hci

Ideas on a UXD Framework

September 13, 2007 Design

Writing for an internal global initiative on Innovation, I spoke about imbibing a user-experience design framework (UXD) in the software development life-cycle (SDLC) that can consistently deliver better products. I am publishing the article here.

Designing a UX framework for Internal Applications
User-experience (UX) design deals with harnessing the feelings of a user — How people feel before, during and after they have used a product. It pertains to creating an interaction model that impacts a user’s perception of a system or a product which makes it more desirable for use again. Being a subset of UCD (user-centered design), the first step towards evolving an internal UX methodology is to understand the requirements and user-needs through research.

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CHI Mumbai Launching Soon

March 16, 2007 Happenings

Amidst the tangle called ‘my life’ comes some good news. CHI is launching the Mumbai chapter of SIGCHI. For the uninitiated, ACM SIGCHI is the ACM’s Special Interest Group on Computer-Human Interaction, which brings together people working on the design, evaluation, implementation, and study of interactive computing systems for human use. ACM SIGCHI provides an international, interdisciplinary forum for the exchange of ideas about the field of human-computer interaction (HCI). Amongst some notable chapters are BayCHI (San Fransisco), and BostonCHI (Boston City).

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Interaction Design, here I come?

August 7, 2005 Design

This HAS to be the most frustrating of experiences for every avid internet lover (like me). I am still facing constant problems with my internet and I spent 2 days without it. This has become routine now and I am wondering how I am going to spend the longgg weekend which comes this week.

Anyways the good news is that I have started to take a lot of interest in Human Computer Interaction (HCI). I had said earlier that I want to make my career in HCI and Usability and thankfully there are a lot of resources available on the internet to read. I presume I might also buy some books on Interaction Design in the coming future. Essentially interaction design could b the difference between a good and a bad systems design. The very term ‘interaction design’ is vast and has a lot to do with how humans are adept at using interactive products.

In the coming months I would contribute to this blog by presenting some of my thoughts on HCI. Likewise I am pleased to announce my partnership with Cybaba. We have realised the need to give an impetus to HCI and usability and we will be focusing mainly on thses issues on the cyBLOG. So do keep visiting the website :-)

WeBreakStuff.com

August 2, 2005 Design

Webreakstuff Let me be honest and confess that I lost the URL of this fabulous website and lost all the hopes of finding it on the superhighway. I only knew a few things about it on my first visit which were “portuguese”, “designer” and the fact that it was made entirely in “WordPress”. I managed to “Google” the keywords and I ‘excavated’ this website once again :-) The website is called WeBreakStuff and I always mispronounce it as “Web Break Stuff”.

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