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Gary Davis started his career as an Industrial Designer which taught him to design products from a human perspective. Since the mid 90s he has focused entirely on software User Interaction Design for companies like Xerox, Kodak and currently Dell. Located in Rochester, NY, Gary has done everything from designing hundreds of icons to simplifying once complex workflows.Follow me
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A day made of user experience
There are 2 versions of this video “A Day Made of Glass”. You may have seen the first with only music and no narration. This version stops to explain the various technologies and concepts. It’s an optimistic look into the … Continue reading
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Make sure your Linkedin profile is public
I noticed on linked in that many of my friends “public” profiles (the one people see who are not connected to you) show practically nothing. This is not good if you want to make connections, especially if you are looking … Continue reading
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Launch Day
Today my employer Dell/KACE is announcing their M300 Asset Management Appliance. Since I only have worked at Dell/KACE for a few months, I had nothing whatsoever to do with this product. However, a lot of my co-workers have been working … Continue reading
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Books UX designers should read
Here’s a list of 5 books UX designers should read, that are not about User Experience per se, but about behavioral economics, cognitive psychology or game theory. The list is from the Rajat Paharia video I shared yesterday. I have read Freakonomics and … Continue reading
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Game Dynamics in User Experience
In a recent post, I talked about “Gamifying Usability” citing an NPR story and Amazon’s user badges. Rajat Paharia of Bunchball has done a nice job in this 60 minute video distilling some useful practices for bring in game behavior … Continue reading
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LinkedIn Humor
I was on LinkedIn today and this is what they suggested as “People You May Know”: Perhaps they are testing something (April fools). In case you didn’t get the obscure physics reference, all three names are… interesting.
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Gamifying Usability
NPR has a short piece on ‘Gamifying’ The System To Create Better Behavior. This is a great example of the kind of thinking that can help go beyond usability to improve user experience. Productivity and time-on-task are important but these … Continue reading
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My WordPress plug-in
I just released my first public WordPress plug-in Affiliate easel for Amazon. The purpose of the plug-in is to allow WordPress bloggers to easily insert images, data and prices from Amazon.com and to use affiliate codes to make some money.It … Continue reading
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Essential UX videos, including multi-touch
Smashing has a great post about 25 user experience videos that are worth your time. Its going to take some time to watch them all but here’s an prototype (or simulation) of an interesting multi-touch concept:
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A tech company that is design, not engineering driven
Wired has a huge transcript of a long interview with John Sculley (former CEO Apple) and his take on Steve Jobs. http://www.cultofmac.com/john-sculley-on-steve-jobs-the-full-interview-transcript/63295 At the bottom of the interview are links to several smaller excerpts from the interview if you don’t … Continue reading
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