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The Art of Lighting a One Match Fire
My weekend morning ritual in these chilly months of fall and winter begins with a fire. I love our fireplace. After eighty years of service to the families before us, we had it rebuilt brick by brick...
View ArticleVideo of Learning to Love Humans: Emotional Interface Design
In September of this year I delivered at talk about emotional interface design at Webdagene, an amazing conference in Oslo, Norway. The conference organizers were kind enough to record the talk, which...
View ArticleForbes Magazine on Designing For Emotion
Forbes Magazine contributor Anthony Kosner shares insights on how emotional design and the principles explored in Designing for Emotion influence the relationships we craft with our audience. Below is...
View ArticleThe Web Ahead Episode 10: On Human Connection
I had a lovely time chatting with @JenSimmons, host of The Web Ahead podcast on the @5by5 network. We talked about interface design, working in design teams, and the joy and pain of critical feedback....
View ArticleA New Type of Designer
What’s clear, and it’s been said before, is that there’s an opening for a new type of designer. Someone that understands interaction design, product design and can add character to things through...
View ArticleJonathan Ive On Simplicity
Why do we assume that simple is good? Because with physical products, we have to feel we can dominate them. As you bring order to complexity, you find a way to make the product defer to you. Simplicity...
View ArticleOn Brand Honesty
I’m working on a new talk about brand honesty, and shaping the voice and personality of products. I’ll be debuting the talk at Future Insights in Las Vegas in April. Interested in a sneak peek at what...
View ArticleAllan Cooper on Product Design
There is little difference technically between a complicated, confusing program and a simple, fun, and powerful product. The problem is one of culture, training, and attitude of the people who make...
View ArticleThe Effect of Sound on the Human Mind
Soundcloud explores the four effects sound has on us – physiological, psychological, cognitive, and behavioral – in a concrete complement to their wonderful abstract short film, Sound.
View ArticleInterview With Scott Harrison of Charity Water
@kevinrose interviews Scott Harrison of @charitywater, a non-profit that is changing the world through design, technology, marketing, and compassion. Scott’s life story is absolutely inspiring. give up...
View ArticleThe Difference Between Pain and Suck
Pain is temporary, suck is forever. Micheal B Johnson, Pixar /ht @jmspool
View ArticleSteve Jobs on Usability
This story from Walter Isaacson’s Steve Jobs biography says a lot about how usabile products change us. When it came time to launch the iPhone, Jobs decided, as usual, to grant a magazine a special...
View ArticleHartmut Esslinger’s Design Philosophy
Form follows function emotion. Although his focus was on the Macintosh, Jobs wanted to create a consistent design language for all Apple products. So he set up a contest to choose a world-class...
View ArticleThe ROI of Usability Testing
For every dollar a company invests to increase usability, it receives $10-$100 in benefits. John Karat, IBM Research
View ArticleSteve Krug on When to Do Usability Tests
Testing one user early in the project is better than testing fifty near the end. @skrug
View ArticleTodd Zaki Warfel on Design Studio Methodology
The Design Studio method has become an important methods in Agile and Lean UX. This rapid, iterative approach blends concept creation with critique. Design Studio is a great way to jumpstart your...
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OmniGraffle Keyboard Shortcuts
A compendium of OmniGraffle keyboard shortcuts, discovered using CheatSheet.
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Smashing Book #3: Redesigning the Web
Ding! The sonorous ring of our victorian doorbell startles me out of my work induced stupor as I stare at my computer screen. As I open the door, a scruffy postman plops a heavy box in my arms. “What...
View ArticleDesigning into the Future
Form and Future recently released an interview with yours truly in which I talk about the challenges of design and writing Designing For Emotion. Designers often have to see further into the future...
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