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Ethnography as a Cultural Practice—Steve Portigal
Steve Portigal discusses “the use of ethnographic research in the product development process and suggest how an understanding of culture[...]
The Hands vs. the Brains
What’s the difference between contracting and consulting? One major difference comes down to whether the job is handwork or brainwork.[...]
Natural Interactions with Digital Content—David Merrill
David Merrill (Sifteo, then at MIT Media Lab) talks about using Siftables to interact with digital content (Stanford HCI Seminar [...]
Mobile Diaries: discovering daily life
“To design is to have a ‘project’. Getting the design process moving is to expose and transform this ‘project’ in [...]
Discussion: What are the ingredients to become a great leader?
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Don Norman at Business of Software 2009
We love Don Norman. Here he is at the Business of Software 2009 conference, explaining his 10 rules of success. [...]
Not to prime, is a crime!
As a UX in the corporate world, we need to focus on practical ways of doing things to get better results – in what is often a shorter[...]
Discussion: How do you communicate a UX vision?
In a new series from Johnny Holland, we turn the light onto the community to discuss hot topics and issues. [...]
Perceived Affordances and Designing for Task Flow
A few months ago we set up five Flickr groups around several UX topics. Every month we will try and [...]