The Surgeon General of the United States says that “youth violence is an ongoing, startlingly pervasive problem.” Despite the[...]
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What I Bring to UX From … Psychology
How does one end up in UX after counseling delinquent girls and brain injured individuals?
Example Usability Test with a Paper Prototype
Paper prototyping, usability testing, and a cute kid. What’s not to like here? (/via @leanuxmachine) Duration: just under 8 minutes
Meaningful Play: Getting Gamification Right—Sebastian Deterding
Gamification is on the rise of late, but Sebastian Deterding suggests that many of the current implementations are rather superficial, [...]
Neuro Web Design: What makes them click?—Susan Weinschenk
Here’s a wonderful talk about how our unconscious mind controls our online behavior, from Susan Weinschenk of HFI. (From UX [...]
I Trust You to Trust Me: The Right Relationship With Your Customers
Trust is an important aspect in day-to-day life. Most of our personal relationships are build on it and our best [...]
The Action Cycle Explained—Don Norman
Here’s another video from a 1994 CD-ROM of several of Don Norman’s books, together with supporting video clips featuring the [...]
How Your Coffee Mug Controls Your Feelings
What would you say if I told you that objects you use every day are now believed to be practicing a form of mind control on you? Sounds[...]
Affordances—Don Norman
This is the first in a series of videos from a 1994 CD-ROM that included several of Don Norman’s books, [...]
Designing a Reason to Come Back
In a few months, Rockhopper will be coming to the island again.