The Myth of Usability Testing—Robert Hoekman Jr.

Robert Hoekman Jr. on the myth of usability testing. I’m not sure I agree with him 100% here, but it’s a nice, short video and definitely worth a look (Pecha Kucha Phoenix, April 2010).


Duration: just under 7 minutes

Physical Apps

“By putting everything onto screens, we have lost sight of the real potential of social technology.


“There are possibilities in the real world which are missing from the digital world – things like tangibility, emotion, community, physicality and experience.


“However, there are possibilities in the digital world that do not exist in the real world, mainly the potential to reach a vast audience which you could otherwise never be connected to.


“What we’ve created are essentially real-world physical apps. that re-humanize social technology and combine the best elements of both the physical and digital worlds.


“Project by Henry Flitton, Harriet McDougall, Chris Thomas and Ben Redford. BA Design yr.2 Goldsmiths College, London.


Via Russell Davies.


Duration: 2 minutes, 22 seconds

Design for Developers—Idan Gazit



Idan Gazit gives a nice visual design primer, aimed at developers. (DjangoCon Europe 2010, May 2010).


Duration: 54 minutes

Don Norman at IIT Design Research Conference 2010

Don Norman speaking about design research, new technology, and radical innovation (May 2010).


Duration: 40 minutes

Future Vision Montage—Microsoft

Here’s an interesting future concept video from Microsoft Office Labs. (You can view a longer version here.)


Duration: 2 minutes

How a train rocked my world—Jeneanne Rae

Jeneanne Rae (Peer Insight, formerly of Ideo), talks about the idea of the customer journey in service design. (Service design and interaction design are the same thing, right?) Via @vickytnz.


Duration: 10 minutes

Build a tower, build a team—Tom Wujec

Tom Wujec talks about the value of prototyping. (TED, February 2010)


Duration: 7 minutes

Luke Wroblewski Interviewed by Tom Froehlich

Luke Wroblewski (Yahoo!, LukeW Ideation + Design) talks to Kent State University’s Tom Froehlich about web forms at the 2010 IA Summit.

Duration: 13 minutes

Bill Buxton and Albert Shum Interviewed

Get Microsoft Silverlight

Nic Fillingham, talking to Bill Buxton and Albert Shum (Microsoft).

Duration: 35 minutes

Kathy Sierra at Business of Software 2009 

This talk, by Kathy Sierra, is from the Business of Software 2009 conference, which is aimed at people running software companies. But there is a LOT of UX-related stuff in here. Well worth watching.


Duration: 54 minutes

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