Saturday, November 5, 2011

UXottawa Nov 5 2011

Keynote Dana Chisnell Usability/Works
"Design is a Democracy Problem"

Superpowers to do good UX
Beilive in a culture of generoisity.
Trained in best practise, attn to details, stds, experience
Be an agent of change, incremental, evolutionary, tolerent
Call to use superpowers, dont waste them
Share, teach, volunter
AIGA Design for Democracy
UPA Usability in Civic Life

Gabor Vida - Teknision (ux on qnx 4 BB Playbook)
BB playbook interface built on QNX
"We are EMBEDDED"  .com
In past, hardware was the differntiator. Now it is the interface.
1. Build a Simple Mental Model, so users will intuitively know what to do: ex pLaybook has 3 rows. Thinking in 3D Space or layers
2. Let limitations become valuable (or, u dont know what you've got till its gone.
"off beziel gestures"
3. Let them win early.
Piano story
What makes it different? Find it and let user get it quick
For BB playbook it is multi tasking apps

Tools
Whiteboard
Omnigraffle 4 wireframes
Keynote
Photoshop
Flash
AfterEffects for final ref animations which tells the story i.e. the mental model!

The esperience station 70" multtouch screen. A kiosk, ad platform . Owned by Inwindow Outdoor.

User stands 10' away and navigates w hand gestures.

Design thinking
As a cognitive skill
As a general theory of design
As an organisation. - as a process

Unconference rules
1/n and law of 2 feet

Ignite
Laura uxgx

Useability and Intranets
Frequently forgotten:. But is a platform to communicate, improve people/org effectiveness, building community, collaboration, recruitment (elements of new employee values e.g. collaboration) and retention.   

Reference CISCO report on effectiveness of working from home.

Expectations and unfullfeeled needs ever changing.

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