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November 10 2009
Seeing Breadcrumb Navigation Examined (via The Hot Strudel) reminded me that I’d been meaning to write a post about breadcrumb trails for a while now. The post contains a quite survey of various uses of breadcrumbs. It’s worth a peek. First of all, here’s what I conclude about breadcrumbs in DWN: Breadcrumb trails are… read moreFollow-up Post – European Commission: Design as a driver of user-centred innovation II
October 30 2009
In April 2009 I posted about a European Commision looking at Design (with a capital D) as a driver of innovation. Charlotte Arwidi from this commission has now made public the results of a public survey on the report itself. See the full results of the survey here. In a nutshell : “91 percent of… read moreJohn Ferrara on Measuring Relevance
October 06 2009
John Ferrara is an expert in online search systems. His recent article in A List Part is one of the first ones I know of outside of the academic literature that takes a systematic look at relevance. See: Testing Search for Relevancy and Precision. “Relevance” in information retrieval is an old… read moreBad Navigation – #1 Usability Sin
September 03 2009
(via Usability News): Neil Walker has a brief article over at Net Imperative called The Seven Sins of Usability. The number 1 sin: Inconsistent and confusing site navigation He writes: Effective site navigation is important from the outset of a visitor’s journey so relevant links should be included to take visitors directly… read moreAugust 24 2009
Cell Press, a publication by Elsevier Science, has an interesting effort to re-invent what an online scientific article looks like. They’ve launch a very light beta with two different prototypes, and they’ve invited the scientific community to provide feedback on this. See the Article of the Future beta website. The… read moreReview: The Innovator’s Guide to Growth
August 16 2009
The Innovator’s Guide to Growth, by Scott Anthony, Mark Johnson, Joseph Sinfield, and Elizabeth Altman. Harvard Business Press, 2008. http://www.innovatorsguidetogrowth.com “Innovation” is a term that’s hard to define precisely. It can mean different things to different people at different times. Newness, invention, change, and creativity are generally associated with innovation. Still,… read moreSubjective Factors in Information Seeking
August 11 2009
This article in JASIST caught my eye: “The role of subjective factors in the information search process,” by Jacek Gwizdka (Rutgers), Irene Lopatovska (Pratt). Forthcoming. “Subjective factors” are any and all of the feelings and perceptions users have while seeking information: In this article, we refer to ratings that were self-reported by searchers… read moreAugust 10 2009
Kate Rutter gave a presentation at the IA Summit in Memphis this year on slime mold. That’s right, slime mold. What’s that got to do with IA and UX? Nothing. And Everything. Hear the whole presentation on Boxes and Arrows. In a nutshell, slime mold aren’t animals or plants. They’re really… read moreJuly 14 2009
via InfoDesign The folks at Information Architects Japan have an interesting article about typography online. The title says it all: Web Design is 95% Typography. A little exaggerated in propotion but they make a good point: typography online is often neglected and misunderstood. I agree with this point. Finding a good… read moreJuly 12 2009
In preparation for my talk at the Euro IA conference this year, I’m re-reading Diffusion of Innovations by Evertt Rogers. I came across this statement and immediately thought of personas: One of the most distinctive problems in the diffusion of innovations is that the participants are usually quite heterophilous. A change… read morePaper of the Effectiveness of Personas
July 11 2009
A new research paper investigates the effectiveness of personas in design teams to arrive at usable designs: Real or Imaginary: The effectiveness of using personas in product design, By Frank Long. People have advocated the usefulness of personas for a long time now–from Cooper to Pruit and Adlin. It’s good… read moreDesign de Navegação Web – DWN in Portuguese
July 06 2009
Got an unexpected package this morning: a copy of Design de Navegação Web, the Portuguese translation of Designing Web Navigation. read moreEmotions and Design – Mood Maps
July 05 2009
via Steve Baty, I came across a post by Will Evans called Design Ethnography & Mood Maps. He touches on two of my favorite topics at the moment: ethnography and emotions in design. In particular, Will introduces the concepts of Mood Maps to record user emotions. In a nutshell, mood… read more20 User Experience Books You Should Own
July 03 2009
UX By Design has a list of 20 UX books they feel every designer should own. See their post 20 User Experience Books You Should Own. Designing Web Navigation is #4 on the list. I’m not sure if this is a ranked list or not, but it’s still nice to appear… read moreBreaking The Rules of Web Design
June 20 2009
via The Hot Strudel… Interesting article over at Web Designer Depot called “10 Web Design Rules You Can Break.” The examples are quite interesting and inspiring. Horizontal scrolling and mystery meat navigation? Why not! I disagree with the fundamental premise of the article though: ALL so-called design rules can be broken–not just… read moreAlso find James on:
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