idea. As usual it’s also available on Slideshare along with all my other presentations, distributed under creative commons license. Soon as I have the audio I will sync it with the slides to make it easier to understand – promise.
Tagged: design patterns, IA, OZIA, ozia09, presentation, ripclouds, tagclouds, tagging, transscript, ui, ux, webdesign
