Category Archives: User Experience

The Voices in Your Head: Crowdsourced Live Usability

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 The Voices in Their Head: Crowdsourced Live Usability It can be challenging to run a group UX review, even when the participants know each other.  There is always someone who talks endlessly, raising nitpicks and alienating other team members, others … Continue reading

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The RTFM of Usability

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Having been an engineer in a previous life, I’ve been a long advocate of the RTFM response when asked a silly technical problem: RTFM = “Read the F****** Manual” Where the third word can be anything starting with F depending … Continue reading

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The anti-social uses of highly social check-in sites

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Location-based social networks such as Foursquare, Gowalla, and Brightkite are getting a lot of attention for their integration of social networking with physical location. They allow you to “checkin” at locations around town, see who else is there, share tips, … Continue reading

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