We know that social games are a great way to kill time (whether you have that time to kill or not), and are huge business. But can they be[...]
Vicky Teinaki
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An England-based Kiwi, Vicky is doing a PhD at Northumbria University into how designers can better talk about touch and products. When not researching or keeping Johnny Holland running, she does the odd bit of web development, pretends her TV licence money goes only to Steven Moffatt shows, and tweets prolifically about all of the above as @vickytnz.
100 User Experience Design & Evaluation Methods for Your Toolkit
Chauncy Wilson of Autodesk is rolling out a series of blog posts with 100(!) methods for UX.
The Psychology of Persuasion
Persuasive design is a popular topic in user experience these days. In fact, our posts on how your coffee mug [...]
People Go Ga-Ga for Baby Faces, Even on Machines
Ever notice how people just go silly around babies? A recent study shows that not only are we programmed by evolution to respond to baby[...]
10 Tips for Mobile Usability Testing
Trent Mankelow of Optimal Usability gives a handy set of tried-and-tested hints for mobile usability testing.
Affective Computing
Anyone who can remember what it was like to have a computer before the iMac will know, emotion can have a huge impact on computers. That's[...]
What 8-Bit Video Games Can Teach Us About Design And UX
It's frightening to think that many kids finishing high school may have never played an 8-bit video game. For the rest of us–who now feel[...]
All Your 2012 Trends Are Belong to Us
As we swing into a new year, all the ‘best of 2011′ posts become ‘what’s going to happen in 2012′.
Municipal Devices
This post by John Tolva is heralded as “critical reading if you have any interest whatsoever in networked cities and[...]
Digital Tech and Our Lives: Portigal Consulting’s Omni Project
Portigal Consulting has published a 15-part (and counting) blog series[...]