Podcasts

The Future of UX

"Are we going to evolve into tie-wearing consultants? Do UX pros matter at all a few years down the road? And how do Africa and refrigerators fit in? Together with the awesome folks at UXcamp Europe, we discussed the future of our profession."

(UX Café)

Posted on June 21, 2011 | Permalink

IA and Content Strategy

Content Talks Episode #3 ~ "Kristina picks Louis Rosenfeld's brain about the relationship between IA and content strategy, and how the burgeoning content strategy community can avoid the pitfalls of other professional associations." (Content Talks)

Posted on April 04, 2011 | Permalink

Introducing Content Talks

"When Dan Benjamin asked if I'd be interested in doing a podcast for 5by5, I said Absolutely not! I hate talking about content strategy!" OK, no, that's not what I said. I accepted on the spot and immediately put together a long, exciting list of smart, interesting people I hoped to interview in the months to come." (Kristina Halvorson ~ Brain Traffic)

Posted on March 18, 2011 | Permalink

CS Forum podcast episode 1: Gerry McGovern

"There is nothing more important on the web than content. But don't talk about it. Talk about the success of the customer or the lack of success of the customer. Because most organizations realize today that if they're not customer centric, they don't have much of a future." (Randall Snare ~ CS Forum 2011)

Posted on February 24, 2011 | Permalink

The Digital Life: Episode 12

"The Digital Life is an online radio show that explores important, timely topics in the world of digital design and technology. (...) Five questions with special guest Aaron Marcus." (Dirk Knemeyer ~ The Digital Life)

Posted on February 09, 2011 | Permalink

Oliver Sacks on Empathy as a Path to Insight

"Oliver Wolf Sacks is a British neurologist residing in New York City. He is a professor of neurology and psychiatry at Columbia University, where he also holds the position of Columbia Artist. He previously spent many years on the clinical faculty of Yeshiva University's Albert Einstein College of Medicine." (HBR IdeaCast)

Posted on October 08, 2010 | Permalink

UXpod: User Experience Podcast

"The User Experience Podcast features a wide range of interviewees and commentary. Transcripts are available for some episodes, and more are being added." (Information & Design)

Posted on September 30, 2010 | Permalink

The Digital Life: Episode 1

"We are proud to present our first - prototype! - episode of The Digital Life: adventures in design and technology. The purpose of the show is to provide insight into various topics and areas of interest pertaining to the bleeding edge of the industries behind digital technology. Leveraging our years inside the most important and progressive companies in Silicon Valley, we will provide insights and an interesting and ever-changing array of special guests to entertain you while helping your brain grow bigger. Bull Session: InfoViz." (Involution Studios)

Posted on September 29, 2010 | Permalink

The auteur theory of design

"Why is it that some projects never rise to the level of the talent of those who made it? It’s oft said regarding good work that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. But sometimes the whole is less than the sum of its parts—a company or team comprised of good people, but yet which produces work that isn’t good. In his session, John Gruber will explain his theory to explain how this happens—in both directions—based on the longstanding collaborative art of filmmaking. Learn how to recognise when a project is doomed to mediocrity, and, more importantly, how best to achieve collaborative success." (John Gruber ~ dConstruct 2010)

Posted on September 09, 2010 | Permalink

Podcast for the 2010 UPA International Conference

"From May 24th to May 28th, the 2010 UPA International Conference is being held in Munich, Germany. This event brings together more than 700 usability professionals from all over the world. To give you an impression of the diverse range of speakers and topics, the UPA provides an audio podcast accompanying the conference. Therein, you will find interviews with various conference attendants and organizers, some of them recorded during the event, others before and after it." (Content Crew)

Posted on May 27, 2010 | Permalink

Podcasts from the IA Summit 2010: Day 2

"This year marks the 11th annual Information Architecture Summit. Our theme is meant to inspire everyone in the community—even those who aren't presenting or volunteering—to bring their best ideas to the table. As busy practitioners, we rarely have the chance to step back and think about the future of our field—we're too busy resolving day-to-day issues. By gathering and sharing practical solutions for everyday challenges, we can create more breathing room to plan for what's to come." (Jeff Parks - Boxes and Arrows)

Posted on April 26, 2010 | Permalink

Podcasts from the IA Summit 2010: Day 1

"This year marks the 11th annual Information Architecture Summit. Our theme is meant to inspire everyone in the community—even those who aren't presenting or volunteering—to bring their best ideas to the table. As busy practitioners, we rarely have the chance to step back and think about the future of our field—we're too busy resolving day-to-day issues. By gathering and sharing practical solutions for everyday challenges, we can create more breathing room to plan for what's to come." (Jeff Parks - Boxes and Arrows)

Posted on April 23, 2010 | Permalink

Why You Need A Content Strategist?

"Are you investing in your content? Do you have a strategy? If not then help is at hand. You need a content strategist, but who are they and what do they do?" (Paul Boag)

Posted on April 14, 2010 | Permalink

SpoolCast: Interesting Moments with Bill Scott

"Bill speaks about both patterns—successful interaction models for common interactions - and anti-patterns. By showing what not to do, anti-patterns often provide insight on the right way to do something." (Brian Christiansen - User Interface Engineering)

Posted on February 24, 2010 | Permalink

Content Is King

"Just because content is king doesn't mean, however, that the designer's job is any less important. How seriously would people take the King if his suit was poorly made? It has to look good." (Paul Boag)

Posted on February 02, 2010 | Permalink

Stephen Anderson on Seductive Interactions

"How can we design systems that encourage the behaviors we want? One of the bleeding edge ideas we’ll be talking about at the UIE Web App Masters Tour is adding motivation to web applications. How do you encourage user behavior through the design of your web app? It may initially sound a little far-fetched, but there’s an industry that's been shaping its customer’s behavior since the beginning: the gaming industry." (UIE Brain Sparks)

Posted on January 29, 2010 | Permalink

Design Trends across Decades

"Joining Karel on this episode are Keith Instone (Information Architecture Lead, IBM CIO’s Office, IBM.com), Eliane Tozman (User Interface Designer, IBM Media Design Studio), Ben Sykes (UX Design Strategy Consultant at Interactoid), and Shawn O’Keefe (Interactive Festival Producer and Web Developer at SXSW. The panel discusses recent design related news from the last month or two, the biggest user experience design innovations of the last decade, and predictions about what the next decade holds in store." (UXDEsignCast)

Posted on January 16, 2010 | Permalink

Make It So: Learning From SciFi Interfaces by Nathan Shedroff and Chris Noessel

"Make It So explores how science fiction and interface design relate to each other. The authors have developed a model that traces lines of influence between the two, and use this as a scaffold to investigate how the depiction of technologies evolve over time, how fictional interfaces influence those in the real world, and what lessons interface designers can learn through this process. This investigation of science fiction television shows and movies has yielded practical lessons that apply to online, social, mobile, and other media interfaces." (Nathan Shedroff and Chris Noessel - Huffduffer)

Posted on October 12, 2009 | Permalink

SpoolCast: Visual Design for the Non-Designer

"What can a non-designer do to harness the power of visual design without calling professional help? Quite a lot, says internationally-regarded visual designer Dan Rubin. We called Dan to talk about what design techniques are accessible to mere mortals. He also gave us a preview of his day-long workshop for non-designers at our User Interface 14 Conference, this November." (Jared Spool - UIE)

Posted on October 09, 2009 | Permalink

SpoolCast: Information Architecture Essentials

"Donna Spencer is our long-time, go-to expert on the topic of Information Architecture. We're happy to bring her stateside again for the upcoming User Interface 14 conference. Recently, I spoke with her, all the way from Australia, in advance of her trip to Boston." (Jared Spool - UIE)

Posted on October 07, 2009 | Permalink

How Mobile is Changing Design

"Mobile is evolving, the web is adapting, and these two colossal worlds are about to collide to create something new. In order to design the experiences of this new contextual web, we need to change the way we look at design. In this talk Brian will provide his insights on some of the emerging trends in mobile design and share his thoughts on how we will design the interfaces of tomorrow." (Brian Fling - Huffduffer)

Posted on October 05, 2009 | Permalink

Elements of a Networked Urbanism

"Over the past several years, we’ve watched as a very wide variety of objects and surfaces familiar from everyday life have been reimagined as networked information-gathering, -processing, -storage and -display resources. Why should cities be any different? What happens to urban form and metropolitan experience under such circumstances? What are the implications for us, as designers, consumers and as citizens?" (Adam Greenfield - dConstruct)

Posted on September 22, 2009 | Permalink

CHI Conversations

"CHI Conversations covers Computer/Human Interaction, including design, human factors, cognitive psychology, social science, and more. Our initial series is BayCHI, the San Francisco Bay Area chapter of ACM SIGCHI."

Posted on September 21, 2009 | Permalink

Interview with Scott Berkun

"In 1956 a documentary called The Mystery of Picasso was released, showing two hours of Pablo Picasso doing what he did best: making paintings. This film gave the public a first-hand glimpse directly into this infamous artist's creative process. Public speaker and writer Scott Berkun and I got together for tea to talk about the film and our own experiences around creativity. As both managers of creative teams and creators of work ourselves, we looked at how our processes aligned with Picasso's... or where we could learn from him. As the discussion unfolded, we came up with an interesting set of guidelines that enable creativity to flourish." (Tea with Teresa)

Posted on July 03, 2009 | Permalink

IA Summit 09 (Day 3 Podcasts)

"These sessions were recorded on the third day of the conference." - (Boxes and Arrows)

Posted on April 24, 2009 | Permalink

IA Summit 09 (Day 2 Podcasts)

"These sessions were recorded on the second day of the conference." - (Boxes and Arrows)

Posted on April 15, 2009 | Permalink

IA Summit 09 (Day 1 Podcasts)

"These sessions were recorded on the first day of the conference." - (Boxes and Arrows)

Posted on April 09, 2009 | Permalink

Interview with Richard Saul Wurman (Part 1)

"Part one of my first interview with RSW. In this introductory segment, I asked him about the 1976 AIA Conference (I posted a PDF of the advance program from this milestone in the history of Information Architecture a few weeks ago), about the job-title 'information architect' and also about librarianship as it pertains (or not) to his concept of IA. Many more segments to follow!" - (Dan Klyn - Wildly Appropriate) courtesy of petermorville

Posted on April 03, 2009 | Permalink

When Life Intervenes

An IA Summit Podcast Preview with Samantha Bailey - "Samantha Bailey, the 2009 IA Summit Chair, tells Chris Baum about how she approached creating this year's IA Summit program, the how the Summit community has morphed over time, and what it means to be a part of this community of practice." - (Chris Baum - Boxes and Arrows)

Posted on March 31, 2009 | Permalink

SxSW 2009: Designing Our Way Through Web Forms

"The Designing Our Way Through Web Forms panel at South by Southwest Interactive 2009 featured Christopher Schmitt, Eric Ellis, and Kimberly Blessing discussing specific ways to successfully create compelling forms for your users." - (Luke Wroblewski)

Posted on March 23, 2009 | Permalink

Seeing Tomorrow’s Services: Recap

"Probably the main distinction between CMU and the Berkeley iSchool is the focus on frontstage experience versus the backstage system." - (Jeff Howard - Design For Service)

Posted on March 20, 2009 | Permalink

Getting a Form's Structure Right: Designing Usable Online Email Applications

"I had the opportunity to speak with Afshan Kirmani on her article. (...) We talk about the design of an online web based application. Part 1 of the series focuses on the web based form where the user experience is critical before the user enters the application. The various aspects include a good entry point into a form which determines if users stay or leave. The beginning of every form is most important as details like usability set your apart from your competitors." - (Jeff Parks - Boxes and Arrows)

Posted on March 13, 2009 | Permalink

UXDesignCast

"This podcast series hosted by Karel Vredenburg provides the latest information about trends, technologies, and insights regarding User Experience Design from the leading experts in the field." (Karel Vredenburg)

Posted on October 30, 2008 | Permalink

Bohne Forsberg and The Design Process Manifesto

"On today's show we speak with Bohne Forsberg about the Design Process Manifesto he created from over 20 years experience in the field of design." (Jeff Parks - I.A. Consultants) - courtesy of thehotstrudel

Posted on October 01, 2008 | Permalink

User Experience Week: Conversations with Presenters at Adaptive Path's UX Week

"User Experience (UX) Week was held in San Francisco, CA from August 12–15. Boxes and Arrows, in co-operation with Adaptive Path, interviewed speakers in UX, IA, IxD, and Human Factors. Many thanks to the entire team at Adaptive Path for the opportunity to share these conversations with the communities of practice." (Jeff Parks - Boxes and Arrows)

Posted on September 04, 2008 | Permalink

Reboot 10 interview: David Weinberger

"It is always a pleasure talking to David Weinberger and just catch up with what he is up to, but I am also looking forward to listen to his after dinner talk at reboot and learn a bit about the history of information!" (Reboot 10 interviews)

Posted on June 25, 2008 | Permalink

Kill Your Mouse: Kinetic Computing Arrives Main Stage

"Paradigm busting interfaces are bringing new life into computing and entertainment, enabling people to interact with digital tools in more natural and intuitive ways – with Intention and Motion as the key platforms for communication – harnessing the explosion of the emerging digital experience that is changing our lives." (Cheskin podcasts)

Posted on May 30, 2008 | Permalink

Design Research for Emerging Markets

"In this podcast Cheskin Emerging Markets Practice leader LiAnne Yu speaks with Microsoft User Experience Researcher Masuma Walji about Microsoft's approach towards developing products and services for Emerging Markets." (Cheskin podcasts)

Posted on May 30, 2008 | Permalink

Interviewed by BusinessWeek

"Among the podcasts I subscribe to is BusinessWeek's 'Innovation of the Week', featuring interviews with people on the subject of design and innovation. So I was excited when BusinessWeek reporter Matt Vella asked me to talk with him about our MX 2008 conference, and our new book. You can listen to the interview." (Peter Merholz - Adaptive Path)

Posted on May 09, 2008 | Permalink

Luke Wroblewski on Form Design

"I recently had the pleasure of talking with Tom Crawford, CEO of VizThink, about my Web Form Design book and its relevance for the visual thinking community." (LukeW)

Posted on May 09, 2008 | Permalink

Interview with Alex Wright

"Alex Wright, New York Times information architect and author of the book Glut: Mastering Information Through the Ages, takes questions from Namahn on what we can learn from the Web's precursors about globally accessible information repositories, taxonomies, hierarchies and the evolving dance between oral and literate cultures." (Joannes Vandermeulen - Namahn Interviews)

Posted on April 28, 2008 | Permalink

The History of Information Architecture

"Leading-edge organizations are constantly looking for ways to improve their employees' abilities to innovate and create, and information architecture plays a critical role. Listen as Gartner analyst Whit Andrews speaks with Alex Wright - information architect for the New York Times - about his recent book, Glut." (Whit Andrews - Gartner Voice)

Posted on April 07, 2008 | Permalink

Foundations of Interaction Design

"The other day I had the opportunity to speak with David Malouf on his article, Foundations of Interaction Design. We discuss several foundations of Interaction design including time, metaphor, abstraction, and negative space. David also provides greater detail to comments posted on his article from readers from around the world." (Jeff Parks - Boxes and Arrows)

Posted on December 11, 2007 | Permalink

First Monday Podcasts

"First Monday Podcast, like its parent journal, features stories on all aspects of the Internet, including comments on trends and standards, technical issues, educational uses and political and social implications of the Internet. Its focus is simply on interesting and novel ideas related to the history, current use, and future of the Internet. Finally, First Monday Podcast takes you behind the scenes to meet the people behind the one of the first peer–reviewed journals on the Internet." (About FM Podcasts)

Posted on November 06, 2007 | Permalink

Women in IA - Indy Young

"In this interview, we talk about a great IA and UX method of doing this very efficiently. It was developed by Indi Young (...). After attending her seminar during the PreCon of the IA Summit 2007, where visitors learned how to create a Mental Model (during the teamwork that needs to take place between IAs and their clients), I had the chance to interview her. One of the things I really like about her is her great ability to describe complex things in an understandable way, using metaphors such as 'the hallway test' to help communicate methods like the Mental Model to the business world." (IA Voice)

Posted on April 17, 2007 | Permalink

Namahn Talks

"Joannes Vandermeulen conducts interviews with Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) practitioners and researchers on a wide range of topics that may be of interest to the HCI community." (Namahn)

Posted on February 09, 2007 | Permalink

Adaptive Path's UX Week Podcasts

"IT Conversations is sharing a selection of presentations from our UX Week 2006 event. Sessions offered up so far: Chiara Fox on 'Understanding Your Content', Dan Saffer on 'What is Interaction Design?', and, most recently, Steve Portigal on 'Cross-cultural Research'." (Adaptive Path)

Posted on October 09, 2006 | Permalink

Understanding Your Content

"What are content audits and content maps, and why should they matter to companies who publish information on the Web? Chiara Fox, a senior information architect for Adaptive Path, defines the art of Content Analysis in the scope of web application design and migration. She identifies several milestones and key deliverables that most companies can use on their next (re)design project." (IT Conversations)

Posted on September 24, 2006 | Permalink

Information Architecture Podcast Show Notes

"Today we pull from various podcasts to discuss the effectiveness of plain language to improve usability; including conversations with one of the founders of Information Architecture, Peter Morville and Vice President of products and usability at Google, Marissa Mayer." (Jeff Parks)

Posted on September 17, 2006 | Permalink

Card Sorting with Donna Maurer

"(...) on the topic of card sorting. I think she has a very nice and practical approach to card sorting." (Gerry Gaffney - UXpod)

Posted on September 17, 2006 | Permalink

The Library 2.0 Folksonomy Gang

"Listen to conversations with thought-leaders at the interface between Web 2.0, Libraries, and the Semantic Web (...) In this Library 2.0 Gang discussion, members talk about folksonomies and the role of user-generated tagging alongside more formal methods of classification such as the Library of Congress Subject Headings and Dewey." (Talking with Talis)

Posted on July 31, 2006 | Permalink

UXPod

User Experience discussions by Gerry Gaffney. (libsyn) - courtesy of webword

Posted on July 24, 2006 | Permalink

Dan Saffer Interview

"Dan Saffer, senior interaction designer at Adaptive Path, has a new book coming out called Designing for Interaction. We met up at the AP offices when I was in town last and had a great chat about what makes for great interaction design, how you allow for (encourage?) hackability, and much more. The book was an excellent introduction for me (the non-designer software dabbler) into the current thinking about user experience and interaction." (weblogswork)

Posted on July 04, 2006 | Permalink

TEDTalks

"Each year, TED hosts some of the world's most fascinating people: Trusted voices and convention-breaking mavericks, icons and geniuses. The talks they deliver have had had such a great impact, we thought they deserved a wider audience. So now, for the first time, we're sharing them with the world at large. Each week, we'll release a new talk to inspire, intrigue and awaken the imagination. For best effect, plan to listen to at least three, start to finish." (Technology Entertainment Design)

Posted on June 27, 2006 | Permalink

Webstock Web Conference Recordings

"Webstock is a four-day web experience: two days of intensive workshops, followed by a two-day conference. The aim: to improve how websites are built through inspiration, education, insightful analysis and practical application." (Webstock) - courtesy of elearningpost

Posted on June 19, 2006 | Permalink

The Reboot8 Conference Podcasts

"People coming to reboot - as long as they don't fall into the mainstream definition - are about challenges and achieving something; not for themselves but for all of us. It is not so much about the money but about the rest around it." (bloxpert) - courtesy of langemarkcafe

Posted on June 05, 2006 | Permalink

Tagging 2.0 panel at SXSW2006

"The Tagging 2.0 panel I organized at South by SouthWest 2006 in March is now a Tagging 2.0 podcast among the many SXSW 2006 podcasts you can download. The Tagging 2.0 panel was one of the 'highly-rated panels' this year, tied for first place with a number of other entertaining and informative panels too so check out their podcasts as they become available as well." (Tagsonomy)

Posted on June 01, 2006 | Permalink

What's Up With Knowledge?

"David Weinberger, Berkman fellow, author, and blogger, talks about some of the ideas he's exploring in a new book he's writing on knowledge." (AudioBerkman)

Posted on May 18, 2006 | Permalink

Designing the Next Generation of Web Apps

"I had a great time moderating a panel at SXSW this year. The subject was web applications -- specifically the changes we've seen recently in the new technologies, design directions, and economic factors of building stuff online. So I asked some really smart people to join me to discuss what's been happening and what they've been thinking about. Thanks again to George Oates from Flickr, Mena Trott from SixApart, Eric Rodenbeck from Stamen Design, and Evan Williams from Odeo. Here are the notes I prepared before the panel. We didn't get through it all; we could have kept going all afternoon." (Jeffrey Veen)

Posted on April 04, 2006 | Permalink

SXSW 2006 Interactive Panels Podcasts

"Please enjoy our recordings of this year's Interactive Programming. Including Bruce Sterling, Craig Newmark, and Jason Kottke." (SXSW 2006 Interactive)

Posted on March 17, 2006 | Permalink

ETech Preview with Peter Morville

"Nicole Simon interviews him on different ways to think about findability, how Science Fictions inspires him, the internet of objects and what sense it makes when shuttle busses use GPS." (ETech 2006 podcasts - The Podcast Network)

Posted on March 12, 2006 | Permalink

Keith Instone of UXnet

"Live from Internet User Experience 2006, Tim & Tom interview friend and fellow usability professional Keith Instone about his work with User Experience Network. What is UXnet, and what do they want from us? How about this: 'UXnet was formed to help make connections between the people and organizations that represent User Experience disciplines, and to encourage interchange and cooperation.' Sounds good to us. In a field so widely interdisciplinary, we could use a big tent like UXnet to convene under. Attend the tale of UXnet!" (Design Critique)

Posted on February 28, 2006 | Permalink

Thomas Vander Wal podcast

"My guest on today's show was information architect Thomas Vander Wal. Thomas was the originator of the term folksonomy and we had a fascinating discussion about folksonomic toolsets, personal and business cases for using tagging and what Thomas calls the 'Come to me Web'." (PodLeaders)

Posted on February 15, 2006 | Permalink

icon-o-last

"(...) a new downloadable audio program that discusses, explores and demystifies the world of design." (Lunar Design) - courtesy of totalexperience

Posted on January 23, 2006 | Permalink

Podcast of BayCHI Events

"Audio and visual recordings of BayCHI events are available here for the benefit of the HCI community." (The San Francisco Bay Area Chapter of ACM SIGCHI)

Posted on August 11, 2005 | Permalink