LIS531Y Usability Class Photo

Hi class,

Extraordinary presentations this morning. Below is the class photo:

Thanks for a wonderful class!

Please stay in touch,
Rong

Your content, now mobile

Hi class, 

Enjoy an excerpt from the book Content Strategy for Mobile:

http://www.alistapart.com/articles/your-content-now-mobile/

Best,
Rong

Top 50 books for Web Design

Hi class,

You might be interested in the list of top 50 books for web designers:

http://www.netmagazine.com/features/top-50-books-web-designers-and-developers

Best,
rong

LJ publications on UX librarianship

Hi class,

In our next class session tomorrow we will discuss UX librarian as a career. Below are a couple of articles published on LJ concerning UX librarianship:

http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/home/891081-264/putting_the_ux_in_education.html.csp
http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/home/892249-264/is_your_library_ready_for.html.csp

See you tomorrow in class!

Rong

Interesting article on planning for better content

Hi class,

You will be interested in reading the following article:

http://www.webdesignerdepot.com/2012/11/how-to-plan-better-content/

Rong

Activity Analytics for Web Apps by Jared Spool

Hi class,

We covered web analytics last week, here is an article by Jared Spool on activity analytics that you will find useful --

http://www.uie.com/articles/web_app_analytics/

Enjoy!

Rong

Google UX survey signup

Hi class,

Here is Google's UX research signup page:

https://survey.googleratings.com/wix/p5092995.aspx?referral_code=AWHAdspbks

Best,
Rong

SEO for the mobile web

Hi class,

You will be interested in reading a blog piece on search engine optimization for mobile web:

http://www.webdesignerdepot.com/2012/11/seo-for-the-mobile-web/

Best,
Rong

Now the mobile phone gets emotional

Hi class,

Interesting posting about mobile devices get emotional:

http://www.sciencecodex.com/now_the_mobile_phone_goes_emotional-100917

Best,
Rong

Mapping user experience by Chris Risdon

Hi class,

Click below to hear an interview with Chris Risdon where he talks about mapping user experience:

http://www.uie.com/brainsparks/2012/10/19/chris-risdon-mapping-the-user-experience/

Best,
Rong

The Importance of Knowing User Intent By Jordan Julien

Hi class,

This is a very informative article on classifying user intent:

http://www.uxmatters.com/mt/archives/2012/10/the-importance-of-knowing-user-intent.php

Best,
Rong

Librarians, Change or be Irrelevant! Posted by Brian Kelly (UK Web Focus)

Hi class,

You will definitely want to read the following posting:

http://ukwebfocus.wordpress.com/2012/10/16/librarians-change-or-be-irrelevant/

Best,
Rong

The ultimate user experience by Tim R. Todish

Hi class,

You may enjoy reading the following article:

http://uxmag.com/articles/the-ultimate-user-experience

Best,
Rong

Google's Webmaster's Guidelines

Hi class,

Check out the webmaster's guidelines from google:

http://support.google.com/webmasters/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=35769

Best,
Rong

Interface Design Basics

Hi class,

This is an interesting article by Anastasios Karafillis that discusses the basics of interface design as follows:

1. Visual Chunking
2. Respect the Device
3. Remove Clutters not Features
4. Empathy with Users

http://www.uxbooth.com/blog/user-interface-design-getting-the-basics-right/

Best,
Rong

Lessons for designing an ecosystem

Hi class,

You will be interested in this slide share on six ways econsystems have changed our way of work:

https://www.slideshare.net/slideshow/embed_code/14674325

Best,
Rong

UX2 Mobile Usability Testing

Hi class,

You will be interested in reading this article about mobile usability testing:

http://lorrainepaterson.wordpress.com/2011/03/31/ux2-mobile-usability-testing/

Best,
Rong

Combining RWD and AWD in Mobile Site Design

Hi class,

Another article on mobile design, combing responsive and adaptive web design strategies:

http://uxmag.com/articles/combining-responsive-and-adaptive-strategies-to-solve-mobile-design-challenges

Best,
Rong

Plunk for mobile site click testing

Hi class,

Check out this article about a tool called plunk for mobile site click testing:

http://www.webdesignerdepot.com/2012/10/mobile-click-testing-made-easy/

Best,

Rong

Nielsen's New Book -- Mobile Usability

Hi Class,

Jakob Nielsen's new book Mobile Usability will be coming out next week on October 15, 2012.

http://www.useit.com/mobile-usability/

Best,

Rong

Jakob Nielsen's Posting on User Satisfaction vs Performance Metrics

Hi Class,

You will want to read Nielsen's recent posting on the correlation between user satisfaction and performance measures.

http://www.useit.com/alertbox/satisfaction-vs-performance.html

Best,

Rong

two kinds of usability test

Hi class,

Please read the following article, it is relevant to our class.

http://www.userfocus.co.uk/articles/2-kinds-of-usability-test.html

Best,
Rong

Tablet vs Book

Hi class,

You will be interested in reading this posting about difference in the experience of reading from a physical book and from a ebook reader.

http://uxmag.com/articles/a-tablet-still-is-not-a-book-not-yet

Best,
Rong

Scenario Design

Hi class,

We talked about scenario developed for design purposes versus for usability testing purposes. Here is a posting about scenario for design:

http://uxmag.com/articles/scenario-design-unifies-the-splinternet-experience

best,
Rong

Facebook Usability Issue?

Hi class,

You will be interested in reading this blog on facebook and its usability issues:

http://usabilitygeek.com/facebook-usability-issues/

Best,
Rong

Reframing UX Design

Hi class,

A very thought provoking article here:

http://www.peterme.com/2012/09/04/reframing-ux-design/

Best,
Rong

Common mistakes when designing for mobile

Hi class,

This will be especially useful for the EBSCO mobile team ---

http://www.webdesignerdepot.com/2012/09/common-mistakes-when-designing-for-mobile/

Best,
Rong

Content Mapping of Your Website

Hi class,

The following article on content mapping is very useful.

http://sixrevisions.com/content-strategy/content-mapping/

Best,
Rong

Five lessons learned doing user research in Asia

Hi class,

I found the following article to be quite informative, including the China generations mapped against Western generations.

http://uxmag.com/articles/five-lessons-learned-doing-user-research-in-asia

Best,
Rong

Best practices for mobile e-commerce

Hi class,

You may be interested in reading the following posting:

http://www.webdesignerdepot.com/2012/09/best-practices-for-mobile-e-commerce/

Best,
Rong

Five UX lessons from Tom Cruise

Hi class,

You may find the following article to be fun to read:

http://uxmag.com/articles/five-user-experience-lessons-from-tom-cruise-0

Best,
Rong

The difference between IA and UX

Hi class,

Read an article by Darren Northcott on the difference between information architecture and user experience here:

http://www.uxbooth.com/blog/the-difference-between-ia-and-ux-design/


Best,
Rong

Building an experience map

Hi class,

There is a fantastic article entitled "The anatomy of an experience map" by Chris Risdon.

Below is the link to the article:

http://www.adaptivepath.com/ideas/the-anatomy-of-an-experience-map

Best,

Rong

Wireframe Tools Show Down

An interesting read:

http://uxmag.com/articles/wireframing-tool-showdown

Best,
Rong

5 Ways To Suck Value Away From Your Persona Projects BY JARED M. SPOOL

Hi class,

This an interesting article on different factors that negatively impact on a good development of Persona.

Enjoy!

http://www.uie.com/articles/persona_value_suck

Rong

Shall we focus on user experience? by Koen AT Claes

HI class,

You will find the following article very informative about user experience versus user memories of their experience:

 http://uxmag.com/articles/should-we-focus-on-user-experience?


Best,
Rong

The six greatest breakthrough in UX history

Hi class,

Read this posting by Scott McDonald on breakthroughs in UX history --

http://uxmag.com/articles/the-six-greatest-breakthroughs-in-ux-history

Best,
Rong

UIConf in Boston in November

Hi class,

There will be a User Interface 17 Conference held in Boston, November 5-7.

The registration fee is over $1000.

http://www.uie.com/events/uiconf/2012/


Best,
Rong

Talk on Designing Intuitive Experiences with Scenarios

Hi class,

You may be interested in hear Kim Goodwin and Jared Spool's podcast on developing scenarios.

http://media.rawvoice.com/uie_podcasts/www.uie.com/BSAL/BSAL160SpoolCast_Goodwin-ui17.mp3


Best,
Rong

Eye movements help in Diagnosis of Neurological Disorders

Hi class,

You may be interested in reading this news from USC on using eye movements to detect neurological patterns:

http://news.usc.edu/#!/article/40778/eye-movements-could-help-in-diagnosis-of-neurological-disorders/


Best,
Rong

Fall 2012 Course Website Ready

Dear class,

The draft version of the usability fall 2012 class website (which serves as the course syllabus) is available to access through the following link --


http://alanis.simmons.edu/blogs/tang-courses/lis531y_overview/

All the best,
Rong