Emotional design and delight are hot topics in user experience. As overall product usability is more consistent than it has been in the past, we look to provide a greater benefit from design. So with usability as the baseline, emotional design is the standard for which to strive. Don Norman, a leader in the UX […]
A microinteraction can be described as a small interaction with a system, with a part of that system that only serves one purpose. … “brief pieces of functionality” … “contained product moments” … “product use case boiled down to a single moment” … “The details are not the details. They are the design.” The microinteractions in your product […]
You are walking down the street and all of a sudden, you have an idea for a mobile app or a new type of wearable technology. How does that idea come to life? How do you make sure that you shape that idea into the best version of itself? Phase 1: Ideation/Brainstorming You have a […]
Snapchat has a huge teen user population, with the median age of users at 18 years old. It was one of the fastest growing apps last year, but not without newsworthy headlines. The Top 10 Mobile apps of 2014 were released by Time, rated by popularity and promise. Snapchat snagged the number one spot, but […]
Venmo offers not just a utilitarian money transfer, but also a social experience, where you can see what your friends are paying for and get involved. The Top 10 Mobile apps of 2014 were released by Time, rated by popularity and promise. They included Kim Kardashian’s “Hollywood”, games such as 2048 and Flappy Bird, social […]
A key element of user experience is the understanding that a product will survive if it offers a (1) unique value or a (2) marginal value with an exceptional user experience. The Top 10 Mobile apps of 2014 were released by Time, rated by popularity and promise. They included Kim Kardashian’s “Hollywood”, games such as 2048 […]
“Human Factors” are design principles devoted to understanding and applying how humans interact with products or processes. There are universal human factors that help guide good design, such as: Sensory Perception Pre-attentive Processing Integration of Prior Knowledge Metacognition Working Memory (topic of today’s blog) …but the whole point of user experience is to take the […]
“Human Factors” are design principles devoted to understanding and applying how humans interact with products or processes. There are universal human factors that help guide good design, such as: Sensory Perception Pre-attentive Processing Integration of Prior Knowledge Metacognition (topic of today’s blog) Working Memory Understanding how people make decisions and think through things (metacognition), is […]
“Human Factors” are design principles devoted to understanding and applying how humans interact with products or processes. There are universal human factors that help guide good design, such as: Sensory Perception Pre-attentive Processing Integration of Prior Knowledge (topic of today’s blog) Metacognition Working Memory The best thing that a UX designer can do is to […]
“Human Factors” are design principles devoted to understanding and applying how humans interact with products or processes. There are universal human factors that help guide good design, such as: Sensory Perception Pre-attentive Processing (the topic of today’s blog post) Integration of Prior Knowledge Metacognition Working Memory In the coming weeks, each area will be discussed […]