Google-Centered Design: "Make it work/feel/act/look like Google" On Mon, Oct 6, 2008 at 3:46 PM, Dan Saffer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > On Oct 6, 2008, at 12:38 PM, Jared Spool wrote: > > >> Again, Is UCD a methodological framework (or whatever you call it)? Are >> these things one of those too? >> >> Or is UCD just a state-of-mind? >> >> > To me, UCD is an approach to design that suggests certain methods. > Personas, for instance, with their frequent emphasis on user goals, seems to > be a technique suggested by an UCD approach. Something like Indi Young's > Mental Models (aka alignment diagrams) would be a technique that > Activity-Centered Design approach might engender. > > We should not forget the two other major approaches as well: systems > design, and "genius design." Those are valid approaches to our work as well. > > Dan > > > > > Dan Saffer > Principal, Kicker Studio > http://www.kickerstudio.com > http://www.odannyboy.com > > > > > ________________________________________________________________ > Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! > To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe > List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines > List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help > -- ~ will "Where you innovate, how you innovate, and what you innovate are design problems" --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Will Evans | User Experience Architect tel: +1.617.281.128 | [EMAIL PROTECTED] aim: semanticwill | gtalk: wkevans4 twitter: semanticwill | skype: semanticwill --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
