Today’s mobile experiences are shaped not only by mobile providers, but application designers and developers. Jan le Roux questions our role as we push the boundaries of mobile user experience.
By reducing or removing the noise from our experiences, we can help users get things done in a focused, efficient way. UX Booth Editor in Chief Andrew Maier tells us why this matters, and how we can facilitate a more peaceful, frictionless user experience.
Psychological manipulation and business have been married concepts for millennia. Kristina Bjoran takes a peek at how this has evolved on the Web, and what questions designers might want to ask themselves.
Monetizing social media is an elusive but desirable target for retailers both large and small. According to Forrester Research’s annual retail study with Shop.org, 72% of retailers plan to increase social marketing spending in 2011, and the ever-popular Facebook is unsurprisingly central to their strategy.
User Insight’s Kevin O’Connor shares some exciting results from his company’s latest study, The Social TV Experiment and explains what they might mean for Interaction Designers today.
In an effort to provide a quality experience to our users, it’s necessary to be consistent in the design and content of a website. Consistency is a word we tend to hear frequently. The reason for this is: A harmonious user experience separates an amateur from a professional.
Ready to get your feet wet in Interaction Design? In this article the author touches briefly on all aspects of Interaction Design: the history, guiding principles, noted designers, their tools and more. Even if you’re an interaction designer yourself, give the article a read and share your thoughts.
Did you know the first “Brain-Tweet” was sent out this year? How about that we may someday be customizing windshields with widgets? In the not-to-distant-future, we may be interfacing with computers in exciting and innovative new ways.
Design has a reputation for being one of the more ambiguous areas of product development. In this post, Andrew details one of the tools that he uses to blueprint his interaction design work, providing a guideline for design that drives users towards their goals.
When it comes to sketching user experiences, should we opt for state-of-the-art software, or a good notepad and set of markers?
When CNN approached Fi it was a thrilling moment here at the agency. Since 1999 we saw the world famous news brand pioneer within the digital …
I was invited to speak at the MonkiGras event this week where getting a little sweary and ranty is kind of encouraged (it goes well with the c…
This is vitally important people so listen up. The web now connects a third of our planet. Over 1.2 billion people [1] use the web on devices,…
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