Interviews
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The Indie life: Talking with Louis Rosenfeld
by Paul Nattress | [18 comments]
Think you’d like to set up shop as an independent information architecture consultant? Polar Bear book co-author Louis Rosenfeld has a few words of advice: it’s not your IA skills that are necessarily the most important ones. more...
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Got Usability? Talking with Jakob Nielsen
by Chad Thornton | [18 comments]
Jakob Nielsen has brought usability to the attention of the general public, but within the user experience community he's been criticized by those who say he emphasizes a view that excludes other dimensions of user experience. So is he the defender of ease-of-use or the enemy of creativity? more...
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Alan Cooper Speaks! Impressions from BayCHI April 2002
by Brad Lauster | [17 comments]
On the second Tuesday of every month, BayCHI, the Bay Area chapter of the Association for Computing Machinery's (ACM) special interest group on Computer-Human Interaction convenes. Brad Lauster shares his impressions of the discussion with Alan Cooper and the nature of Interaction Design. more...
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What Is Your Mental Model?
by Chris Baum | [13 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 Line Between Clarity and Chaos
by Liz Danzico | [9 comments]
Life is full of choices, and making these choices seems more difficult each day. Boxes and Arrows interviews Barry Schwartz, author of The Paradox of Choice, to dig into these decisions—when we make them and when we don't. more...
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Straight From the Horse's Mouth with Chris Fahey
by Christina Wodtke and Bill Wetherell | [7 comments]
Christina talks with Chris Fahey about how starting a consultancy both fulfilled his professional dreams and forever changed his practice. (Part 5 of a series) more...
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Dogmas Are Meant to be Broken: An Interview with Eric Reiss
by Liz Danzico | [7 comments]
Is there a need for a Strunk and White of usability principles? Boxes and Arrows talks with Eric Reiss about sites designed by the neighbor's kid, how we didn't get Web 1.0 right, and the Web Dogma '06. more...
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Talking with Virginia Postrel
by Steve MacLaughlin | [7 comments]
Boxes and Arrows contributing writer Steve MacLaughlin caught up with author Virginia Postrel to get her thoughts on the age of aesthetics and what it means for design professionals. Postrel's new book, The Substance of Style, explores the economic, cultural, social, personal, and political implications of the growing importance of aesthetics in business and society. more...
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Unraveling the Mysteries of metadata and taxonomies
by Christina Wodtke | [7 comments]
Recently Boxes and Arrows caught up with Samantha Bailey, formerly at Argus and current lead IA for Wachovia Corporation's Wachovia.com website. She talks about the transition from being a consultant to an "innie" IA, unravels the mysteries of metadata and taxonomies and shares her vision of the future of IA. more...
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From Data to Wisdom: An Interview with Paco Underhill
by Liz Danzico | [6 comments]
How can the simple act of watching people make better products? Paco Underhill, the foremost expert in behavior market research, talks about the pyramid of knowledge, worshipping at the altar of the CEO, and the need to supersize or specialize. more...
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Long Tails and Short Queries
by Christina Wodtke | [6 comments]
Why haven't we figured out search yet? Amanda Spink talks with Christina Wodtke on why searchers still can't ask a useful question of a search engine, and how Google may be part of the problem rather than part of the solution. more...
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Long Live the User (Persona): Talking with Steve Mulder
by Liz Danzico and Steve Mulder | [5 comments]
More companies are doing user research than ever before, but what is becoming of all the information? Steve Mulder talks about strategies for getting research into shape so real people can actually use it. The key: user personas. more...
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Hiding in Plain Sight: An Interview with Adam Greenfield
by B&A Staff | [5 comments]
Is everyware overwriting what we know as everyday? On the heels of finishing his first book, Adam Greenfield talks with Boxes and Arrows about Everyware: The Dawning Age of Ubiquitous Computing and how the concepts are reshaping our lives. more...
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Foundations of Interaction Design
by Jeff Parks | [4 comments]
Jeff Parks speaks with David Malouf on his article, Foundations of Interaction Design. They discuss several foundations of Interaction design explore in greater detail issues posted in the story's comments. more...
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Straight From the Horse's Mouth with Dan Brown
by Bill Wetherell | [4 comments]
Tom Wailes' interviews Dan Brown about how pushing the envelope in small ways can be the best path to innovation in many corporate and public sector projects. (Part 4 in a series) more...
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Straight from the Horse's Mouth with Livia Labate and Austin Govella
by Christina Wodtke and Bill Wetherell | [4 comments]
Christina talks with Livia Labate and Austin Govella about the UX practice in Comcast and how they have created an environment where they are treated as colleagues rather than a service organization. (Part 1 of a series) more...
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AIGA Experience Design - Past, Present and Future
by Erin Malone | [4 comments]
At the end of April, the AIGA Experience Design sig will hold its first joint Forum as part of CHI 2002. Intended to be the first of several collaborative ventures to bring the Experience Design communities of practice together, the success of the forum marks a milestone in the life of the AIGA ED group. more...
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Interactions 08 in the Garden of Good and Evil
by Chris Baum | [3 comments]
Dan Saffer opens up to B&A about the IxDA and Interaction 08 conference. He helps us understand context of the organization, how the conference evolved, and what to expect in Savannah. more...
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Blasting the Myth of the Fold
by Jeff Parks | [2 comments]
Milissa and Jeff discuss how this long held rule in web design is being de-bunked by web analytics and user testing, as well as how this will impact design and development processes based on screen resolution and browser compatibility. more...
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Straight From the Horse's Mouth with Tom Wailes
by Christina Wodtke and Bill Wetherell | [2 comments]
Bill Wetherell talks with Tom Wailes about how one team at Yahoo! turned the normal design process on its head. Their thoughtful approach was successful, Wails posits, because they worked small and crafty while being inclusive in most useful ways. (Part 3 in a series) more...