Dull Devices: Breaking Through Age Assumptions
Does anyone really feel their age? I don't mean whether or not you know what YOLO means. (In that sense I am ok with being older, as I...
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Does anyone really feel their age? I don't mean whether or not you know what YOLO means. (In that sense I am ok with being older, as I...
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When I see some association websites it strikes me that they have a hard time serving the right content to their diverse audience: a balance of...
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For most, consumer products are one of the first touch points with the user which occurs at the unboxing. Like children at Christmas, the user...
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What is the best approach for usability testing? At the moment, there are three main options for conducting usability test research studies: lab...
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A website is more than another outbound communications channel; it is a critical business tool. For businesses it can drive sales, and profits...
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Growing up an avid Star Wars fan, it was always my dream to have a robot like R2-D2. In case you aren't familiar, R2-D2 is the trashcan looking...
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Product Innovation never ceases to amaze me. I was given a nice box with a couple of artisan English ales over Christmas. The packaging, the shape...
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Last year 1.76 billion apps were downloaded between December 25 and December 31st. This is an increase of 65% from the week prior.[1]...
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T'was the night before KwanzaAnd all through the homeNot a creature was stirringExcept dad and mom They struggled and sweatedAnd...
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“I write, therefore I own that part of the site." Well, not so much. How do we align the interests of content owners, with those of the people...
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At some point during a discussion of project deliverables, confusion will result due the similarity of scenarios: user's stories and usage cases...
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In a number of projects, I've had the opportunity to dig deep into the concept of user personas and their application. User personas are generally...
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In my years of hiring and coaching UX talent, I've seen a clear characteristic of the more successful, i.e. higher impact, people that made a...
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Would you call a smartphone smart, as in SMART smart? Probably not. Granted, it's a very capable device with high speed internet, a large screen...
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John Gillespie Magee was a WWII aviator who wrote what is arguably the second most famous wartime poem.The poem High Flight describes the joys...
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