Using UX Illustrations for Executive Buy-in

April 10, 2012 By Leave a Comment
UX Illustrations

Tomer Sharon is going to be talking about how to get stakeholder buy-in at the Big Design Conference 2012. This talk ties directly into some work that has been doing over the past several years called “It’s Our Research.” At this site, Tomer interviews many key UX thinkers. You will enjoy this video on how to add UX illustrations within your projects. This video originally appeared on It’s Our Research site. It is shown here with permission from Tomer Sharon. Video on UX Illustrations Amberlight Partners Uses UX Illustrations Amberlight Partners is a London-based research and design consultancy with over 10 years [...]

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[Video & Transcript] The Power of UX Checklists

March 10, 2012 By Leave a Comment
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Elisa Miller discusses the benefits of using checklists during the user experience (UX) design process. Checklists are used by professionals in all fields. Commercial drivers, air line pilots, surgeons… all use checklists to ensure that they are fully prepared for their task, or have covered every point in their work. We should too. Transcript (Sponsored by UTD’s ATEC program, special thanks to Leslie McMillan) How many of you have actually used a checklist? Wow, that’s awesome. Now I’m going to ask you, what did you use your checklist for? Everything, grocery store, to do list, what else? Packing. My mother once went [...]

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[Video] Jim Henson and Human-Computer Interactions (1963)

March 6, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Robot Movie by Jim Henson (1963)

In 1963, Jim Henson produced an animated short about human-computer interactions from the perspective a robot. This short film was originally commissioned for a seminar in Chicago aimed at business owners about the topic of data communications. AT&T recently discovered this short, verified it was done by Jim Henson, and posted it on You Tube. The robot narrator exudes some very human=like qualities. Physically, you can make out eyes, ears, mouth, teeth, lips, and more. As the robot “speaks” to you, notice the egotistical qualities of pride, arrogance, and (ultimately, humility). The goal of the this short video was to talk [...]

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[Video] The Wisdom and Folly of the Crowds by Jessica Keup

February 6, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Jessica Keup

Jessica Keup never has been sure where she fits in – too artsy for the technical crowd, and too analytic for the designers. She holds a lectureship in the Computer and Information Sciences Department at East Tennessee State University, teaching courses in web design and human-computer interaction. Jessica has a Masters in HCI from Carnegie Mellon, where she produced new navigation style that was patented. In her spare time, she manages a number of university department websites and web applications. Jessica is a big fan of computer-facilitated creativity, and she’s currently working on her Ph.D. dissertation on artificial intelligence that [...]

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[8 Minute Video] Overview of Adobe Lightroom 4 Beta Features

January 12, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Adobe Lightroom 4 Beta

In this episode, A.J. Wood (and his lovely daughter) provides you with an overview of the new features in Adobe Lightroom 4.  According to Adobe, the Lightroom 4 Beta features refined technology for superior shadow and highlight processing, expanded management capabilities, including enhanced DSLR video support and the ability to create beautiful photo books from within Lightroom. NOTE: If you are in Dallas on January 28th, you will want to join AJ for his Photoshop Boot Camp, which is a full-day of Photoshop tips and tricks. Designers, photographers, bloggers, and just about anyone would benefit from this interactive workshop. We do expect [...]

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[6 Minute Video] Watch a Student Video of Big Design Week 2011

January 5, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Big Design Week 2011 Video Recap

Yukiko “Snow” Jones is a student at the University of Texas at Dallas in the Emerging Media program.  Yukiko created this video recap of Big Design Week 2011.  Yukiko developed this short video for one of her classes.  The video consists of interviews from most of the workshop teachers–Preston McCauley, Brian Sullivan, J Schuh, and AJ Wood. Big Design Week 2011 from snow_jones on Vimeo. Yukiko was a real worker, too.  She shot this video,while she was finishing up a couple of classes.  You will probably see Yukiko “Snow” Jones shooting some more video at the Big Design Conference 2012, [...]

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[4 Minute Video] Add SEO to Your Photoshop Images

December 29, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Using Photoshop to Add SEO to Your Images

In this episode, A.J. Wood shows you how to edit metadata for search engines using Photoshop for posting to the Internet. Running time is a little over 4 minutes. NOTE: If you are in Dallas on January 28th, you will want to join AJ for his Photoshop Boot Camp, which is a full-day of Photoshop tips and tricks. Designers, photographers, bloggers, and just about anyone would benefit from this interactive workshop. We do expect it to sell out fast. Register today. The cost is just $79 with lunch provided.   Related articles [4 Minute Video] Assign Brush Colors with a [...]

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Transformational Space | Gwen Harmon | National Civil Rights Museum

December 4, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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The Big Design Conference 2011 was kicked off with a fantastic talk given by Director of Community and Governmental Relations at National Civil Rights Museum, Gwen Harmon.  

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[2 Minute Video] Digital Native Baby Sees a Magazine as a Broken iPad

December 2, 2011 By 1 Comment
Baby and iPad

In a previous article, I asked a simple question: “Are you a digital native or digital immigrant?”  Digital natives grow up with technology and it affects how they deal with everyday interactions and relationships.  Digital immigrants are adjusting to technology being introduced in their life time. Caleb Jenkins, a UX developer, sent me this video called “A Magazine is a Broken iPad.”  Watch this short video and see my comments below. Did You Notice These Things About the Baby? You probably noticed identical physical movements, as the baby swipes and pinches both the iPad and the magazine.  You can also see the [...]

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[Video] Watch Big Design 2011 Video, Chance to Win a Ticket to Big Design 2012

October 26, 2011 By 4 Comments
Big Design 2012 Registration is Open

You can get a pretty good idea of what to expect at the Big Design Conference by watching this short video of the trade show. You’ll see a great variety of exhibitors with a large crowd interacting with them. You will spot developers, designers, writers, artists, usability folks, strategists, students, and UX enthusiasts. The energy in the trade show from our Sponsors was terrific!   Contest Rules (They are Simple, Man) You know we love contests! Here is the deal. Watch the video. Count the number of sponsors interviewed in the video. Send us an email” with your guess. The [...]

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