Ux Articles

David Warlick posts insightfully about the uses of technology in education. Right now he seems like a pretty stressed out guy.

The basic idea a simple and user-centered web app that helps facilitate ordering, billing and member management for CSA's. Things are JUST getting started and I am soliciting help in doing some feasibility research as well as a basic evaluation of existing CSA management applications.

The 1968 demo presaged many of the technologies we use today, from personal computing to social networking.

We'll be gathering feedback about the initial concept and looking at some first drafts of first drafts. Basically, we're gabbing on the phone for a bit and I'm taking some notes.

In this context, I don't care about iPhones, I don't care about web apps; I'm talking about paying your rent via SMS. I'm talking about currencies and payment methods that aren't defined by a government or even a bank!

Understanding [stuff] requires forgetting for a moment about your own love-hate relationship with your cellphone, or iPhone, or BlackBerry. Something that's mostly a convenience booster for those of us with a full complement of technology at our disposal: land-lines, Internet connections, TVs, cars �can be a life-saver to someone with fewer ways to access information.

It's been a good book month for interface geeks and IXD/UX people.

Actually this is better than Thursday morning TV, which, in my hometown at least, was pretty weak. This stuff is amazing.

The opening jingle made me shoot beer through my nose. 6 minutes. Just watch it.

The real importance of the videos is not specific to any of the UI details; it's about what's happening at Mozilla, and the new inclusive approach they are taking to visual and experience design.

After a few months of work, we have gotten a new wireframe of the mobile app

Our goal with Swift is to provide a crowdsourcing platform for data triage. Imagine something like Mechanical Turk used only for tagging news, photos, microblogging and videos.