User Experience.UX Design

Re: http://lukew.com/ff/ A note of appreciation for Luke's notes from User Interface 13 Conference, on Jared Spool's keynote, and Peter Merholz's walk-through of 16 steps his research shows are required to become an experience-driven organization. Jared's tack... Read Full Notes from User Interface 13 Conference Article »

Today, Adaptive Path's Aurora hit the bits (previously, airwaves). Most likely you've already seen the video. Though Apple and others have been testing the 3-D GUIs waters form some time now, with the "genie" icons rising when we "run" the My first impression recalled the same images that others recalled who I've talked with about it: Adaptive Path’s Aurora Article »

In this second installment of Googleyness and Yahoo! we compare the services that, you might say, keep the lights on; search engine marketing (SEM), to assess for ourselves which is "Googleyer", according to Google's own definition of Googleyness.

First, The Contender

Yahoo! Search E... Read Full Googleyness and Yahoo! II Article »

Web Application Success Recipes

When we first launch in to a great new venture, interest or passion, a common impulse is to put all of our best ideas in to it. Well, the ones we think are best, at least, often in our naiveté. What's true for my eldest sisters lemon squares is also true for many software projects: a good recipe needs no improvement. At least not until it can be executed with consistency. Assuming, of course, you have a recipe. Same applies to music. I got my first toy drum set at age 7, and first real (Ludwig) ... Read Full Applying Successful Recipes Article »

The Information Architecture Institute is holding their Information, Design, Experience, Access (IDEA) conference at Chicago's Harold Washington Library, this coming October 7 and 8, 2008. The IDEA Conf. Chicago 10.08 Article »

No interaction designer with a serious concern for usability (as is our want) should be allowed to graduate on to later writings on the topic of user-interface / UI design, UX / UE, human factors, or any related design field, ... Read Full Psychology of Everyday Things Article »

Book review of Information Dashboard Design, by Stephen Few. Published by O'Reilly, © 2006. Information Dashboard Design, by Stephen Few, is, as he says himself, "above all else... a book about communication. It focuses exclusively on a ... Read Full Information Dashboard Design Article »

On 7.14-15.08 The Silicon Valley Microfinance Network will host Microfinance West at the Fishermans Wharf Hilton in San Francisco. I'd love to attend but, quite unfortunately for all, it requires a macro-financial investment to register and attend.... Read Full Microfinance West, 07.08 Article »

Jeffrey Veen and Co. have whipped up The Start Conference to help, and of course be helped by, those who'd like to start their own companies, and "quit your day job." Looks like a great forum. Of particular personal interest is presence of and, I presume, presentation by Dave McClure. I'd love to go but not sure am able as I leave that... Read Full Start Conference, SF 08.08 Article »

Physics, The Internet, and Culture, Oh My!

The Web (yes, it is a place) has expanded network consciousness. As life itself is now widely considered to be a network of networks, inter-connected by information feedback loops allowing co-evolution, will human society's impact on nature become more, well, natural? The internet-based hypertext web, so far, has proven a great journey for much of ... Read Full Can The Web Save Us? Article »