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A Practical Guide to Measuring User Experience

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Dan Klyn is Adjunct Faculty at University of Michigan’s School of Information where he is teaching Information Architecture. This is the class sylabus.

Let’s get something straight about IA

“Why does this need to be explained? Why isn’t this more clear? Several reasons:
1. IA as described above is still pretty new, highly interstitial, and very complex; its materials are invisible, and its effects are, almost by definition, back-stage where nobody notices them (until they suck). We’re still learning how to [...]

Researcher-practitioner interaction update (UXRPI)

“I spent some time lately catching up with the status of various things related to my recent researcher-practitioner interaction efforts, my latest “UX community give back” focus. Something I try to make small advancements in during my “spare” time, with the hope of helping foster some longer-term benefits. Some of this is a repeat of [...]

In defense of “making it up as you go along”

“I confess – I’m for it. And I’ll go even further – I think “making it up as you go along” is one of the greatest, and most important processes of any age.
No great explorer set out with a detailed set of explorer guidelines. They adjusted and discovered.
No great inventor set out with [...]

Curs de Arhitectura Informatiei

Dan Klyn preda arhitectura informatiei la University of Michigan School of Information. Clientii sai includ: Incorrect Music, Lumber Liquidators, Time-Life, ShopAtHomeTV, American Girl, TJ Maxx, Artistry Cosmetics, Rose Brand, British Virgin Islands Tourism Board, Costa Del Mar, Tobacco-Free Florida, SIGGRAPH, Ross School of Business, NOOMA and world-famous folk music venue [...]

Maturing a Practice by J. Hobbs, T. Fenn, & A. Resmini

Acesta s-ar putea sa fie cel mai important articol pe care l-ati citit din 2004 pina in prezent pe tema disciplinei UXD. Din Jurnalul de Arhitectura Informatiei:
The authors of this paper position pratice-led research (PLR) as an effective agent in the transformation of the seemingly inherent and natural acts found in casual practice into the [...]

New book: A Practical Guide to Information Architecture

“If you’re a website designer, intranet manager or someone without much Information Architecture experience, this book answers all those questions you were afraid to ask.
Drawing on her many years experience of practising and teaching Information Architecture, Donna Spencer guides you through some simple steps to better IA and leaves you feeling [...]

Complete Beginner’s Guide to Design Research

“Research actually begins the moment we learn about a project, whether we acknowledge it or not. As user experience designers we aren’t content simply designing to specification. Instead, we ask questions; we take notes; we learn everything we can about our client and their audience—and that’s before we even begin! In this article, we explore [...]

The Ten Commandments of User Experience

The Ten Commandments Of User Experience
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