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NBC Winter Olympics Information Displays
Watching the winter Olympics this year, I took note of the great use of information overlays by NBC. Overall I have been impressed with their sparing use of graphics to convey the critical information....
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Montparnas Helps Design TiVo’s Revolutionary UI
To much fanfare and critical acclaim, TiVo announced last week its new Premiere DVR that features a ground-breaking user interface. I’m very happy to say that we had the privilege to work alongside...
View ArticleSocial Brands and People
Consumer behavior has certainly changed in recent times, and the way we interact with brands in increasingly becoming more intimate and familiar. I’m sure a few years ago we would not have thought that...
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Content Strategy and UX Design
In “Fusing Content Strategy with Design”, David Gillis gives a very good summary of content strategy and its interplay with the overall user experience strategy and information architecture. The...
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The Real Life Social Network
I loved this presentation by Paul Adams of the Google UX team. He explores designing for real social networks by examining relationships, influence, identity and privacy. The entire presentation is...
View ArticleDesign Research and Innovation: An Interview with Don Norman
Great words of insight (as usual) from Don Norman in an interview with Jeroen van Geel on Johnny Holland Magazine. He talks about the gaps between academic research, design studies, and design as well...
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Market Research and the Primitive Urges of the Consumer
“The trouble with market research is that people don’t think how they feel, they don’t say what they think and they don’t do what they say.” The BBC reports on an upcoming breakthrough for market...
View ArticleUX Design and Business
A few months ago, I received an MBA from the MIT Sloan School of Management. As a UX designer, it seemed a strange choice to many I spoke to about the decision, but I’ve been a long-believer in the...
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The Future of Interaction
In his article A Brief Rant on the Future of Interaction, Bret Victor counters the status quo and a recent video from Microsoft projecting the future of interaction. Victor argues that, while the...
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Customer Journey Mapping
Customer journey mapping is not just a technique for big-budget projects or companies, but a critical step in understanding your customers’ needs, desires and pain points. They allow you to stay...
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Biggest Mistake that Product Managers Make
Entrepreneurs can be considered the ultimate product managers, taking an idea from just a concept, and building out a product without the help of existing brand recognition and boundless resources. In...
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