I’m co-teaching this Skillshare class on Guiding UX Principles with Jonathan Hung and Rob Surrency on December 13th.
If you’re looking to transition into UX, need UX help for your business, or just want to hang out with cool design people come to this class.
We’re donating all of our proceeds to charity!
thinking about people as consumers immediately dehumanizes them and makes it harder to empathize
This is an awesomely designed space.
If you have an interest in philosophy, phenomenology, studies of cognitive science, reason and rationality, this is a good chapter from a book on embodied philosophy that is well worth the read.
[E]xperience is what happens when our senses are interpreted by our subjective brain, which brings to the moment its entire library of personal memories, wine shop factoids and idiosyncratic desires. As the philosopher Wilfrid Sellars pointed out, there is no reasonable way to divide sensory experience into what is “given to the mind” and what is “added by the mind.
Positivity is something that has to be designed into a product from the beginning,
Great article on Lean UX by The Cooper Journal: More, better, faster: UX design for startups
[T]asks that require a little bit of creativity and abstract thinking benefit from high ceilings, lots of windows and bright blue walls that match the sky. The point is that architecture has real cognitive consequences, even if we’re just beginning to learn what they are.
A fascinating article by Charles Mauro, analysing aspects of the user experience for Angry Birds. What makes this game SO addictive? Mauro identifies several key factors, including an engaging concept, managing response time, and the judicious inclusion of elements of mystery. Excellent reading.
Very very interesting game mechanics article. Here at Knewton we are exploring how game mechanics can help students learn more effectively and, most importantly, enjoy themselves!
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