What’s behind the tension between “the business” and IT?

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To me, the core issue is one of company culture, and the symptoms stem from the organization and hierarchy of the company itself, the org chart. Even after all we've learned about the makeup of successful companies having the flexibility and adaptability to thrive in an era of networked, speed-of-light change, businesses still embrace old, outdated models that in my mind encourage this kind of divisiveness.

INTERACTION design does not equal interface design

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Interaction designers don't deal in metaphors. They don't deal with ways of information presentation. What they DO deal with is human behavior, with what the solution should be and is going to be, in order to provide value, in order to address inherent human behavior.

Expanding the definition of UX

Written by Joe Natoli. Filed under Uncategorized, Web 2.0, think fast, user experience. Tagged , , , . No comments.
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Design and content. Content and design. It’s impossible (and stupid) to argue over which one is more important than the other - which should come first, which is more difficult or “strategic.” They need each other to provide context, meaning, information, and instruction in any user experience (UX).

Do YOU give good UX?

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Strategic, effective experience design is the critical difference between limited use and broad adoption. And only one of those scenarios delivers positive business results.

Stats on Worldwide AppStores by Column Five Media: visual stats in excelsis

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Check out this impressive infographic – interesting info on an even more interesting format. Who says news has to be boring?