Just read a great post on the topic of demo prototype fidelity.

my comment/question...

one thing I struggle with is when do you show the stakeholders the actual pixel perfect version of what it is you're trying to build? My impression after reading this article is you wouldn't until the thing was actually built (thus reflecting reality ( Read more... )

Apologies for the length of this post... I suppose I could've done these each as separate ones, blogging has just been down on the priority list as of late.

1. This short documentary of an African boy speaking fluent Farsi is pretty dang cool. The interesting part to me isn't that the boy can speak the language, but that his parents were open-minded ( Read more... )

I found the three links below interesting… they basically boil down to Don Norman’s quote in the first link:

“Paradoxically, the best way to satisfy users is sometimes to ignore them.”
While I agree that designers should consider the entire system, not just specific screens and error messages… conventional HCD techniques like usability and focus ( Read more... )