Designing for the Internet of Things

Where a task requires the user to interact with more than one device, they need to be aware of the seams: the different role of ...

Figure 9. 34 : Jaguar syncing with Bluetooth device ( low res grab from jaguar.com, get high res when Allan back from holiday). ...

it’s important right now. For example, the Pebble Smartwatch can notify the user of new emails, texts and Twitter alerts, and sh ...

consistency of language, information graphics and aesthetics across online and print materials. And you might also need to consi ...

Adam Connor & Aaron Irizarry Discussing Design IMPROVING COMMUNICATION & COLLABORATION THROUGH CRITIQUE ...

Discussing Design: Improving Communication and Collaboration through Critique Chapter 1: Understanding Critique Chapter 2: What ...

1 Understanding Critique We’ve all been there... Whether you’re a developer, project manager, designer, business analyst, etc. i ...

Over time as the delays grow and grow, the lack of momentum, the repeated questioning of what to do next and a sense that team m ...

What is feedback? The issue with the term “feedback” lies in its broadness. Feedback itself is nothing more than a reaction or r ...

process. Understanding these three kinds of feedback can help us understand the conversations we have with our teams and improve ...

In all of these, the individual giving the feedback is trying to communicate his or her own vision for the creation. It may be b ...

It’s this form of feedback that is most helpful to us in understanding the impact of our design decisions. Critique isn’t about ...

Critiquing Solo This book centers on critique as a form of, and tool within, the conversations we have with our teams. But it’s ...

Critique as consensus building Design-by-committee and frankensteining are much-hated phenomena in the design community. Both ar ...

the stakeholder, developer and myself all walked away, confident that we had improved the design. Critique as iteration driver C ...

reflection. It is part of the learning process. If Aaron and I might be so bold as to say, critique is a life skill, not a “desi ...

The point is, that if we truly want to improve our processes and improve the way our team members work together, we can’t ignore ...

set of design principles to help guide you in deciding between ideas for an interface. There are best practices for establishing ...

It builds consensus naturally around the strongest options: when done by cross functional teams, including decision makers and ...

2 What Critique Looks Like The Two Sides Of Critique And The Importance Of Intent There are two sides, or roles, in any critique ...