Discussion Tuesday, April 29, 2003 ITP Spring Show An exhibition of innovative student work including multimedia
installations, physical computing, interaction design, sound and video projects, and virual reality spaces. Details of show
Sunday, March 30, 2003 First Rule of Usability? Don't Listen to Users To design an easy-to-use interface, pay attention to what users do, not what they say," Jakob Nielsen reports.
Monday, March 17, 2003 Why Usability Testing Matters
The result of the 2000 U.S. Presidential race was so close that some Democratic Party officials argue that one Florida county's hard-to-use ballot may have unfairly decided the presidency.
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Tuesday, March 11, 2003 "But what books do I need to buy" you ask?
"The purpose of this article is not to say whether one book is better than another, or even to comment on the overall quality of the books, but to provide a guide to what kind of deliverables information you can find in each book, and where."
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Wiki collection of "sitemap"
Compare how we define "sitemap" to some of the defintions and examples here. IA Wiki
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Alternatives to mapping
Dan Brown's portfolio site provides inspiration in the otherwise routine process of creating a sitemap. Spend some time looking around here...
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Monday, March 3, 2003 Bringing Your Personas to Life in Real Life
When presenting, talking about your personas, or referring to them in writing, communicate as though they are real people, people that you know. Express it like you are talking about a friend. Interesting Boxes & Arrows article.
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Getting from Research to Personas:
Harnessing the Power of Data More detail on how to leverage ethographic user data and identify patterns. Getting from Research to Personas
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Perfecting your personas Overview on how to design personas from the director of design at Cooper Interaction Design. Perfecting your personas
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Sunday, February 23, 2003 Stalk your users Techniques on how to gather user research by observation. Read the article.
posted by liz danzico 10:45 PM Tuesday, February 18, 2003 Design Not Found 37 signals posts interesting case-study vignettes on a range of usability issues. Useful to view when you have a specific client or issue in mind and even when you don't. Read Design Not Found.
