Two and a half years ago I met Koen. His wife just died of breast cancer after a long struggle against the disease. When we talked, we had[...]
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The Quest for Emotional Engagement: Information Visualization
Today on Radio Johnny Jeff Parks talks with Stephen Anderson, about his workshop at the 10th anniversary of UX Week [...]
Writing Content that is Compelling and Useful
Today on Radio Johnny Jeff Parks talks with independent content and UX consultant, who will be presenting at the upcoming [...]
Psychology of Persuasion—BJ Fogg
Fogg takes us step-by-step through the process of persuading customers.
Dan Ariely, Interviewed by Tomer Sharon
Dan explains how his theories about human irrationality relate to design.
Rhythm and Flow – A Conversation with Peter Stahl
Today on Radio Johnny, Chris Baum talks with Peter Stahl, Senior Interaction Designer for Cisco. Peter thinks we are at [...]
Engagement Styles: Beyond ‘Lean Forward’ and ‘Lean Back’
When people started using the iPad, it was speculated that the iPad seemed to be a 'lean back' medium, like print, as opposed to the 'lean[...]
Behavioral heuristics
In his most recent article Dan Lockton explores a way to capture how and why users behave the way they do and capture this into "something[...]
The Psychology of Persuasion
Persuasive design is a popular topic in user experience these days. In fact, our posts on how your coffee mug [...]
Brands don’t understand social media
I know that brands want to figure out how to use social media to do their branding work.