Balancing emotion with business reality

Presentation from Oz-IA 2007 about a case study of re-designing a popular news site (smh.com.au)

7 User Experience Lessons from the iPhone

How Not To Get Noticed

We all have ideas about the design and usability of WordPress, but what happens when actual testing gets applied to the problem. A presentation from WordCamp 2007 shows Happy Cog's work on the information architecture and usability for WordPress.

Learning IxD From Everyday Objects

How can we get inspiration from all the everyday technology that surrounds us? A talk given at Adaptive Path's UX Week 2007 in Washington DC

User Experience: the next step for IAs

Keynote by Peter Boersma at the Italian IA Summit

4 New P's Of Marketing

Conversation by Design

Creating an effective and unique blog experience

Designing for AJAX

With the advent of Ajax, new patterns of interaction have emerged on the Web. Bill Scott provides insight on how to best take advantage of the power of Ajax technology for designing a great user experience through a series of best practices, summarized as eight key principles. Each principle and its nuances are illustrated in detail with real world examples and counter-examples from both inside and outside Yahoo!

Usability: More than Skin Deep

We all know the importance of accessibility and web standards, so let’s take that knowledge one step further and into the realm of usability. In this slide show Lisa Herrod will redefine the common definition of usability by introducing a greater focus on accessibility and web standards. By taking a more holistic approach you will soon see why usability is more than skin deep