Longitudinal studies look at long-term user experience. Usually, that means over a few months or possibly a few years. But recently, at the European Survey Research Association Conference, I learned about some much longer-term studies that offer some lessons….
- Spotted by USIT Design Research Lead Patrick Kennedy
Patrick Kennedy sez: Great article, not so much for the article itself, but for the discussion that takes place in the comments. Particular Christian Rohrer's comment regarding statistical inference in small sample size testing (ie "3 out of 4 people in my test did/said X!")
How does the media identify and hold audiences in a fragmenting market? And how do you regulate in this global, multi-platform environment?
The Managing Director of the ABC, Mark Scott, will give his thoughts on the future of the media industry in the latest event in the UTSpotlight series.
http://www.cooper.com/journal/2011/08/what_marketers_should_know_abo.html#
"User experience design can drive users to be more engaged with brands, but behavior is as important as appearance. The visual interface design sets expectations about the experience, but the product's behavior delivers on that promise. And engagement starts with understanding your customers."
http://gizmodo.com/5843354/facebook-timeline-review-this-is-the-greatest-thing-facebooks-ever-done
" This is the single greatest change that Facebook's ever pushed on us—and soon it'll be pushed to 750 million human beings around the planet. Facebook wants Timeline, which is going to completely replace the iconic Facebook Profile, to represent your entire life."
Really? Some people (like me, fer instance) may not want FB to "represent" my entire life.
It's the first major change to the BBC homepage since 2008, with the focus shifting from news to the iPlayer The BBC has launched a new version of its homepage - with focus shifted from news to the iPlayer - in the first major change to the site since 2008. (via theguardian)
Link to beta site > http://beta.bbc.co.uk/
[...]There’s a fundamental problem with stating that your goal is to “create a good user experience.”
It’s not specific, directly measurable, actionable, relevant or trackable. Thus, it will create disagreement and disorganization, sending many projects into chaos. However, we can avoid this by using S.M.A.R.T. goal-setting criteria when defining user and business goals [...]
SPECIF
MEASURABLE
ACTIONABLE
RELEVANT
TRACKABLE
(via smashingmagazine)
You can now subscribe to someone's Facebook feed, without being their friend. Ummm, Twitter, much?
Introduction to Human-Computer Interaction Design
Through lectures and a project, learn the fundamentals of human-computer interaction and design thinking. Work together in teams of three on a quarter-long project. Each week, in small design studios, present and discuss work with peers. The setting for the course is mobile web applications. The constraints of this small form factor make this an exciting challenge. At the end of the course, present to a jury of IT and design leaders.
Animated GIFs have long been abused: spinningflamingskull.com
I haven't thought of them as very useful until recently.
Making light weight animations that enhance an experience instead of distracting the user is an art. Using this form of art to enhance UX on mobiles and tablets makes sense because of slow connection speeds and data constraints.
Take a look at some of the animated GIFs created by Gusaf Mantel
USiT is the user experience team within News Digital Media, based in Sydney, Australia. The team works on the design of a wide range of web, mobile and internal applications.
