Tag: UX
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Book review: “Microinteractions: Designing with Details”
Interaction designer and author Dan Saffer recently published a book called “Microinteractions: Designing with Details”. As the title clearly suggests, this book is very much about those small interactions which make up a product or a feature. In fact, Saffer’s book is very much inspired by a quote from the famous American designer Charles Eames who believed…
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Book review: “Lean UX”
It was a situation that I had been in before: trying to get developers and interaction / UX designers to work together effectively. Not always easy. The UX person had worked out a vision of what the monitoring tool could look like, we then used these visuals as a starting point for internal discussion, trying…
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Use your brains to fly a helicopter
When you think that flying a miniature helicopter solely through using your brains is impossible, then think again! I recently found out about this company called Neurosky and how it has now come up with a miniature helicopter that users can control through their brains. Neursoky is a company that specialises in “bridging the gap…
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Book review: “Rocket surgery made easy”
Whether you are business or a user, I don’t think there is any doubt about the importance of a good user experience of a site or an application. However, the usability aspect often gets overlooked or doesn’t get the attention it deserves. In a digital landscape where one has to move quickly, the focus tends…
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Jeff Patton’s story mapping
When I heard people talking about “story mapping” I was intrigued. Especially as they explained it as a way to bring user stories to life. A user story is a simple but very effective tool to help design and develop (online) products, taking into account the end-user perspective. A story is typically written up in…
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