Category: Research
Thank you to everyone who attended our (Karl Smith and Thom Heslop) talk at SXSW, it’s the start of a long road into a really complex and contextual problem. But being silent in the crowd as the King walks by with no clothes on is not an option, peoples lives, futures and prosperity is at
Description The Internet of Things is the next great opportunity for commerce to engage with business enterprises. However there is no unified approach to the mental load between physical interaction, mental interaction and digital interaction. This cognitive landscape is inhabited by associated experiences that gel human behaviour and machine interfaces through, touch, mouse and keyboard.
Mis-selling of design as UX is the problem I keep meeting people who say they do UX but don’t, they are designers and there is nothing wrong with taking a design approach to digital, process or product development projects. The problem comes in the mis-selling of design as UX, as the results are dramatically different.
The world of finance and wealth provides unique problems for the UCD UX consultant, this short session will describe some of them, how to circumvent them and how UCD UX can make a critical difference to the project’s success. Missing a couple of slides. YouTube Video of Slides: http://youtu.be/EJ3GiWoSFjk I will publish the video of
A UX portfolio shows the candidate is a thief and the interviewer opens a legal claim against them for viewing confidential information. The request for UX portfolios are what happens when graphic designers end up in charge of a UX department. In graphics, most things get published in the public domain so it’s completely fine
The UX point of view is we have no point of view That’s the point of UX (in fact it’s been created that way) any person who can offer a UX point of view (without actual user and business perspective) is not a UX practitioner. I get really concerned when I’m asked for my opinion
After a year and a half of planning and work UCD2012 is almost due to start. It started as a conversation on Linkedin for me, then for a while between contacts became all consuming to make it happen. As a contractor myself I argued for an event that would also be available on a Saturday
This is just a quick post showing the basic level differences between User Experience (UX) Roles and Information Architect (IA) Roles. I’m working on a full model post as well, but that is still being written. User Experience (UX) Roles. User Experience (UX) Roles Diagram User Experience Architect (UX Architect) Gathers requirements, defines the system
Given the response from the last post I’m going to take the educational publishing example a bit further, if I have time before my next contract I will also create an investment banking example. I am also being asked for diagrams that explain these relationships, again if I have time I will do these also.
Best practice, puting the missing part in a puzzle Requirements gathering in Banking change programs are over detailed, over long and for the most part undeliverable. There is and has been a huge requirement for change in British banking for several years as senior bankers have sought to lever the capabilities of technology and distributed