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  • Ask “What if” Questions

    What if we could travel 5 miles in less than 5 minutes? What if we could watch movies in our own homes? What if we could buy things for a whole day without using any paper money? What if we could communicate with friends on the other side of the world without leaving the house?…

  • This is why we don’t just ask users what they want

    Study: Most Children Strongly Opposed To Children’s Healthcare Thanks, The Onion. Happy Monday everybody.

  • Comments on a User Interface Manifesto

    Jono DiCarlo at Mozilla Labs documented his feelings about user interface design in a great post titled These Things I Believe. While I do not agree with him across the board, he does make some interesting points, and helps guide software developers toward the (great user experience) light. I’ll call out a few of his…

  • Generate Design Ideas. Rinse. Repeat.

    Adaptive Path‘s Kumi Akiyoshi blogged a quick piece about the visual design of Aurora. I really love the exploratory designs that were created before deciding on the one we saw in the videos. I don’t necessarily love all of the features within them, but it is so important to create multiple design options before settling…

  • Aurora, the Future of the Browser, and Agile Envisionment

    As your local Interaction Design opinion one-stop-shop, I feel obliged to weigh in on Aurora, Adaptive Path‘s newest concept series in collaboration with Mozilla Labs. First off, if you haven’t watched the videos they’ve published so far, do that first: Aurora (Part 1) from Adaptive Path on Vimeo. Aurora (Part 2) from Adaptive Path on…

  • Here’s to Marty!

    A group of folks from the Indiana University School of Informatics (my alma mater) put together a video for Marty Siegel, my favorite professor. I think the video is great, and says a ton about the impact Marty has had on all of his students: For those of you who are interested, I make an…

  • The Elements of Design (Part 1)

    (If you’re reading this from a feed reader, you’ll want to jump to my site so you can see the images.) Today I want to talk about something a bit academic. More of a thinking game than anything else. I chose to start with Graphic Design because, well, it seems a bit more established as…

  • Design for a messy world

    So often we assume that the problems we are solving for are “pure”, even if they are somewhat complex. The images we see in advertisements help this base assumption survive, and so we don’t think to go a little deeper in our analysis of a problem before we jump right in to offering a solution.…

  • LinkedIn looks so fresh & clean clean

    One of my little delights in life comes when I see a website or tool that I use has been refreshed. This morning, I was surprised to notice that LinkedIn has a new look. Check it out: There’s a nice entry up on the LinkedIn Blog that talks about the three major changes: System Navigation…

  • Am I the only one who gets lost at Target?

    Every other weekend or so I take a trip to my local Target store to stock up on necessities. Let me start by saying this: I love Target. For the most part I have a wonderful experience there…well, except for one section: the toiletries area. For some reason, I can never find the things I’m…