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Google Chrome’s Design Comic
So the big news on the internets today is Google’s new browser: Chrome. It’s only available for Windows as of today, and since I’m on a Mac I haven’t been able to play with it yet. But that’s ok, because Google hasn’t completely left me out of the loop. I have access to the comic…
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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?…
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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.
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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…
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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…
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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…
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The Survey for People Who Make Websites
Hello neglected blog readers. Just thought I’d let you know that I participated in A List Apart’s annual Survey for People Who Make Websites. If you make websites, you should too.
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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…
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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.…
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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…