The following is a composite of experiences I’ve had in the last year when talking with startups. Some dialog is paraphrased, some is verbatim, but I’ve tried to keep it as true as possible and not skew it towards anyone’s advantage or disadvantage. As professionals in the user-centered design world, we are trained and inclined to think of product design as relying on a solid knowledge, frequently tested, of our potential users, their real-life needs and habits. We’ve seen the
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Are your users S.T.U.P.I.D?
Stephen Turbek highlights the various, subtle pressures on a user that reduce a user’s “effective intelligence”, or what they actually use when using an interface.
Continue readingNovices Orienteer, Experts Teleport
Expertise significantly impacts how we seek information online. Tyler Tate explores how the differences between novices and experts help us design better search interfaces for both groups of users.
Continue readingThe Stranger’s Long Neck
In this B&A podcast, Jeff Parks speaks with Gerry McGovern about the thinking that went into his new book. They discuss customers as strangers, the Long Neck, and task management — how to deliver and
measure what your customers want.
Case Study of Agile and UCD Working Together
How does Agile work effectively when redesigning a site? James Kelway uses case studies as starting points to explore how Agile and UCD can work together during wholesale redesigns.
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