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UX in an Agile shop: you’re doing it wrong
I'm taking a stab at answering a question that is becoming quite common these days, "How does design fit into an agile development process?" Illustration by I, Timmy I have a decent amount of experience doing UX in "Agile" environments. One thing that's critical to acknowledge is that there is no standard Agile method: every shop [...]
Posted in Craft Also tagged agile, development, iterative, software, UCD, user experience, user-centered design, UX, waterfall Comments closed
Behance’s new blog: The 99 Percent is five nines awesome
Behance, plugs it's new blog, The 99 Percent as: At 99%, Behance's think tank, we focus on what happens after inspiration — researching the forces that truly push ideas to fruition. Our profiles of proven idea makers, action-oriented tips, best-practices sessions, and annual conference are all designed to help you transform ideas from vision to [...]
Posted in Content, Craft, Favorite New Things, This tastybit Also tagged 99 percent, 99%, Behance, blog, Craft, ideas Comments closed
10 UX myths, condensed
Keith Lang whipped out a great post over on Carsonified, demystifying ten UX myths. It's really good stuff, and he covers each with humor and ease. That said, it's a little long, so I will give you the condensed version. Photo by cobalt123 Myth #10: If the Design is a Good One, You Don’t Need [...]
Is a good goal just to be “good enough”?
Photo by occhichiusi There's an interesting new Wired article on what they term "The Good Enough Revolution". In it they posit that the intersection of high-tech and low-fidelity is where "good enough" was born and that it's transforming the world as we know it. As the article states, from Flip video cams to Kindle & mp3s [...]
Posted in Craft, Experience Also tagged cisco, consumer, flip, ford, innovation, product, prototype, prototyping, simplicity Comments closed
Do you think it’s fake?
Yesterday I saw the latest Time Magazine cover, emblazoned with the massive Reagan tear. Someone (it may have been me) asked, “Do you think it’s fake?” obvious response: “Duh, I hope so, he’s dead!” I was so happy this morning when I saw the B2 post, ‘Interview with “Regan tear” artist’. Here’s a link to [...]
Patternerific!!
This is a great photoset that examines the security patterns of envelopes. I wonder who designs these things? Are they specialists? What tools do they use? Do the scribble a lot? I have a hard time imagining that there are people out there that spend 40 hour weeks contemplating the best way to destroy light [...]
New York Times’ evil “feature”
When people watch me read a webpage, they often comment on one of my little ticks: I compulsively select and deselect the lines I am reading. I don’t really know why I do this, but it helps me to focus on the text. I’ll either click and drag to select or I’ll double click on [...]
The Medium is Nothing, or, Why I Stopped Being a Tool and Embraced Powerpoint.
Tufte has this rant he loves. He hates PowerPoint. Ok, I get it. That program blows! I can’t even begin to describe to you the horrible Six Sigma slides I have endured as we have run through an “Analyze Tollgate”, one of the fun little steps in the DMAIC methodology embraced by my greater organization. [...]
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