http://www.brianhoadley.com Brian Hoadley, Digital, UX, Writing, Thinking Tue, 15 Nov 2011 18:28:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.brianhoadley.com/2011/11/15/whatever-happened-to-discovery/#comment-79 Brian Hoadley Tue, 15 Nov 2011 18:28:39 +0000 http://www.brianhoadley.com/?p=870#comment-79 Mike - I think content, in many ways, is still king. I do believe search has reduced the potential for discovery. And as far as information being pre-filtered by your network, this may be the case with respect to social sites, but beyond social, people are mostly searching vs. browsing, which goes back to my point of reduced focus on discovery. Mike – I think content, in many ways, is still king. I do believe search has reduced the potential for discovery. And as far as information being pre-filtered by your network, this may be the case with respect to social sites, but beyond social, people are mostly searching vs. browsing, which goes back to my point of reduced focus on discovery.

]]> http://www.brianhoadley.com/2011/11/15/whatever-happened-to-discovery/#comment-78 Mike Tue, 15 Nov 2011 17:25:33 +0000 http://www.brianhoadley.com/?p=870#comment-78 Perhaps content is still king? I don't think search has replaced discovery. Discovery happens when information is pre-filtered by your network, you never know what you're going to stumble across. Perhaps content is still king? I don’t think search has replaced discovery. Discovery happens when information is pre-filtered by your network, you never know what you’re going to stumble across.

]]> http://www.brianhoadley.com/2011/09/23/prototyping-as-an-ethos/#comment-57 Interesting elsewhere – 28 September 2011 | Public Strategist Wed, 28 Sep 2011 13:26:31 +0000 http://www.brianhoadley.com/blog/?p=660#comment-57 [...] Prototyping as an ethos | Brian Hoadley So if we take our responsibility seriously, why don’t our clients? Why do they so often try to cut corners, cut out research and prototyping, shudder at the idea of iteration (which will equal cost now but provide potential benefit later), and railroad us down an agile path that promises iteration, but so often delivers linear, scaled-back development with no opportunity to evolve already built functionality?Prototyping and testing gives you a real opportunity to test, iterate and re-test. It allows teams to incorporate learnings (other than their own) so that the end results more closely resemble the type of result that users might actually find useful. [...] [...] Prototyping as an ethos | Brian Hoadley So if we take our responsibility seriously, why don’t our clients? Why do they so often try to cut corners, cut out research and prototyping, shudder at the idea of iteration (which will equal cost now but provide potential benefit later), and railroad us down an agile path that promises iteration, but so often delivers linear, scaled-back development with no opportunity to evolve already built functionality?Prototyping and testing gives you a real opportunity to test, iterate and re-test. It allows teams to incorporate learnings (other than their own) so that the end results more closely resemble the type of result that users might actually find useful. [...]

]]> http://www.brianhoadley.com/2011/09/04/no-virginia%e2%80%a6-you-are-not-the-user/#comment-56 Prototyping as an ethos | Brian Hoadley Fri, 23 Sep 2011 16:02:45 +0000 http://www.brianhoadley.com/blog/?p=628#comment-56 [...] you a real opportunity to test, iterate and re-test. It allows teams to incorporate learnings (other than their own) so that the end results more closely resemble the type of result that users might actually find [...] [...] you a real opportunity to test, iterate and re-test. It allows teams to incorporate learnings (other than their own) so that the end results more closely resemble the type of result that users might actually find [...]

]]> http://www.brianhoadley.com/2011/05/20/agile-as-the-process/#comment-48 Prototyping as an ethos | Brian Hoadley Fri, 23 Sep 2011 10:44:16 +0000 http://digitaloptimist.com/?p=403#comment-48 [...] iteration (which will equal cost now but provide potential benefit later), and railroad us down an agile path that promises iteration, but so often delivers linear, scaled-back development with no opportunity to evolve already built [...] [...] iteration (which will equal cost now but provide potential benefit later), and railroad us down an agile path that promises iteration, but so often delivers linear, scaled-back development with no opportunity to evolve already built [...]

]]> http://www.brianhoadley.com/2011/09/01/ux-and-the-art-of-digital-appropriation/#comment-54 Interesting elsewhere – 8 September 2011 | Public Strategist Thu, 08 Sep 2011 11:50:26 +0000 http://www.brianhoadley.com/blog/?p=621#comment-54 [...] UX and the Art of Digital Appropriation | Brian Hoadley User experience is pervasive. It is ubiquitous. Companies and agencies need to step back and realise that the concept of user experience will mean change in the way their businesses operate. It’s too big to be owned by any one team, shoved down any one silo. It is too fundamentally important to leave to any one concept, methodology or team. To understand user experience is to create a fundamentally open and collaborative environment with a healthy exchange between and amongst users, businesses, agencies. [...] [...] UX and the Art of Digital Appropriation | Brian Hoadley User experience is pervasive. It is ubiquitous. Companies and agencies need to step back and realise that the concept of user experience will mean change in the way their businesses operate. It’s too big to be owned by any one team, shoved down any one silo. It is too fundamentally important to leave to any one concept, methodology or team. To understand user experience is to create a fundamentally open and collaborative environment with a healthy exchange between and amongst users, businesses, agencies. [...]

]]> http://www.brianhoadley.com/2011/09/01/ux-and-the-art-of-digital-appropriation/#comment-53 UX and the Art of Digital Appropriation | information architecture | Scoop.it Wed, 07 Sep 2011 13:51:54 +0000 http://www.brianhoadley.com/blog/?p=621#comment-53 [...] UX and the Art of Digital Appropriation [...] [...] UX and the Art of Digital Appropriation [...]

]]> http://www.brianhoadley.com/2011/07/12/pervasive-ux-who-is-responsible/#comment-50 No Virginia… you are NOT the user | Brian Hoadley Tue, 06 Sep 2011 09:26:59 +0000 http://digitaloptimist.com/?p=442#comment-50 [...] experiences for users (also see my blog posts on UX and the Art of Digital Appropriation and Pervasive UX – Who is Responsible?), more Information Architects, with their own values, interests, varied experiences and goals [...] [...] experiences for users (also see my blog posts on UX and the Art of Digital Appropriation and Pervasive UX – Who is Responsible?), more Information Architects, with their own values, interests, varied experiences and goals [...]

]]> http://www.brianhoadley.com/2011/09/04/no-virginia%e2%80%a6-you-are-not-the-user/#comment-55 Cleaning up the user interface | Public Strategist Tue, 06 Sep 2011 08:03:25 +0000 http://www.brianhoadley.com/blog/?p=628#comment-55 [...] need to know. But they are a tiny minority of the people affected. Or as Brian Hoadley has put it in a recent blog post: No Virginia… you are NOT the user. The user is the user. Someday, you may have the opportunity [...] [...] need to know. But they are a tiny minority of the people affected. Or as Brian Hoadley has put it in a recent blog post: No Virginia… you are NOT the user. The user is the user. Someday, you may have the opportunity [...]

]]> http://www.brianhoadley.com/2011/09/01/ux-and-the-art-of-digital-appropriation/#comment-52 No Virginia… you are NOT the user | Brian Hoadley Sun, 04 Sep 2011 19:42:18 +0000 http://www.brianhoadley.com/blog/?p=621#comment-52 [...] UX represents a world of ubiquitous experiences for users (also see my blog posts on UX and the Art of Digital Appropriation and Pervasive UX – Who is Responsible?), more Information Architects, with their own values, [...] [...] UX represents a world of ubiquitous experiences for users (also see my blog posts on UX and the Art of Digital Appropriation and Pervasive UX – Who is Responsible?), more Information Architects, with their own values, [...]

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