Category Archives: Design
Facebook needs human-centered design
The most recent user uproar against Facebook and its increasingly cryptic privacy settings spurred the New York Times to collect questions from concerned users and posed them to Elliot Schrage, vice president for public policy at Facebook. He responded quite eloquently in this recent article, but unsurprisingly his words have done little to calm the [...]
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Capstone Presentation Video
I recently finished my Master’s Capstone presentation and will be adding it to my portfolio when I get the chance. In the meantime I have made a video of the final presentation available. There is an introduction by Marty Siegel followed by my presentation and some follow up questions. Also, here is the poster for [...]
Random stuff I found on Sticky Notes
I recently went through a bunch of notes I found on my computer. All of them look to be the beginnings of blog posts, but I thought it would might be fun to throw them all together in one blog post and expand up on them later. (And then I can delete them from my [...]
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How do you improve or update your knowledge on user experience design?
Someone asked that question on LinkedIn in the User Experience group. The author of the question also went on to say: “Some people read books, some write or share their experience or thoughts on blogs or by simply reading some famous author’s blogs to upgrade their knowledge. Share your most preferred blogs or books to [...]
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Communication in the process of co-design
This post will most likely feel like like a train coming off the rails. I will clean it up at some point. Maybe. Anyway… Most designs are the result of a process of co-design, involving several stakeholders and people directly involved in the creation of something. In this process, there is a constant state of [...]
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Design Thinkers, Design Keepers, and Design Baggage
I was going to write a post today about the ways in which design is being discussed, viewed, and used by individuals and organizations. My colleague, Matty Snyder, and I have spent a lot of time discussing this and alas, he beat me to it and wrote it better than I could have. Check it [...]
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Critical Analysis Pre-Writing
In this post, I am attempting to make some sense of my argument for a paper I am planning to write. For this paper I am doing a critical analysis of World of Warcraft’s FigurePrints service. In making my thoughts and assumptions explicit, I have very strong opinions about how World of Warcraft favors certain [...]
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On Tools and Process
I recently participated in one of those joint school-company training sessions. I will just call the company “Acme”, and state that they provide a large assortment of design tools that we all know and love. I was quite disappointed with it. I can deal with being shamelessly advertised to, but this event was particularly bad [...]
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Potatoes and Design Thinking
So I went into Penn Station yesterday with a buddy (Matt) to have some lunch. When we sat down, I noticed the numerous metal bins of potatoes stacked up next to the fryers. If you have ever been to a Penn Station, you know that the fries are fresh cut. Anyway, I thought it was [...]
People are not to blame for bad privacy decisions