Thackara’s Law
“Smart Tech + Pointless Product = Stupid Product” (John Thackara – Interaction Design Institute Ivrea)
The New CHIplace Interactive Discussion Forum
“We are constantly adding new content and features to the new CHIplace (…)” (contact CHIplace)
Ontologies Come of Age
“Ontologies have moved beyond the domains of library science, philosophy, and knowledge representation.” (Deborah L. McGuinness – Stanford KSL)
Information Architecture Concepts: Misconceptions Explained
“An information architect is a vital member of a Web development team, playing a critical role in how content is organized on a Web site.” (Thomas Myer – IBM developerWorks)
Nondirected Interviews: How to Get More Out of Your Research Questions
“In order to remove our personal biases, expectations and opinions from the questions asked, I practice a kind of questioning technique called the nondirected interview.” (Mike Kuniavsky – Adaptive Path)
After the Dot-Bomb: Getting Web Information Retrieval Right This Time
“Suggestions are made for improvements in the design of Web information retrieval (…)” (Marcia J. Bates – FirstMonday 2002, Vol. 7 Num. 7)
Emotion & Design: Attractive Things Work Better
“Advances in our understanding of emotion and affect have implications for the science of design.” (Don Norman)
A Photo History of SIGCHI: 1982 – 2001
“Explore annotated photos of CHI conferences and related events from the beginning of SIGCHI through today.” (ACM SIGCHI)
Information Architecture: Defining The Damn Thing
“Defining information architecture is a re-occuring theme in all IA forums, and frequently leads to re-naming efforts as well, from information therapist to experience designer.” (IAWiki)
The Cranky User
“Everything I need to know about usability, I learned at the arcade.” (Peter Seebach – IBM developersWork)
Apple Guide Complete: Designing and Developing Onscreen Assistance
“With Apple Guide, you can produce guide files that actually lead users, step by step, through complex tasks and concepts.” (Apple Developer)
Applying Usability Techniques to Deadline-Driven Projects
“People have known for some time that getting users involved right at the start of the design process has a number of business benefits.” (Allison Tynan – System Concepts)
Managing the Ecology of Interaction
“Many studies and many areas in HCI and CSCW emphasise the rich ecological setting of human-computer interaction (…)” (Alan Dix)
Where the Wireframes Are: Special Deliverable #3
“A wireframe (…) describes the contents of a web page by illustrating a mock layout.” (Dan Brown – Boxes and Arrows)
Weblog Kitchen
“The Weblog Kitchen explores current research in weblogs, wikis, and other hypertext systems.” (Mark Bernstein)
XFML Wiki
“The eXchangable Faceted Metadata Language is an easy language to exchange metadata between websites.” (Also: XFML.org)
International Standards for HCI and Usability
“Standards related to usability can be categorised as primarily concerned with the use of the product (effectiveness, efficiency and satisfaction in a particular context of use). (Usability Net)
Architectures for Adaptive Mobile Systems
“(…) the application of adaptive architectures to maximize the user-defined utility of mobile devices within the limits of their available resources.” (Rick Kazman – news@sei interactive)
Formal Definitions of User-Centered Design
“When rigorously applied, a UCD approach meets both user needs and the business objectives of the sponsoring organization.” (Charles L. Mauro – TaskZ)
Practical Design of Outlines and Site Maps
“My goal with this site is to make electronically delivered documents far easier and more practical and faster to work with, by expanding beyond the “help topics” design paradigm.” (Hypertext Navigation)