Preso for BarCampNashville 11: The Zen of UX. Learn the methodology, then take what you need and leave the rest. UX is a state of being: kindness, courtesy and magic are what you need. Plus boxes and arrows.
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1. #UX
See Laurie
Speak Kalmanson
#BCN11UX
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Saturday, October 15, 2011
UX has a specialized vocabulary, but its really very simple: Be kind. Be clear. Be yourself /
your brand.
2. #UX #CX
Delight
people Solve
problems
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Saturday, October 15, 2011
People like things that are wonderful, gracious and helpful. We dont like things that arent.
3. Give people
things
theyve
never seen
#coolstuff #whoa
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Saturday, October 15, 2011
What can you imagine? What have you seen that is beyond your imagining?
4. Give people
things
theyve
never seen
...or imagined
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Saturday, October 15, 2011
What can you give your users and customers that they havent seen before?
5. #interfaces
are
songs
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Saturday, October 15, 2011
An interface has a rhythm. It has a beat. It can be synth/drums/bass, it can be what you hear
when youre lost at the supermarket -- but it has a sound and a mood.
6. Mobile has
a beat
you can
dance to.
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What are the steps for the dance your interface does? What dance should your clients
interface have?
7. Mobile goes
vroom
vroom
beep beep.
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Saturday, October 15, 2011
Mobile has unique constraints and opportunities. The focus is intense. The space is small.
How can you add delight with motion? MiniCooper uses wiggles and bounces.
8. #videoof
catplaying
withiPad
#videoof
babyusing
iPhone
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Saturday, October 15, 2011
We know the jokes and we know the punchlines. #magazinesareiPadsthatarebroken
11. HOW
And you do I
may ask work
yourself, this?
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Saturday, October 15, 2011
There are two kinds of experiences: Good experiences and not-good experiences.
12. #howdoiworkthis?
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Saturday, October 15, 2011
These are not-good experiences: Facebook error messages are rude and the opposite of
helpful. Dont do this.
13. #howdoiworkthis?
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Saturday, October 15, 2011
A two-鍖oor elevator should have simple buttons that say 1,2 or Up/Down, or a simple toggle.
Dont do this.
14. #howdoiworkthis?
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Saturday, October 15, 2011
These four experiences are good and not-good, each in their own ways. Take the good.
Leave the bad.
15. #howdoiworkthis?
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Saturday, October 15, 2011
This is the user鍖ow for Facebook privacy settings. This is the opposite of a good experience.
16. #engagementarchitecture
#mobile #website
#ux #ia #contentstrategy
#branding #visualdesign
#lookandfeel
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Saturday, October 15, 2011
These buzzwords and hashtags for the jargon and methodology of user experience are easy
to research and easy to learn. Do that. Then take what you need and leave the rest.
17. #user鍖ows #storyboards
#personas #contentaudit
#usernarratives
#wireframes
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Saturday, October 15, 2011
Same here.
19. Which one are you?
Which one would you
rather be?
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Saturday, October 15, 2011
Each of these is an experience. You might like one, two, three or none. What are your user
stories for each of these? Thats the framework for personas and narratives for your site or
app or service.