Sunday, January 29, 2012

Information Architecture Research

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What do we really know about information architecture? Do we know what works? Can we defend our designs? Are we improving?
Via semanticstudios.com

Saturday, January 28, 2012

10 Best Intranets of 2012 (Jakob Nielsen’s Alertbox)

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Social networking and personalization rise to higher levels this year, while mobile intranets continue to cut their teeth. Also, smaller organizations get larger teams and better designs.
Via useit.com

The UX Research Plan That Stakeholders Love - Smashing UX Design | Smashing UX Design

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Long UX plans or no plans don’t work for people. You must be able to boil a UX research plan down to one page. If you can’t or won’t, then you won’t get buy-in for the research and its results.
Via uxdesign.smashingmagazine.com

Friday, January 27, 2012
Imagine life as a game in which you are juggling some five balls in the air. You name them – work, family, health, friends and spirit and you’re keeping all of these in the air. You will soon understand that work is a rubber ball. If you drop it, it will bounce back. But the other four balls – family, health, friends and spirit are made of glass. If you drop one of these, they will be irrevocably scuffed, marked, nicked, damaged or even shattered. They will never be the same. You must understand that and strive for balance in your life.

Juggle Balls

Information Architecture 2.0 :: UXmatters

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Wednesday, January 25, 2012

6 Disciplines for Reaching Customer Experience Maturity | UX Magazine

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Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Planning Your UX Strategy

Planning Your UX Strategy

The Context Problem — 10 Min Version

Corporate Usability Maturity: Stages 1-4 (Jakob Nielsen’s Alertbox)

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As their usability approach matures, organizations typically progress through the same sequence of stages, from initial hostility to widespread reliance on user research.
Via useit.com