Radio Johnny: Jon Kolko’s Thoughts on Interaction Design
Jeff Parks
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February 1st, 2010 
Today on Radio Johnny, Jeff Parks talks with the Associate Creative Director of frog design Jon Kolko about his recently republished book “Thoughts on Interaction Design”.
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Show Time: 35 minutes 30 seconds
Quotes
The Interaction Designer is the shaper of behavior.
The notion of a dialogue implies we’re designing the thing between.
Marketing and Design are 90% the same entity but that 10% is so, so critical…Design Researchers and Designers try to understand culture where as a marketer will try and predict behavior.
The next big step is to tackle the giant societal problems that are facing us!
Summary
Today on Radio Johnny, Jeff Parks talks with Co-Editor-In-Chief of Interactions Magazine, and Associate Creative Director at frog design, Jon Kolko about his publication “Thoughts on Interaction Design”.
Jon shares a variety of ideas including the need to differentiate design research from market research; the importance of creating a balanced corporate culture; and how we as UX practitioners need to not lose sight of the elements of craft, execution, and appropriateness when working towards our ultimate goal of creating great experiences for our clients.
Show Notes
Jon will be attending Interactions ‘10 where he’ll be welcoming feedback and discussion of ideas from his book.
February 1st, 2010 at 3:06 pm
The download link seems to be broken
February 1st, 2010 at 3:24 pm
My sincere apologies for the mistake re: download link. It should be resolved now. :)
February 16th, 2010 at 8:28 pm
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