Monthly Archives: October 2010

Facilitating open UX: help plan the Mozilla Labs Concept Series program

How come developers often successfully collaborate to build open source software, but designers hardly ever work to create open user interfaces and experiences? Is UX design simply not suited to open collaboration? Or are there other reasons? One thing’s for … Continue reading

Mobile Usability Testing Tip: Recording from Two Webcams

Off the shelf mobile usability testing kit is ridiculously expensive. I’ve previously I’ve written about cheap ways to make usability testing “sleds” for your mobile devices. One of the simplest solutions was suggested by New Zealand-based UX expert Nick Bowmast, … Continue reading

Clear Reporting & Critical Thinking: Why User Experience Needs to Remember its Roots in Psychology

“We are going to become increasingly disappointed with our progress if we just keep doing all of this back slapping that we’ve become so accustomed to.” – Whitney Hess (IA Summit 10 Keynote) There was a time, back in the … Continue reading