Deciding what to test, what fidelity to make and then actually creating a prototype are rife with snags and challenges. Here is an article on Smashing Magazine about some ways to make those decisions and how to think about prototypes, which aren’t always the right choice for testing, but may be perfect for fleshing out [...]
World Usability Day Fun Facts 150 events held in over 43 countries in 2009 WNYC-FM’s John Hockenberry announced as WUD2010 Honorary Chairman Event Registration for 2010 is now open http://www.worldusabilityday.org/node/add/event Visit us online: http://www.worldusabilityday.org : http://twitter.com/upa_wud WUD2009 reached #7 on YAHOO! Popular Searches on November 12, 2009 World Usability 2010: Communications Communications is the theme for [...]
As a researcher and professional working with accessibility, special needs, education, usability and interaction design, I am constantly searching for better ways to present information. Especially complex and dynamic information. Web 2.0 has introduced cloud sourced information that defies traditional representations (graphs and pie charts). We as an industry of information technology specialists need to [...]
I read an article by Peter Hornsby on UXmatters talking about utilizing the software code revisionist method of code refactoring. The idea is to make the code easier for software engineers to understand and work with. There is no change to the functioning of the software but the code gets cleaned up and easier to [...]
I had a conversation with a colleague yesterday about Agile development environments and how it is difficult to evangelize usability and design with UX in mind. While I argued that it was completely possible to keep usability as a priority while still scrumming constantly and pushing the envelope of development, I realize that in larger [...]
