Announcing UX Intensive Vancouver, November 12-15
We’re bringing our successful UX Intensive workshop series to Vancouver, BC this November 12-15 with four in-depth days on Design Strategy, Design Research, Interaction Design and Information Architecture. Register now for an early-bird discount and to guarantee a spot! Our first two venues in Chicago and Amsterdam sold out — so get in while the getting’s good.
Hear Alexa on the BBC’s Radio Five Live
Alexa Andrzejewski discusses her blog post, Life Online After Death with the BBC’s Radio Five Live. Listen to the audio recording (Alexa starts at 45:30) as Alexa discusses the growing trend in online memorials.
UX Week Session Abstracts Now Available
The session abstracts for UX Week in Washington, DC are piling up. Check out some highlights from our stellar line-up of speakers:
- Stephen P. Anderson, Sabre on creating adaptive interfaces
- Kevin Brooks, Motorola Labs on communicating ideas through storytelling
- Joshua Porter, UIE on designing social media
- Adaptive Path co-founder Indi Young on developing mental models
- Mobile expert Barbara Ballard on building and testing mobile applications
Register before July 13 to get the last early-bird discount.
Jesse’s At It Again on Businessweek.com with Kensington’s Peripheral Challenge
Jesse James Garrett explores how Kensington Technology Group gained a competitive advantage with their new line of mice and keyboards through product experience design. Be sure to click on the slideshow for a behind-the-scenes look at design concepts and prototypes.
Catch Up on Adaptive Path’s Top 5 Blog Posts
Congratulations to Alexa Andrzejewski and Dan Saffer for making Adaptive Path’s top five most-read blog posts.
#1: Life Online After Death by Alexa Andrzejewski
Even while my 21-year-old brother was stationed in Italy with the US Air Force, he could always make me laugh, whether via AIM, Xanga or MySpace. For the past two years, the online Zach is the Zach I’ve gotten to know best, as I’ve been accompanied by ShadowsandDust7’s presence in my buddy list and followed stories of his adventures snowboarding, rock climbing and hiking in the Italian Alps on his blogs —Read the rest of Alexa’s post.
#2 Hot for Features by Dan Saffer
A recent article in the New Yorker by James “Wisdom of Crowds” Surowiecki notes that consumers love features on their devices —Read the rest of Dan’s post.
#3 Stacks and Piles by Dan Saffer
I did my Master’s thesis project (play with the prototype) on creating digital piles and piling as an alternative to folders and messy desktops. It’s interesting to see that Apple, who did work in this area about 15 years ago, is finally incorporating them into the Leopard version of OSX, albeit in a way I didn’t expect, making the piles spring out of the Dock, not on the desktop. It was rumored to be added in earlier versions but nothing ever appeared. Now it seems it has. Nifty. —Read the rest of Dan’s post.
#4 The Continuum of Online Communication by Dan Saffer
How do you know what method of online conversation is appropriate for the message you want to send? I’ve seen some oddly personal, individual conversations happen on Twitter and I always find that jarring. —Read the rest of Dan’s post.
#5 Design Schools: Please Start Teaching Design Again by Dan Saffer
It’s that time of year when Adaptive Path wades through stacks of design school students’ resumes, looking for summer interns and potential hires. As I was doing this, a trend that that I had suspected became clear to me: quite a few design schools no longer teach design. Instead, they teach “design thinking” and expect that that will be enough. —Read the rest of Dan’s post.
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