an appendix to pearlofcivilization.net
A Manifesto for User Experience Design (Austin Govella at Thinking and Making)
‘Designers dont design anything. Organizations design everything. That one person in your organization who doesnt get it creates a drag on every product or service you produce (just as your best thinker is an accelerator). To create better experiences, you have to create better organizations. You have to improve your organizations design literacy.’
Getting the Right Stakeholder Feedback at the Right Time :: UXmatters
Maybe this is the magic diagram that explains the importance of choosing an interface paradigm before finalizing the font colours.
Hand waving and the “real work” of design – confectious
“One of the provocative implications of taking on Goffman’s notion of performed selves is that in hand waving products into existence, designers are also performing themselves as interaction designers into a stable identity as well. What’s being stabilized by all that talking and pointing is not just the system to be built, but also the relationships and identities of the people making it. “If that’s so, then more skillful hand waving benefits not just individual projects but interaction design as a profession.”
LukeW | An Event Apart: The Responsive Designers Workflow
“Developers asked lots of questions about why the page is designed as it is, especially the big one: how will the content adapt? How will the interface adapt to touch, mouse, keyboard?” “The developers also ask a specific question of every element on the page: what value does this provide for users on mobile?”
0764526413.pdf (application/pdf Object)
First chapter of “About Face 3”