Archive for March, 2006

IA Summit talk: Facets are Fundamental

March 30, 2006

I gave a talk at the recent IA Summit in Vancouver entitled “Facets are fundamental: rethinking information architecture frameworks.”

My talk notes and slides are now available for anyone interested.
Update: A review of my talk has been posted at Boxes and Arrows.

-Abe

Workshop: How to Build a Product People Will Buy

March 20, 2006

Entrepreneurs Only Workshop: How to Build a Product People Will Buy
Have lunch with Barry Beith of HumanCentric Technologies and Shimon Shmueli of Touch360, the founders of two design firms that are based in the Research Triangle. They’ll share their perspectives on building products that sell and how entrepreneurs with a limited budget can utilize good [...]

March UX Cocktail Hour

March 20, 2006

Date: Tuesday, March 28th 2006
Time: 6:00 PM
Address: Johnny Carino’s in Southpoint
Ready for the first UX Cocktail Hour sponsored by the TriUPA? It’s here! Same great people gabbing about UX issues over dinner and drinks!
Hope to see you there; please RSVP if you can make it.

Is Target’s Pill Bottle Good User-centered Design?

March 20, 2006

“Do you really want to know what I think?” We assured her we did and were met with an outpouring of frustration related to the new design. While she immediately agreed it was better for consumers, she complained that the bottle was designed in a way that made her job significantly harder, even claiming it [...]