Monthly Archives: September 2008

Can’t we just all get along? Human-Centered Design meets Agile Development

Maria Giudice
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I recently returned from Chicago, where I was speaking at the Design Research Conference. The student-run conference, sponsored by the IIT Institute of Design, focused on emerging themes, methods and issues in human-centered design research, and addressed a wide spectrum of design disciplines.

My presentation looked at the differences between…

Giving BART a personality as unique as its riders

Eric Grant
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Here at Hot, we’re passionate about creating things people love to use. So when BART – the Bay Area Rapid Transit District – approached Hot Studio to redesign their website, we were both excited and eager to take on this challenge. Bart.gov has always been recognized as a leader in…

Bill Verplank at BayCHI, metaphors, and wine

Josh Damon Williams
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Sketching seems to in the zeitgeist. There are a bunch of books out on the topic (Dan Roam’s “Back of the Napkin”, and Bill Buxton’s “Sketching User Experiences“), more books on the way (like Rosenfeld Media’s book by Kevin “OK/Cancel” Cheng, “See What I

Bondage & Domination, Updater style

Josh Damon Williams
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Adobe and Microsofts Updaters are like cops who pull you over when you weren’t even speeding. And before you can ask the cops what you did wrong, they yank you from the car, spread your feet apart and lock your arms behind your back with handcuffs that dig…