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.
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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.
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.
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'.
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.
“...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.
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 to not boil lobsters: strategy keeps projects on track
If your team knows what your strategy is, then they know where you're going, and your less likely to end up somewhere else.
Design research reaps $1.6M in organizational change
The obvious answer to a problem is not necessarily the correct answer. Research not only saves money, but can reap huge, systemic rewards.
Target's ClearRX prescription bottle redesign wasn't all that
Revisiting Target's CleaRX and the tried and true prescription pill bottle: The design that gets built is the only design that matters.
We tried to warn you: how organizations are architected to fail
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
Nielsen shares how frequent usability tests keep you usability focused. I want to know how you keep yourself experience focused.
Methods for our madness
For all our galumphing, we have only seven primary design activities, and these are them. Exterminate, annihilate, destroy.
Designing versus doing
Fred Collopy discusses the difference between designing and doing, and why you'd choose one over the other.
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