Archive for ‘User Experience’
TAP THE TV — Online TV concept for multitouch tablets
Television is changing. Internet is increasingly used for distributing TV content. People can watch TV stations live over the internet, and they can view vast amounts of video clips on the web sites of TV channels and, of course, on all the social media sites. Television is becoming interactive.
Read more »UX leadership insight: wrap-up
For future reference and for easier reading through the whole “UX leadership insights” series, I’ll compile the links to individual articles here.
Read more »UX leadership insight #14: Tacit knowledge
(See my earlier posts for introduction to the series.) In a large project, there will always be some churn in the design team. Some designers will eventually leave, and there will be some new members that join the team during the process. Sometimes, when there are schedule pressure in the project, you can try to [...]
Read more »UX leadership insight #13: Bell curve
(See my earlier posts for introduction to the series.) As with many other natural phenomena, the skills of designers follow a bell curve. There are always a few super productive ones, lots of in-between, and then some at the tail of the curve. Factors that determine the productivity and quality of design work include training, [...]
Read more »Urban Screens Presentation
Forum Virium held a nice event this morning. It was about service design for urban media and embedded design, especially in relation to the recent selection of Helsinki as the World Design Capital 2012. I presented about urban screens. My presentation is attached here with English notes. Urban Screens View more presentations from Teppo Kotirinta. [...]
Read more »UX leadership insight #11: Skill is everything
(See my earlier posts for introduction to the series.) Mikko Franck, a respected Finnish conductor, was asked to help out and rehearse with an amateur orchestra for a full weekend. He arrived at the site, and just for a trial started to conduct the first composition. The musicians in the orchestra didn’t play particularly well. [...]
Read more »About the iPad
After a long wait, the Apple tablet saw the light of the day today. We at Nordkapp are as excited as you are, and here’s a few thoughts on what this might be all about; The new old media One of the most obvious uses for this is naturally the “old” media and the publishing industry. [...]
Read more »Eight things for 2010
Here are some of the themes we think will either finally make their way into mainstream or are there, and keep on on getting stronger in 2010. Tell us what you think in the comments. 1. Design as a process In 2006, the UK’s Design Council published their seminal paper on Transformation Design. Somehow things [...]
Read more »UX leadership insight #10: Tools of trade
(See my earlier posts for introduction to the series.) Watercolor paintings and oil paintings look no doubt quite different. The artist had a vision about the desired end result and then selected the painting technique that is best suited to reach it. In any form of art or craft, the tool is always visible in [...]
Read more »UX leadership insight #9: Demos are not only for demos
(See my earlier posts for introduction to the series.) Demos are great for many purposes. The most obvious ones are to communicate the design to someone else, and test the UI with end users. However, in a large design project, the less obvious purposes may be the most important ones. A demo or a simulation [...]
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