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72 questions to ask on your first day

Mon, Apr 7 in Design Thinking, Working better

Starting in a new position, it's important to understand the cultural ins and outs, biases and beliefs of your new organization.

A sample 'Only' statement for the I.A. Institute

A sample 'Only' statement for the I.A. Institute

Thu, Jun 12 in Design Thinking, Experience, Information Architecture, Metrics & Validation

A look at how to put an Only statement together, as well as how it works using the I.A. Institute as an example.

David Armano interviews Bruce Nussbaum

Mon, Jun 2 in Design Thinking, Experience

David Armano of Crtical Mass catches Business Week's Bruce Nussbaum for a great interview about design and innovation.

Design research reaps $1.6M in organizational change

Fri, Jun 20 in Design Thinking

The obvious answer to a problem is not necessarily the correct answer. Research not only saves money, but can reap huge, systemic rewards.

Designing versus doing

Tue, Oct 14 in Design Thinking

Fred Collopy discusses the difference between designing and doing, and why you'd choose one over the other.

Designing with patterns: Lessons from Yahoo! and Comcast

Designing with patterns: Lessons from Yahoo! and Comcast

Mon, Mar 17 in Conferences, Design Thinking, Information Architecture, Interaction Design

Come hear Christian Crumlish and I share what we’ve learned, what works, and what we will never ever do again at Comcast and Yahoo!

Fantastic case study on ATM design

Thu, Jun 5 in Design Thinking, Interaction Design

Holger Struppek writes a fantastic case study on the new interface design for Wells Fargo ATMs for 'Physical Interface'.

How to not boil lobsters: strategy keeps projects on track

How to not boil lobsters: strategy keeps projects on track

Sat, Sep 15 in Design Thinking, Information Architecture

If your team knows what your strategy is, then they know where you're going, and your less likely to end up somewhere else.

Methods for our madness

Methods for our madness

Wed, Oct 29 in Design Thinking

For all our galumphing, we have only seven primary design activities, and these are them. Exterminate, annihilate, destroy.

Target's ClearRX prescription bottle redesign wasn't all that

Sat, Aug 30 in Design Thinking, Information Architecture

Revisiting Target's CleaRX and the tried and true prescription pill bottle: The design that gets built is the only design that matters.

The 'Only' statement: focus on your project's key goals

The 'Only' statement: focus on your project's key goals

Thu, Jun 5 in Design Thinking, Experience, Information Architecture, Metrics & Validation

An Only statement keeps your team focused on a project's main goal and audience as well as what makes your project special.

The best books on innovation

Mon, Jan 7 in Design Thinking, Information Architecture

Whether you're honing your design thinking or hoping to boost innovation, Victor's survey collects a list of books you need.

Unique visitors is a dumb metric

Unique visitors is a dumb metric

Mon, Mar 24 in Design Thinking, Metrics & Validation

Dumb, aggregate metrics like unique visitors and total page visits give no real insight into your site's success. You need behavior-based metrics.

We tried to warn you: how organizations are architected to fail

Thu, Mar 20 in Design Thinking, Information Architecture

Peter Jones explores how, as designers, we have a responsibility to detect and assess the potential for large-scale failure.

Weekly usability tests, Nielsen talks about Tivo

Tue, Jul 29 in Design Thinking, Experience, Metrics & Validation

Nielsen shares how frequent usability tests keep you usability focused. I want to know how you keep yourself experience focused.

“...quite delighted by small gorillas...”

“...quite delighted by small gorillas...”

Mon, Mar 17 in Design Thinking, Experience, Interaction Design

Shouldn't everyone notice your wonderful design? The better question is shouldn't your design leave everyone better off?

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