Posted by Grant Carmichael on January 4, 2008
O’Reilly sponsored event started in Seattle that is starting in other cities. It is a bi-monthly meet of geeks to introduce cool ideas and impressions in a Pecha-Kucha way (20 slides, 5 minutes). Before the drinking begins…
We should present there and maybe try to start a reboot of 2nd Monday or similar group here.
You can see talks that occurred at Ignite Seattle here: www.youtube.com/user/ignitenight. And probably also on the main Ignite Seattle page.
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Posted by Kirk on October 11, 2007
The XD Best practices session at Max was quite interesting. A member of Adobes XD team spoke. Their framework broke things down into 3 areas: Team; Process and Principles. Go to their site at xd.adobe.com.
Team
1. Emphasis Making
* Deconstructing
* Generalist over Specialist
* Wholistic
2. Promote Trust and Freedom
3. Have Fun
* Personality and Fit are critical
Process
1. Communication is Critical
2. Process isn’t that important
3. Five ways to work (rules)
Principles (How to Work):
Useful -> Usable -> Desirable (eg. washing machines)
4 Cornerstones:
What is the Point?
* Have a clear design objective
* Task first
* Keep it simple
* Focus and Emphasis
Content is King
* Content before Chrome
* Provide flexibility
* Enable direct manipulation
Create an Experience not an Interface
* Create a spark
* Make it personal
* Just enough is more
* Respond, don’t dictate
* Respect design objective
Choreograph, Sequence and Flow
* Design is a whole
* Establish hierarchy
* Motion has meaning
* Guide and orient
* Preserve context
* Be consistent
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Posted by Grant Carmichael on October 8, 2007
Several of us saw Jared Spool at MAX at the excellent Intuitive Interfaces seminar.
He founded a UX consultancy called User Interface Engineering (be sure to sign up for the UIEtips newsletter) They hold a conference every year, the User Interface 12 Conference is November 5-8. Check out this seminar:
Interaction Design in an Agile World
Larry Constantine, Constantine & Lockwood
Utilize Agile Development processes to implement a shorter development lifecycle and encourage collaboration.
Pricey for four days but could be worth it.
Also check out their blog brainsparks
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Posted by Grant Carmichael on October 1, 2007
Conference
Engaging Innovation: A Regional Vision at Work
2007 WIRED Innovation Conference Thursday, October 11, 2007
8:00a.m. – 1:30p.m.
Steelcase University Town Hall & Exhibit Center
901 44th St. SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49508
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Posted by Grant Carmichael on September 27, 2007
The following links go to large PDF files of the slides from the Adaptive Path UX Intensive conference I went to in April. Click the download slide links and follow the instructions.
Interaction Design
Login: daythree
Password: platforms
Information Architecture
http://uxichicago2007.adaptivepath.com/information-architecture
Login: dayfour
Password: metadata
Blog for the event:
http://uxichicago2007.adaptivepath.com/
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