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Saturday, September 20th, 2008
Speaker: Rob Tannen, Bresslergroup
Date: September 20, 2008
Characteristics of Research Tools
Current Usage
Article – 21th Century Technology for Usability and User Interface Design Activities.
Some survey…
Data Collection - Software designer tend to use online survey and online analytics more than product designer. But pretty consistent data collections used.
Analysis – spreadsheet ...
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Saturday, September 20th, 2008
Speaker: Maria Giudice, Hot Studio, Inc.
Date: September 20, 2008
Waterfall approach
Predictable and structured approach
Human-centered: solutions are based on upfront research and strategy
Team roles are clearly defined (designers design, engineers build)
Rigid, heavy, and slow
Documentation and specifications
"Waterfall method is best when you can't afford to learn from your mistakes. You don't design ...
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Saturday, September 20th, 2008
Speaker: Indi Young, Independent Consultant
Date: September 20, 2008
Advices: Step out of your problem solving role
Empathy
Vicarious experiencing of the feelings, thoughts, or attitudes of another.
Feelings, thoughts, attitudes, emotions, beliefs, behaviors, reactions, philosophies, motivations
Example - Mental model courtesy of Google Analytics Team, 2007
Understand My visitors (use first-person verbs). Make ...
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Saturday, September 20th, 2008
Speaker: Colleen Murray, Jump Associates
Date: September 20, 2008
The origins of scenario planning
Developing and communicating scenario worlds
Frameworks
Make sense of what you see
Build mental models, maps and metaphors
Use needs to highlight opportunities
Imperatives
Suggest directions and principles for development
Offer guidelines for prioritizing and making decisions
Observations
See the world with fresh eyes
Listen and Learn
Find ...
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Friday, September 19th, 2008
Speaker: Miguel Gomez Winebrenner, Cheskin Added Value
Date: September 19, 2008
Focus on Latin America multi-cultural segment
Assimilation vs. Acculturation
Assimilation - the abandonment of one's original culture in favor of a second or host culture. In the US, some immigrants gradually lose their original culture in favor of the second, thus assimilating.
Acculturation ...
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Friday, September 19th, 2008
Speaker: Marty Gage, Lextant
Date: September 19, 2008
Design = Problem solving
Design Research = Problem seeking
Principles of Insight Translation:
Aspirational - expresses what people wish.
Actionable - data that affords translation. Concrete. Sensory. Direct. (this one is tough)
Meaningful - clearly linked to the research data. ( back up with numbers)
Inspirational - descriptive not ...
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Friday, September 19th, 2008
Speaker: Liz Sanders, Make Tools
Date: September 19, 2008
The design and research boundaries are blurring
Design and research are blurring at the front end of the design process. It is a time of disruption and confusion.
Changes can be seen
The roles people play in the design processes are changing. These ...
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Monday, August 25th, 2008
Designing Your Reputation Systemview presentationtags: patterns karma levels points
Bryce Glass, Sr. Interaction Designer at Yahoo!, shared his presentation on building reputation system at the 2008 IA Summit. Highlights from the slide presentation:
Yahoo! Design Pattern Library: Reputation Patterns
Define your business goals
Drive user engagement
Promote a specific feature
Acknowledge top contributors
Increase content ...
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Sunday, August 24th, 2008
Global health expert Hans Rosling’s presentation on debunking third-world myths with Gapminder. Developed by Hans himself, Gapminder shines new meaning into stats and set right myths due to preconceived ideas.
More on Hans Rosling and his contributions here.
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Friday, February 29th, 2008
Tonight’s Puget Sound SIGCHI event was hosted by Google at its Fremont office. The location wasn’t new to Tab and I. 4 years ago, we both worked for the same design firm. The firm’s office was at the very same location Google’s at now.
We arrived early enough to find ...
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Hello, my name is Janet. I am a UX designer at Big Fish Games. 
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