I will second Erik's sentiment and add that the HCI program at
Indiana University definitely prepared me for practicing design.
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The other day at work I was thinking about this. I came to the
realization that at work our designs are sort of incidentally
'green'.
I work on software for nonprofits. The software I work on supports
resolutions of 1024 x 768 and above. By supporting lower resolutions
(although few of us are
As Pankaj stated, we see split buttons quite often in desktop apps.
The color picker is a common control that often uses this type of
interaction. The way Amazon is using it, does not follow the common
pattern, though. Whatever you select from the dropdown should remain
the default action for
You might want to check out the book Mobile Interaction Design.
As far as personas go, all I can say is it depends. Who are your
users? What is the context. Start there. You have to understand who
your users are before you can start creating personas.
I know there is an extensive thread on
I think that it is also important to note that users cannot always
clearly express what their needs are. There has to be a level of
interpretation from what the users says and what they mean.
I can also say that simply implementing what users ask for can lead
you down a feature-driven design
I think that it is also important to note that users cannot always
clearly express what their needs are. There has to be a level of
interpretation from what the users says and what they mean.
I can also say that simply implementing what users ask for can lead
you down a feature-driven design
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You can also try contacting Erik Stolterman who is part of the
Sustainable Interaction Design Research Group (SIDRG) at Indiana
University (where Eli Blevis the author of the aforementioned paper
teaches). Erik Stolterman also happens to come to Indiana University
from the Department of
