How do people use applications differently from expected?
I seem to remember that in an earlier post Robert mentioned that users will not always utililse an application as expected, for example, using a wiki as a project management tool. When our company got a Confluence wiki I initially considered creating a space for a group of users but decided against it because there was no navigation menu. I later discovered there was a...

Is UCD Really Broken?
Almost everything I've read in UI design until very recently was about user- centered design. It seemed to make a lot of sense but then when I read that there was a book " Designing the Obvious " , by Robert Hoekman, and his rather disparaging posts about user- centered design that also seemed to make sense. One thing I feel very strongly is...

[EVENT] IxDA Toronto Meeting: Thursday July 17, 7pm
Announcing the next IxDA Toronto event! Nick Farnell, a recent grad from Humber's Industrial Design program, has kindly offered to present at our upcoming July meeting. Details: Centre for Social Innovation 215 Spadina Ave, Suite 120 Thursday July 17th, 7pm Topic: The Industrial Design Process, Plus Introductory Sketching Techniques Nick will be talking about the typical industrial design process and (bonus!) will also give us some introductory sketching tips. It...

Compared to What?
Feeling free to blatantly point to my own take on " Compared to What? , " < http://meiert.com/ en/ blog/ 20080703/ compared- to- what/ > . I understand this concept's root in information design, but worry about the supposed fact that not only many " designs " , but rather news sources fail in answering that question. While in...

Anyone attending the IOForum conference in NYC on the 15th?
HI all, A month or so ago I noticed the Information Overload Research Group announced their formation.. with an interesting mix of members: http://www.iorgforum.org/ MemberDirectory.htm They're having the first conference in NYC in a few weeks and I wondered if anyone here was planning on attending? I'm not affiliated at all, but here's info on the conference: http://www.iorgforum.org/ IORGConference.htm Information Overload Research Group Inaugural Event July 15, 2008...

IxDA Discussion Is UCD Really Broken?
Id say yes UCD is broken and have always been. Personally I close to hate everything about that approach. The reason why it's broken is manifold, but primarily the problem is that most people who are proponents of it is either managers who are trying to find a way to secure their position against upper management (well we did...