Stories
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On A Scale of 1 to 5
by Alex Kirtland and Aaron Schiff | [7 comments]
Rating and reputation systems are quite popular these days. Done right, they can reduce uncertainty people have in making decisions during online transactions. In this story, Alex Kirtland and Aaron Schiff give us solid practical advice on how to design successful rating and reputation systems. more...
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MindCanvas Review
by Sarah A. Rice | [1 comment]
Mindcanvas is an online research service designed for IAs by IAs. Sarah Rice has used it during the course of various projects, and in this review she gives us an introduction to the service and its strengths and weaknesses. more...
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Quick and Easy Flash Prototypes
by Alexa Andrzejewski | [18 comments]
Alexa Andrzejewski shares her quick yet powerful way for translating static screen designs (from wireframes to visual comps) into interactive prototypes using Flash. Only fairly basic ActionScript knowledge required. more...
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Comics for Consumer Communication
by Rahel Anne Bailie | [3 comments]
Though popular in the development process, designers can use comics for communication to consumers as well. Rahel Anne Bailie digs into her past to show us how she has used comics in the past in the hope that we can utilize them with a wider audience. more...
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UX Design-Planning Not One-man Show
by Holger Maassen | [11 comments]
Holger Maassen posits his ideas about the process of planning and designing for User Experience Design-Planning (UXD-P) as Expectation Design. more...
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Leading Designers to New Frontiers
by Jeff Parks | [0 comments]
The MX San Francisco conference focused on helping managers and designers deal with the complexity, challenges, and opportunities that make every day so entertaining. Jeff Parks and Chris Baum sat down with several of the conference speakers and organizers to further examine the issues that the sessions revealed. more...
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IA Summit 2008, Day 1
by Chris Baum and Jeff Parks | [14 comments]
The IA Summit was held in Miami, FL from April 10-14. Boxes and Arrows captured many of the
main conference sessions.
Check out the presentations
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IA Summit 2008, Day 2
by Chris Baum and Jeff Parks | [0 comments]
The IA Summit was held in Miami, FL from April 10-14. Boxes and Arrows captured many of the main conference sessions. Check out the presentations from
Sunday, April 13. more... -
IA Summit 2008, Day 3
by Chris Baum and Jeff Parks | [3 comments]
The IA Summit was held in Miami, FL from April 10-14. Boxes and Arrows captured many of the
main conference sessions.
Check out the presentations from Monday, April 14. more... -
Meet Your Peers
by Jorge Arango | [6 comments]
The people behind the ideas, design concepts, and practices in publications like Boxes & Arrows are not always visible in ways that does them justice.
At the 2007 Summit, B&A Managing Editor Jorge Arango set out to ask some of the attendees three questions. He captured them on video, and we are publishing them as inspiration for the upcoming 2008 Summit in Miami April 10-14. more... -
Extreme User Research
by Daniel Lafreniere | [34 comments]
Clients don’t know a thing about their users, and designers think that if they like it, everyone will. Sound familiar? Daniel Lafreniere's 30-minute "extreme user research" plan comes to the rescue for those of us facing this exact situation. With this practical method, you can generate loads of useful data that will have a real impact on design, thus making the website more effective and profitable. more...
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We Tried To Warn You, Part 2
by Peter Jones | [8 comments]
Some failure allows organizations to learn and grow; others times it can be catastrophic. In Part 2 of his series, Peter Jones explores timing dynamics of large projects and alternatives to the framing of UX roles and organizations today. more...
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Cues, The Golden Retriever
by Jamie Owen | [10 comments]
Jamie Owen explores how we can best utilize cues in our work by understanding how memory, cognitive psychology, and multimedia research affect how information is encoded and retrieved. more...
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We Tried To Warn You, Part 1
by Peter Jones | [15 comments]
Some failure allows complex organizations to learn and grow; others can be catastrophic. Peter Jones explores
how, as designers, we have a
responsibility to detect and assess
the potential for large-scale failure.
How can we help stop the train? more... -
Enhancing Dashboard Value and User Experience
by Joe Lamantia | [7 comments]
In this article, part five of a series, the author describes ways to enhance the long-term value and user experience quality of portals by encouraging portability and natural patterns of dialog and interaction around aggregated content. more...
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Using Design Visuals To Communicate Ideas
by Jeff Parks | [0 comments]
Jeff Parks talks to a few of the very talented folks from VizThink '08. more...
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Personas and the Role of Design Documentation
by Andrew Hinton | [24 comments]
Andrew Hinton digs into the origins of the persona and reflects on how business uses (or misuses) design documentation. more...
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Minding Your Ps And Qs
by Yaniv Nord | [7 comments]
In Send: The Essential Guide to Email for Office and Home Authors David Shipley and Will Schwalbe give advice on composing and sending email. Read Yaniv Nord's review of the book. more...
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What Is Your Mental Model?
by Chris Baum | [11 comments]
Indi Young talks about the power of the mental model and how it can grow over time and help your organization avoid strategic blindspots. The story includes an excerpt of her new book, and B&A readers are elegible for a discount. more...
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The Trouble With Web 2.0
by Alexander Wilms | [22 comments]
Will Web 2.0 technology and design patterns ever work inside large enterprises? They are jumping on the hype, announcing their own implementation projects. Alexander Wilms looks in-depth at some issues and challenges corporations might face. more...