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  • Jesse Schell on Games Design Outside the Box

    Did you know that there are more Farmville players than there are twitter accounts? In addition to a few quick facts, Jesse Schell talks about the new thinking that is being brought to game development by studying the success of some extremely popular online games. He talks about why Club Penguin, Mafia Wars, Web Kinz,…

  • Small usability issues across your product but one too many?

    About the small usability issues across your application that you think you can ignore, think of them in this way- one small crease on an ironed shirt is okay. But creases all over and you have an un-ironed shirt.

  • UXURLS

    Cone Trees is featured at Harry Brignull’s UXURLS along with other credible websites on user experience.

  • What is Information Architecture (IA)?

    Information Architecture (IA) is both the process and the product of organization of information to facilitate efficient access to that information by its intended audience. This is my definition for IA which is also my entry for the the Explain IA contest. Update: I won a copy of Peter Morville’s new book Search Patterns at…

  • This Was The Most Popular Content on Cone Trees in 2009

    Summary Out of the near 50 posts that were made at Cone Trees in 2009, here is a compilation of what was most popular with you, dear readers. You will also find my list of suggested readings for each section (except for the articles section, where there were only three posts I made in the…

  • Dave Gray on basic rules for napkin sketching

    (length: 3:30 minutes) In this video, Dave Gray provides an introduction with 5 basic principles for making better napkin sketches. About Dave Gray Dave Gray is the Founder and Chairman of XPLANE, a leading consulting and design firm focused on information-driven communications. Dave’s researches and writes on visual business and speaks and coaches educators, corporate…

  • 10GUI- a conceptual intput device and supporting GUI as an alternate to the mouse

    10GUI is Calyton Mill’s concept for an input device that uses all fingers that expands the bandwidth of interaction that is otherwise restricted by the mouse. The video talks about how the mouse restricts interaction and how multi-touch monitors are stressful because the user has to stretch out to use it- (something I fully agree…

  • Axure

    My Axure libraries are included with fabulous others at Axure.com.

  • Laika- a dynamic typeface created with Processing

    Laika is a dynamic typeface. Via a custom designed control panel, kerning, italics, size and other properties of a typeface can be adjusted. Laika can be responsive to any possible input. The final project installation included type that which was responsive to passers-by. Laika was done as a bachelor thesis project by Michael Flückiger and…

  • Evolt

    My article, ‘Increase Conversions in Long Web Forms by Resolving the Accidental Back Button Activation Issue’, is published by Evolt (a pleasure since articles in the Usability/ IA column selected and published roughly once a year).