Just published lots of geeky apps for Windows 10 on the Windows Store the past week – if you are a fan of James Bond, Star Trek, Twin Peaks, The Prisoner or want to get some of my content on…
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Apple, Technology, UX Articles
Why micro-interactions like 3D Touch is a #UX trend worth paying attention to
During the announcement of the new iPhone this week, Apple unveiled their new “3D Touch” interaction model, which involves new ways of accessing functions and features. The big demo of this new model involved how in the upcoming version of…
Technology
Consulting Hints and Tips
Having worked as a consultant for several years I have learned quite a bit about how to properly support customers and add value. I’m still learning, but I think I am reasonably proficient To that end, here are some hints…
Geek, Geek Ephemera, Technology
In praise of Commodore 64 ads
Inspired by this post, I spent some time seeking out scanned copies of one of my favorite things from my childhood: Compute! Magazine. I had a Commodore 64 as my first computer, and I use edit to learn how to program…
Apple, Geek, Technology
Chasing the new: Confessions of an early adopter
I’ve got a problem, and a confession to make: I’m an early adopter. Every day, I visit multiple tech news sites, and I spend way too much time drooling over the newest devices that are or will be coming out.…
Geek, Technology
Happy 40th Birthday, Microsoft!
It’s been forty years since Paul Allen and Bill Gates incorporated a company to write software and an operating system for a then-young industry. In the four decades since computers have revolutionized how we work and live. Two years ago…
Technology, UX Articles
Ten great resources to make you better at #UX
I’ve been doing user experience design for more than a dozen years now, and I’m still learning. Part of why I’m still learning is the technology that users interact and engage with is evolving at a fairly rapid clip, and…
Technology, UX Articles
The internet of things: a contrarians view
There’s been a lot of discussion over the past year or so about the “Internet of Things”, which basically posits that soon everything will be connected to the cloud and this interconnectivity of hardware will revolutionize our lives. To this…
Apple, Technology, UX Articles
Lessons in #UX: How to design the best wearable experience
There are two big topics in technology right now: The Internet of Things and Wearables. While I have some very distinct opinions on the former, I’ll leave that for another day. Today I’d like to discuss the space called “wearables”.…
Geek, Technology
I’m Joseph Dickerson and this is how I work
Inspired by the Lifehacker column, I’ve decided to write up how I work… since I think Lifehacker will probably never call and ask me directly. Location: Dacula, GA Current Gig: User Experience Lead, Microsoft One word that best describes how…
Geek, Technology
The death of attribution
This week one of the articles I wrote for UX Magazine was picked up my Mashable (they hoover up content from various sites and republish it). I was very happy to see the piece picked up, because it exposed my…
Technology
The top 10 innovation sites
As a technologist and UX Lead for one of the world’s biggest software companies, I spend a lot of time reading about the latest trends in innovation and tech. How do I do it? I have a short list of…
Disney, Technology, UX Articles
Disney’s new Fastpass+ system damages the Disney Parks experience
The Walt Disney Corporation recently completed the rollout of their Fastpass+ system at their Walt Disney World park. The system uses RFID technology to allow park visitors to scan wristbands (called “MagicBands”) and walk on rides they had scheduled in…
Apple, Technology
Happy 30th Birthday Mac!
I join my many tech and design brothers and sisters today in wishing a happy birthday to the Macintosh computer. Yes, I know inanimate objects don’t really have birthdays, but with the Mac it feels appropriate to use the word “birthday.”
The Mac was the first real PERSONAL computer, a machine that aligned with what users needed to do and empowered people to do things that was in the realm of complete fantasy just months before.
I learned how to do graphic design and layout by using a Mac, and while I am a user of both Windows and OS X, I still have a fondness for the Mac.
Here’s the video of Steve Jobs revealing the Mac to the world for the first time:
My Quora answers, Technology, UX Articles
Will big data be used increasingly in the UX field to answer user experience questions?
Yes and no. Big Data provides… well, big data. Lots of data. This data needs to be parsed, analyzed and understood. It is (potentially) a source for user insights and understanding that is unparalleled. It can provide a lot of…
Technology, UX Articles
This year in #UX (and a look ahead at 2014)
As the editor of This Week in UX, I’ve been able to regularly note what was going on in the UX domain. This weekly exposure to the best articles on UX design has given me some insights into what my…