Jeff Parks on March 8th, 2010

Today on Radio Johnny Jeff Parks chats with freelance experience strategist in Amsterdam, Joe Lamantia on the emerging topic of Augmented Reality and how this discipline is acquiring tremendous interest with thought leaders and various industries around the world. … »

David Farkas on March 5th, 2010

Microsoft Surface is so 2008. That is what we are led to believe reading about the latest product from Future Labs, a interactive technology company that has developed Displax, a flexible and portable multitouch surface that can be integrated with any existing surface or screen.

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Adrian Chan on March 3rd, 2010

I have a thing for British television. It’s from having grown up in Edinburgh, I’m sure. But it is bolstered by the fact that some British television is in fact really good. One of my favourites is the crime drama “Cracker”,  a three-season masterpiece of the form. Moreover, I believe it’s much like online social interaction in its approach to human insights and collecting evidence. … »

Martin Polley on March 1st, 2010

We  just posted our 100th video to Johnny Holland TV. To celebrate, we collected the ten videos that we think are the best of the bunch. So without further ado, and in no particular order…
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David Farkas on February 26th, 2010

Portable computing, including tablet PCs,  has been the hot topic since Apple’s unveiling of the iPad in January. While the iPad has gained a lot of press and generated conversation about its intended audience and potential use, other tablet devices have been overlooked. Microsoft’s Courier is one such device. Courier—the soon-to-be production version of the Codex, a rumored tablet device widely discussed in 2009—provides a tablet platform for the student, techie, and slide-show-loving grandparent alike.

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Eric Reiss on February 23rd, 2010

Along with globalization/globalisation, we increasingly see folks insist on standards (or more often beat each other over the head with standards). But have we actually “standardized” what we mean when we talk about “standardization”, “rules”, and “best practice”?

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Jeff Parks on February 22nd, 2010

Design Researcher Brynn Evans and Interaction Designer Will Evans talk with Jeff Parks about the importance of looking at the social elements of search. … »

Jared Spool on February 17th, 2010

In last month’s Johnny Holland column, I made the radical recommendation that UX professionals stop making recommendations to their clients. … »

Amy Quinn on February 15th, 2010

Style guides are a great way to ensure user experience consistency when developing an application and a way to communicate user experience standards across an organization. They can be application specific, platform specific, and may encompass enterprise-wide standards. A style guide can help make the development of user interfaces more efficient and help ensure good user interface design practices. … »

Rahul Sen on February 11th, 2010

Great interaction design is a delicious soup. You boil a variety of different ingredients and spices in the right proportion,  and voila – pure bliss! Unlike other branches of design, however,  it’s extremely hard to write a recipe for interaction design. By its very nature, the interaction design process needs to be fluid and dynamic. … »