User Experience Factor 1: State Glue

“I finally got myself an iPhone, … and it is reeeaaally nice! Perhaps not the best phone on the market but using it is a real joy. One of the great things about it is that the interaction feels so smooth and sweet. It made me wonder what makes it so nice. One of the things I want to show you in this article is how this actually works in practice and what makes it such a good user experience.” (Martijn van WelieThoughts on Interaction Design)

User Interface Implementations of Faceted Browsing

“Just as it is important to choose the proper knife when slicing-n-dicing vegetables, it is critical to prescribe a suitable user interface to support faceted filtering. Faceted filtering allows you to narrow down a large list of objects to a manageable size by applying flexible combinations of attribute filters in any order. Rather than forcing you down fixed paths within a website’s information architecture, faceted filtering allows you to multi-dimensionally slice-n-dice the information in a manner that best accommodates your specific needs. A user interface that optimally supports faceted filtering must expose its robust functionality in a way that expresses affordances, controls complexity, and follows existing standards that have been pre-established across the web.” (Mike PadillaDigital Web Magazine)

The Nature of Design Practice and Implications for Interaction Design Research

“The focus of this paper is interaction design research aimed at supporting interaction design practice. The main argument is that this kind of interaction design research has not (always) been successful, and that the reason for this is that it has not been guided by a sufficient understanding of the nature of design practice. Based on a comparison between the notion of complexity in science and in design, it is argued that science is not the best place to look for approaches and methods on how to approach design complexity. Instead, the case is made that any attempt by interaction design research to produce outcomes aimed at supporting design practice must be grounded in a fundamental understanding of the nature of design practice. Such an understanding can be developed into a well-grounded and rich set of rigorous and disciplined design methods and techniques, appropriate to the needs and desires of practicing designers.” (Erik StoltermanInternational Journal of Design) – courtesy of markvanderbeeken

Recycle These Pixels: Sustainability and the User Experience

“Whether we’re designing the user experience for a digital product or a physical one, as UX professionals, we are uniquely positioned to influence the behavior of other people, for good or ill. Our employers or clients charge us with responsibility for not only defining a design problem from multiple perspectives, but also finding solutions that are better than the ones that came before.” (Jonathan FollettUXmatters)

So You Want to Be a UX Manager—Seriously?

“This is my first column on the management of UX. In my column, I’ll articulate what I’ve learned from my experience as a manager, senior manager, and director and three years in intensive senior leadership development programs. Have you ever known a manager you felt shouldn’t manage people? Maybe you’ve worked for one. Most of us have at one point or another. On the other hand, most of us have also had great managers. What sets great managers apart from bad ones? That’s one of the questions I’ll explore in this article.” (Jim NietersUXmatters)

TagPipe: IA Summit 2008 OPML Logo

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Linkosophy

“Giving this talk at the IA Summit was a blast; I’m so grateful for the positive response, and the patience with these still-forming ideas. I’m looking forward to seeing where the conversation goes from here! NOTE: You need to view this in ‘Full Screen’ mode, which you can only do from the SlideShare page itself. Otherwise, the narrative text isn’t readable.” (Andrew Hintoninkblurt)

The Diverse and Exploding Digital Universe

“In this companion to last year’s EMC-sponsored white paper, IDC again calibrates the size (bigger than first thought) and the growth (faster than expected) of the digital universe through 2011. IDC also explores new dimensions of the digital universe (e.g., the impact of specific industries on the digital universe; your digital shadow) and discusses the implications for individuals, organizations, and society. The tools are in place – from Web 2.0 technologies and terabyte drives to unstructured data search software and the Semantic Web – to tame the digital universe and turn information growth into economic growth.” (EMC)