Agile + UX: six strategies for more agile user experience
Six ways to be more agile and better integrate user experience and information architecture into agile development teams.
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A new design
Just launched a new design. I'm proud. Not because it's the greatest design ever, but because it really matches who I am with what I need.
72 questions to ask on your first day
Starting in a new position, it's important to understand the cultural ins and outs, biases and beliefs of your new organization.
The 'Only' statement: focus on your project's key goals
An Only statement keeps your team focused on a project's main goal and audience as well as what makes your project special.
Agile + User Experience = Parallel work streams
In an agile process with a rolling series of sprints, UX requires two, parallel work streams, clear expectations, and constant status reports.
A sample 'Only' statement for the I.A. Institute
A look at how to put an Only statement together, as well as how it works using the I.A. Institute as an example.
A common language for interaction design
A common language for interaction design would improve the clarity and speed at which we communicate design.
David Armano interviews Bruce Nussbaum
David Armano of Crtical Mass catches Business Week's Bruce Nussbaum for a great interview about design and innovation.
Fantastic case study on ATM design
Holger Struppek writes a fantastic case study on the new interface design for Wells Fargo ATMs for 'Physical Interface'.
Agile + UX = idealized vs. current state
Agile's focus on small iteration needs a team that can build the now, remember the future, and recognize the gap between the two.
Unique visitors is a dumb metric
Dumb, aggregate metrics like unique visitors and total page visits give no real insight into your site's success. You need behavior-based metrics.
Some thoughts about Twitter
Random thoughts about Twitter as an ad hoc social platform, intimacy, the relative nature of phatic communication, and forgetting.
“...quite delighted by small gorillas...”
Shouldn't everyone notice your wonderful design? The better question is shouldn't your design leave everyone better off?
The best books on innovation
Whether you're honing your design thinking or hoping to boost innovation, Victor's survey collects a list of books you need.
Improving qualitative metrics: adding purpose to your scales
Add clear, specific purpose to your rating scale help and your ratings actually mean something. Specify: why are you measuring this?
The U.X. health check, a Summit side conversation
I'd like to get some feedback on the "health check", a method for quantifying the quality of a user experience.
Designing with patterns: Lessons from Yahoo! and Comcast
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!
How important is the polite fiction of secrecy?
I'm wondering how important is secrecy to the people who operate at our cultural borders. Does it really matter?
Lazy Site Map Generator
Jason Pearce has put together a Lazy Site Map Generator that takes a site architecture in Excel, converts it into a Visio-friendly format, and then creates your sitemap in Visio. I haven’t tried it, but it looks very useful.
Practical prototyping: 2008 IA Summit Panel
Sunday April 13th, I'm moderating a Practical Prototyping panel featuring Chris Conley, Anders Ramsey, Todd Zaki Warfel, and Jed Wood.