Interaction Design ETC

Wireframes can kill interaction design

piede — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 11:18:51 +0000

I have been always doubtful about the use of wireframes through the entire design process. However, this technique can completely dominate the way a designer approches problems. As Brandon Schauer states: “Wireframes constrain your creativity. Given the time it takes to generate a wireframe, we find that most designers can only create one wireframe per page. Then they [...]

Don’t think of an elephant

piede — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 13:33:38 +0000

Probabilmente, questo sarà il prossimo libro che leggerò. Mi ha colpito molto la citazione che ho trovato su questo sito Frames are mental structures that shape the way we see the world. As a result, they shape the goals we seek, the plans we make, the way we act, and what counts as a good or [...]

Social Galaxy

piede — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 13:13:33 +0000

What a nice manner to represent tags and how they’re related. You enter the tag and Social Galaxy builds a sort of a solar system where your tag is the sun and all the related ones are planets. Here’s a screenshot of this: *Update: it’s a thesis project by Steven Wood and it seems to work [...]

Web 2.0 is killing us \ Il web 2.0 ci rende schiavi, altro che liberi!

piede — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 18:56:04 +0000

Don’t you think that this contribution \ 2.0 hype is going to end sooner or later? IMHO the web is really going too far and we users are about to ask our privacy \ freedom of expression back. Ci riempiamo la bocca di termini inflazionati come duepuntozero, cambiamo il nostro linguaggio inglobando termini strani…ma abbiamo mai [...]

I have been talking about Politics with …

piede — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 19:30:21 +0000

I have been talking about Politics with my friend Mustafa Yaylili and I surprisingly found a lot of similarities between the worlds of design and politics. I have asked him to write me a few lines with his thoughts about our conversation and I am going to do the same in order to have a [...]

Bird’s eye usability

piede — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 19:52:28 +0000

I have been reflecting during the last months about usability and how tests are conducted. I am doing a lot of experience at Venere.com where we test our prototypes in many different ways (and this is not banal at all if you think that I am talking about Italy!). I will probably get back to you [...]

Why interaction design matters + Sketchcasting

piede — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 11:02:20 +0000

I find quite enjoyable searching the web for new contents about interaction design: projects, ideas, methods and even definitions. And I usually do it with good results. This morning I was having a look into youtube. I have found an interesting video by Richard Ziade, where he gives a very clear and direct definition of IxD:

Save and Load: reflecting upon icons, mental schemas and cultural changes

piede — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 10:13:55 +0000

I feel quite lucky to have the chance of discussing about interesting themes with smart people. The simposium formula Roman people created still works: invite (or get invited) by good people and make sure you have a good bottle of wine (like this Burdese I had with Sergio - thanks!). I believe that food, good time [...]

We should reflect on interactions via webcam

piede — Wed, 28 May 2008 13:32:06 +0000

Not more than 5 years ago, Skype and Voip conversations were an opaque reality. Especially here where I am living now: Bella Italia. But habits and interactions change at an increasing pace and you hardly notice how fast your communications “evolve”. My very first approach to the net has b een chatting and surfing on the [...]

Memorie, supporting the practices of memory in the graveyard

piede — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 13:35:01 +0000

During these days I am working on a new template for this website. It is going to be less blog and more focused on my projects and activities. Anyway, I have been exhibiting my thesis project at frombusinesstobuttons conference and here is its abstract. I am going to update this review asap. Due to [...]