Content Analysis Slides from EuroIA 2008
“I wanted to make a big shout out to all the folks who came to my talk at the EuroIA Conference today. Wow! Thanks! I had no idea so many people were interested in content analysis.” (Chiara Fox)
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September 2008
Don Norman on Service Design
“Now that I’ve listened to the lecture a couple times I’ve got a better idea where Norman is going with this. He makes some good points about the importance of back stage operations but I don’t agree with his assertion that operations and design are the same topic. He seems disappointed with much of the existing service design literature and treats Pine and Gilmore with mild disdain. The lecture goes on a rambling tour of theme parks, fast food, hospitals, hotels and banking, with some great anecdotes and pointers toward interesting research.” (Jeff Howard – Design for Service)
EuroIA 2008 presentations
Various speakers from the EuroIA 2008 summit have uploaded their presentations on Slideshare.
Thoughts on the Euro Information Architecture Summit 2008
“At the moment I’m trying to pull back and see information architecture as a new but somewhat established field. Invention used to be necessary of everyone, but now it’s only needed from a few. Compare it to another field like electrical engineering. At the beginning there was a lot invention, but now we know enough to simple do it. Today, some engineers continue to push the envelope in the design of microprocessors while others specify the wiring in the next model of speaker phone. I would expect IA to settle into the same spread.” (Victor Lombardi – Noise Between Stations)
About Us Information on Websites
“We found a 9% improvement in the usability of About Us information on websites over the past 5 years. But companies and organizations still can’t explain what they do in one paragraph.” (Jacob Nielsen – Alertbox)
Activity-Centered Design
“Apparently the forces of interaction design have been facing off against the forces of information architecture in an epic battle for quite some time. I was flying a flag I didn’t know I was flying.” (Joshua Porter)
Is Adam Greenfield A Communist Or…?
“Having been to ‘The Web and Beyond 2008’ and hearing about Adam Greenfield’s keynoting at the coming EuroIA Summit in Amsterdam, I started thinking about what he said at the time and what his words could mean. I also took into account two of the other main presenters: Ben Cerveny and Jyri Engeström.” (Jeroen Elstgeest)
The Study of Visual Aesthetics in Human-Computer Interaction
“Given the evidence and potential for aesthetics’ overarching effect on human-computer interaction, it would seem timely to explore the themes summarized above in more depth. While a lively debate is to be expected in this workshop, the overriding goal is to define and formulate a possible HCI research agenda on these topics. To achieve this, the seminar will bring together seasoned researchers who share a deep interest in aesthetics; prominent designers who are grappling with the concept theoretically and in practice; and graduate students who are likely to provide fresh perspectives.” (Seminar site)
Beauty Matters: Usability and Aesthetics
“Usability is an approved quality when designing interactive products. Another factor becomes more and more important: the hedonic quality, which includes the aesthetic of a product. The long-time experiences in user-friendly design convinced the initiators of Beauty matters that the combination of usability and aesthetics ensures the success of a product. Usability alone ist not enough. Most people associate the aesthetics of a product with its beauty. The beauty is also decisive whether a product represents a special value for us.” (Michael Burmester, Marc Hassenzahl and Franz Koller)
Is Your Organization Experienced?
“While the report is 4 years old, our experience is that the findings are relevant still today, and we use the models in this report often in our client work. It’s satisfying that Forrester’s report seems to validate Janice and Scott’s research, and we’re happy to share it with you free of charge.” (Peter Merholz – Adaptive Path)
Social Networks Going Global
“I’m giving a presentation on Taking Social Networks Global, at the EuroIA Summit in Amsterdam. I was working on it the past days, and I’m pretty happy with how the talk is turning out. As a preview, here are my slides (so far, they might still change slightly).” (Peter Vandijck)
Emotion and Voice User Interfaces
“When you hear the term voice user interface (VUI), what comes to mind? Most likely, memories of an interactive voice response system (IVR) for customer service arise. IVRs are certainly not going away. For many companies, they remain the foremost contact point with customers. But voice user interfaces are more than just IVRs. In fact, VUIs have tremendous potential for enhancing the experience of any mobile phone user. As the use of mobile devices and applications proliferates internationally, understanding how to integrate, or mash up, graphic user interfaces (GUI) and VUIs is becoming critically important.” (Darnell Clayton and Colleen Jones – UXmatters)
What Place Does Theater Have in the Creative Process of Design?
“In a world where a focus on designing innovative, compelling, valuable, and engaging user experiences is becoming increasingly important, designers of user experiences endeavor to enhance and improve the way they work and achieve the desired outcome. As designers, to be truly innovative, we must open ourselves up to new ideas, surround ourselves with diverse inputs, and be willing to embark on a new journey—regardless of whether we know the destination. Actors and others who create theater would tell you this kind of mindset is part their everyday work culture. So, what can we learn from the way actors and other theatrical artists work that will help us be more innovative, too?” (Traci Lepore – UXmatters)
Quick Turnaround Usability Testing
“It starts with any number of scenarios: Design and development have taken too long to produce a prototype, you need to release in three weeks, and you suspect there may be design flaws. You are trying to incorporate usability testing into an Agile development process. Or maybe you simply want to pare down your process to make it shorter and less expensive.” (Paul Nuschke – Boxes and Arrows)
Tap is the New Click (Presentation)
“I had awesome crowds yesterday at my two ‘Tap is the New Click’ presentations. Lots of great discussion and people laughed at my jokes to boot! Here is a pdf version of the presentation slides (8mb) for your downloading pleasure! The first chapter of the upcoming Designing Gestural Interfaces book can also be downloaded for your reading pleasure.” (Dan Saffer – Kicker Studio)
John Maeda’s Inauguration Speech at RISD
“RISD: Rhode Island School of Design or Reason, I’m Sleep Deprived?” (YouTube)
Store Finders and Locators
“Finding addresses and location information on company websites has gotten dramatically easier, but users increasingly turn to search engines first for this task.” (Jakob Nielsen – Alertbox)
Cultural Aspects of Interaction Design
“When a group of people, no matter its scale, start sharing common ways of thinking, feeling and living, culture emerges. Culture therefore can emerge from any population segment. It is not limited to a geographic area or ethnicity. Different cultures can be distinguished by their individual and group characteristics, e.g. the mental models, behavioral patterns, emotional responses, aesthetics, rules, norms, and values that group members share. Different cultures therefore produce different artifacts and environments based on their cultural characteristics. On the other hand, artifacts, through people’s interactions with them, influence cultures and can even produce a new culture.” (Keiichi Sato and Kuohsiang Chen – Special Issue of Int.’l Journal of Design)
Thoughts on the Open IAI initiative
“(…) my main concern is that this discussion about openness and transparency could be distracting us from the main question we need to be addressing right now: what is the IAI’s vision and its role in society?” (Jorge Arango) – courtesy of petervandijck
Aurora: Panel At UX Week
“Following the release of Aurora, a panel discussion about the project was hosted at UX Week by Leah Buley. The panelists included members of the Aurora team, Alex Faaborg of Mozilla Labs, and Jamais Cascio a futurist who worked with us at the beginning of the project. If you were unable to attend UX Week, you can see video of the discussion below in which the panelists discuss how the concepts shown in the video were identified, and what methods we used to bring them to life. The panelists also field some questions from Leah and the audience. Enjoy!” (Adaptive Path blog)
