Johnny Holland » Elizabeth Thapliyal http://johnnyholland.org It's all about interaction Mon, 11 Mar 2013 23:07:51 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 Radio Johnny: High-Fidelity Prototyping It’s Easier than you Think http://johnnyholland.org/radio-johnny/radio-johnny-high-fidelity-prototyping-it%e2%80%99s-easier-than-you-think/ http://johnnyholland.org/radio-johnny/radio-johnny-high-fidelity-prototyping-it%e2%80%99s-easier-than-you-think/#comments Tue, 07 Dec 2010 12:00:36 +0000 Elizabeth Thapliyal http://johnnyholland.org/?p=9519 Today on Radio Johnny Elizabeth Thapliyal talks with Patrick Kovacich and Jill Christ about high-fidelity prototyping for quick design validation. [...]]]>

Today on Radio Johnny Elizabeth Thapliyal talks with Patrick Kovacich and Jill Christ about high-fidelity prototyping for quick design validation.

Quotes

The tools have evolved so that you can do a high-fidelity prototype of whatever you want to build in a little more time then a paper prototype, but not a lot more time, and the results are so much better.

People get more excited about things that are experimental. It gets back to just playing with it and seeing if it might work and that captivates the developer.

You can put together a really impressive dog and pony show that you can send up the chain up to the executives, and then all of the sudden all the engineering resources that weren’t available to you become available to you because you have executive buy in.

Summary

Elizabeth leads this discussion about the numerous benefits of high-fidelity prototyping including how it can be used as an effective communication tool with developers, an executive buy-in tool with stakeholders, and an experimental tool for design teams to try out new ideas.

Patrick shares his trial and error explorations with building a prototype to mimic a desktop application that is flexible to use for ongoing usability validation and as an internal communication tool.

Show Notes

Tools mentioned in today’s conversation include:

Axure
jquery
Fireworks
Flash

Continue the conversation with our guests on Twitter
Patrick Kovacich @patrickcentral
Jill Christ @jillchrist

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]]> http://johnnyholland.org/radio-johnny/radio-johnny-high-fidelity-prototyping-it%e2%80%99s-easier-than-you-think/feed/ 1 Radio Johnny: Recruiting Usability Participants via Social Media http://johnnyholland.org/radio-johnny/radio-johnny-recruiting-usability-participants-via-social-media/ http://johnnyholland.org/radio-johnny/radio-johnny-recruiting-usability-participants-via-social-media/#comments Mon, 15 Nov 2010 12:00:16 +0000 Elizabeth Thapliyal http://johnnyholland.org/?p=9331 Today on Radio Johnny Elizabeth Thapliyal talks with Miriam Melo, Amber Brown, and Jill Christ about using Social Media to [...]]]>

Today on Radio Johnny Elizabeth Thapliyal talks with Miriam Melo, Amber Brown, and Jill Christ about using Social Media to recruit for UX Research Studies. These three women share how Social Media has revolutionized the recruiting process for usability studies, and bought them closer to their customers. They also share the importance reaching out to your customers, giving them a voice, and how they can influence the product development process.

Quotes

Recruiting is not a topic that is covered at very many UX conferences, events, or in the literature that is available out there. It’s really great for us to come together and have these conversations, and share knowledge with each other and learn…

Social media is a really good outlet for recruiting and getting customers to come in the door and participate in usability studies wither it’s in house or remote, but it’s also a good way for everyone in the organization to get in touch with their customers.

No matter what part of the organization you come from, anyone can benefit from learning how to reach out to customers…It’s awesome to have conversations with people, and put faces to a company name…People wouldn’t expect the people who are actually improving the product, and working with the engineers to reach out to them…It makes them feel like they have a voice…

Summary

In this podcast, Miriam, Amber, and Jill discuss how Social Media has transformed how they find and recruit participants for usability studies. By using tools such as Twitter, LinkedIn, or Meetup.com, recruiting suddenly has become much more engaging, fun, and efficient. No longer is recruiting limited to sending out mass emails, or making cold calls. Now recruiting is about engaging in an ongoing dialog with your users through Social Media. It is about finding the conversations that users are already having about your products, and showing them that they have a voice in your organization.

Miriam, Amber, and Jill also discuss the importance of having direct contact with your customers, no matter where you are in your organization. They talk about how easy it is to reach out to them using Social Media, and offer tips, tricks, and best practices that anyone can use to reach out to customers.

Show Notes

Tools mentioned in today’s conversation include:

Meet-Up online community allowing people to connect in person.
Tweet Deck is a real-time browser, connecting you with contacts across Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, LinkedIn, Foursquare, and others.

Follow our guests on today’s show Twitter:
Miriam Melo @melosfdc
Amber Brown @abcitrite
Elizabeth Thapliyal @ethapliyal
Jill Christ @jillchrist

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