Five Sketches™

Here are two usability stories that are currently underway.
The first project
This weekend I got a Skype call from a usability consultant at a very large firm that is, in turn, working on a project for a very large insurance company. The usability consultant was just assigned, but the team is nearly finished building an online […]

While poring over the Vista UX Guidelines for something that was eluding me, I came across a chapter from the Scott Berkun book, The Art of Project Management (which has since been retitled to Making things happen). Here it is, courtesy of Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN):

Priorities make things happen.
Things happen when you say no.
Keeping it real.
Know […]

I came across a software-design approach similar to Five Sketches™. It’s called Design Studio, and was developed in the USA. I was intrigued to learn about Design Studio. When separate teams develop a similar response to the same challenge, it validates both solutions. In this case, the challenge is to support software developers as they design the mental models, interaction, […]

On Fast Company’s list of ten jobs that you didn’t know you wanted, job number 7 is interaction designer.
Fast Company’s definition of this job is a bit vague and not entirely on the mark. Compare Wikipedia’s definition of interaction design.
Is the confusion about job titles and responsibilities reflected in how C-level management sees the Interaction-Design […]