| TC08 Chicago - Designing With Users In Mind |
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| Thursday, 29 May 2008 12:08 | |
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The following is a brief summary of the session that Former Feedburner folks Matt Shobe and John Zeratsky (I need to spend some time with that guy sometime) put on at TECH cocktail Conference 08. Without further delay, here’s their tips on designing with users in mind! Be Yourself – informal, fun Be Fast – the perceived time when people see speed, they perceive the experience and organization as reliable. Image sprites can help this. Steve Souders is a good source on this topic. Be Willing to Give Up Control – Give yourself permission to outsource certain tasks. Be Engaged – have a blog, more importantly, be engaged in other blogs. It’s important to get the early adopters and beta testers to help you. It allows you to iterate. Be Polite – Try to be considerate…from the users perspective. Be Surprising – Do things outside the norm. Hackathon. Had new feature coding retreat days. Engage random users. ---Related Articles at David Dalka - Creating Revenue and Retention - Chicago GSB MBA:TC08 Chicago - Looking at Technology For Your Business In New WaysFacebook Spamming Your Identity To Drive Their TrafficMossberg: Ask.com Takes Lead In Designing Display Of Search ResultsMaybe Cartoonists Should Develop Next London Olympics 2012 Logo |