A Brief Rant on the Future of Interaction Design
“Are we really going to accept an Interface Of The Future that is less expressive than a sandwich?”
an appendix to pearlofcivilization.net
A Brief Rant on the Future of Interaction Design
“Are we really going to accept an Interface Of The Future that is less expressive than a sandwich?”
The Social Graph is Neither (Pinboard Blog)
Hooray for comparing FB to AOL + Prodigy in the 90s. Also for RDF jokes. “You might almost think that the whole scheme had been cooked up by a bunch of hyperintelligent but hopelessly socially naive people, and you would not be wrong. Asking computer nerds to design social software is a little bit like hiring a Mormon bartender. Our industry abounds in people for whom social interaction has always been more of a puzzle to be reverse-engineered than a good time to be had, and the result is these vaguely Martian protocols.”
Next Mobile Features Notes from Kriss Journey
“I wanted to suggest a few features that I believe could be significant in the mobile (web) space…”
A List Apart: Articles: Organizing Mobile
“Instead, a top-level menu button can simply link people to a navigation list on the bottom of a mobile webpage (after the content).” Beautiful :)
Pile Sorting Techniques for Ethnographers | anthrostrategist
i wonder if this would be interesting in a ux context.
Design Solutions for New Log In Problems | Bagcheck
“Just how bad was it? User Interface Engineering’s analysis of a major online retailer found that 45% of all customers had multiple registrations in the system, 160,000 people requested passwords per day, and 75% of these people never completed the purchase they started once they requested their password. Ouch.”
LukeW | Web App Masters: Mobile & UX A Perfect Storm
* The market maturity cycle: starting with technology, going to features, and then heading to experience. This is a recurring pattern. * Market maturity is also driving toward an increased focus on experiences and design. As markets mature, overall experience becomes more important than new capabilities and features.