Everybody listen to me! ARCast.net

Back before I joined Microsoft (but while I was in the end of a seemingly endless series of job interviews) I was interviewed by Ron Jacobs from Microsoft/ARCast/Skyscapr (not a job interview... I don't think). The interview was at Bondi Icebergs, and was actually on camera but I guess my ugly mug was left on the cutting room floor. Hear me talk about user-centred design, paper prototyping and other stuff.

ARCast.net - User Experience Interaction Design

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• Anonymous
  April 16, 2007
  w000t go shane! :)

• Anonymous
  April 17, 2007
  G'day Shane Nice one.  Thank for the heads up on your interview :) I liked the presenter Vitruvius quote at the start of the presentation "firmitas, utilitas, venustas" (strong or durable, useful, and beautiful).  It reminded me of Norman's 3 levels of design (visceral, behavioral and reflective) that he talked about in Emotional Design. I totally agree with your comments about the importance of being engaged early on in the project.  In your experience, working in this industry, do you feel that there has been a noticeable shift towards earlier engagement with UCD/usability practitioners? I'd be interested to hear more of your thoughts on interfaces which evolved with your experience.  Are there any seminal papers on this topic you'd recommend looking at? It was a while ago but the last thing I read on this topic was by an author who really paid them out.  I really wish I could remember who the author was, it might have been Cooper or Raskin.  There main criticisms were how do you determine when a user becomes an "expert" and having an interface that changes over time could be jarring and cause confusion for the user. Catch you tomorrow :D Cheers, Scott.

• Anonymous
  April 17, 2007
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