by Samara | Mar 16, 2013 | Blog
So far the design highlight of 2013 was traveling to Toronto for Interaction13, the international interaction design conference. I was particularly looking forward to this event because I attended last year’s conference and the experience solidified my desire to...
by Derek Hoiem | Dec 17, 2012 | calendar entry
Wednesday February 13th, 2013 from 12:00 PM to 1:30 PM (ET) Cost: FREE Sorry registration is currently full. Design patterns too often represent the low-level details of a design: the controls, interactions, and widgets. They’re useful for these low-level...
by Hugh | Dec 10, 2012 | Blog
I just hosted my first webinar, talking about the relationship between Agile development and UX. It was a good talk, but to someone used to live audiences the experience of speaking out into the great ether is slightly unnerving. I made like an old-time radio...
by Sourasith | Oct 12, 2012 | case studies
Challenge When Cisco sought to update their contact center agent desktop application, they knew that it would be a challenge to differentiate their offering from competitive offerings. Contact centers represent a mature market with tight linkages between technology,...
by Luke | Oct 11, 2012 | case studies
Challenge Analog knew that their web site was key to the “design-in” process where design engineers select the parts to use in a new design. Analog wanted to redesign the site to ensure that it supported their customers’ decision-making process. How...
by Karen | Oct 5, 2012 | Articles
20 years is a long time in the world of technology. When Karen started her initial work in Human-Computer Interaction, the interaction we were talking about was English-language command lines for the EVE editor at Digital Equipment Corporation. Most software at the...
by Hugh | Oct 4, 2012 | calendar entry
Tuesday November 27th, 2012 from 12:00 PM to 1:30 PM (ET) Cost: $49.00 This webinar is based on our experience working with Agile and UX teams across the industry. As Agile methods become part of the landscape in many companies, UX groups have faced the...
by Derek Hoiem | Oct 2, 2012 | Blog
I had a lot of fun presenting our webinar last week on Understanding Modern Interaction Design. We had great attendance and collected some really good feedback afterwards. Thanks to everyone who attended! I think it’s an important topic in design, so it was...
by Larry | Aug 31, 2012 | Blog
Unless you’ve been living under a rock the last few weeks, you’ve already heard about the verdict in the technology Trial of the Century, pitting Apple against Samsung in a battle over who violated whose intellectual property. The blogosphere is abuzz with what...
by Hugh | Aug 27, 2012 | Blog
Once again, the main Agile conference was an extravaganza of serious ideas, fun interactions, and maybe also the occasional party. The conference this year was in Dallas, at 100 degrees and humid, but that didn’t matter because the hotel had enclosed and air...