Game-like Elicitation Methods (GEMS) for user research- November 16, 2005 So the brilliant Rashmi Sinha of Uzanto has launched MindCanvas, a new user research tool that uses game-like activities instead of traditional surveys to gather user research data. This is combined with expert data analysis from Uzanto (which will limit scalability of the service, but provide significant insights well beyond an automated collection of graphs). I've been thinking about design games from a business stakeholder perspective for the past year or so, and it's interesting to see...http://iaslash.org/node/7702 Visual Complexity- November 16, 2005 Scrumptious information visualization from the Visual Complexity website...found via xblog, I think. (I confess, it's just a tab that's been open for over a week in FireFox, so I'm not sure.)http://iaslash.org/node/7701 UXMatters, a new publication for user experience professionals- November 16, 2005 So the launch of UXMatters happened during DUX...there's some good content from familiar names there...check it out, particularly Dan Brown's article on IA 2.0 (as ridiculous as version numbers are unless there was an actual v. 1.0, there's a lot to think about how IA responds to new mindsets and technologies.)http://iaslash.org/node/7700 Registration open for User Interfaces for Physical Spaces- November 9, 2005 This is an event I wish I could make - User Interfaces for Physical Spaces is a day long workshop detailing MAYA Design's work with the Carnegie Library to transform the physical and information spaces. In the process, they also had to tackle culture and business strategy, too. Fascinating case study, with field trips to project sites and detailed explanations at MAYA's offices. Coproduced by the IA Institute, the event is $200 for members, and $250 for non-members, and runs Monday, December...http://iaslash.org/node/7698 IA Event in Italy- November 9, 2005 Luca Rosetti and Emanuele Quintarelli have gotten together to organize an Italian IA Summit (Italian only) - looks like a good follow on to the EuroIA conference where not a lot of Latin countries were represented.http://iaslash.org/node/7697 Tagging tags to create synonyms- November 5, 2005 Gene Smith talks about a project we did at work that actually uses tagging tags for good use.http://iaslash.org/node/7696 DUX 2005 underway- November 4, 2005 The second DUX conference is underway in San Francisco. The opening plenary was amazing, with a fascinating talk on the Language of the Body by Tony award winning actor Bill Irwin. We're in sessions now, and there's lots of intersting cases and questions. There's a growing pool of photos on Flickr, and podcasts are coming.http://iaslash.org/node/7695 |