So I recently discovered a cool new site, prezi.com, that lets presenters go beyond the limited powers of MS PPT and create interesting, dynamic presentations. It is srsly cool. See my new prezi below:
I told you it was cool.
I thought using the black and white silhouettes of people would add the necessary visuals of simplicity, ease of use and user focus. What do you think?
Brian Sullivan, Usability guru over at Sabre, hosted an excellent boot camp this past Saturday. It was an insightful refresher course on the theory and practice of conducting usability tests. I will definitely be taking many ideas back to Verizon. The most awesome part though was running Brian’s lab there on the Sabre campus. Sweet! In the immortal words of Will Smith “I gotta get me one of these!”
Check out Brian’s presentation slides on his blog.
Happy testing!
If you haven’t checked out Sketchboarding yet, you should. This technique covered by the guys at Adaptive Path will show you a more efficient, better approach to wireframing with the customer in mind.
Excellent article on conducting a user interface review. I like how Rhonda emphasizes early entry for the UX architect. Otherwise you might as well call him or her QA…and that’s not the point.
I was right all along…you don’t have to do it by the book. Dana Chisnell, co-author of that most wonderful manual “Handbook of Usability Testing”, says ditch the book and do what works for you. I love the informal usability walkthrough vs. the sterilized feel of the lab. It gives me a chance to really dig into what the user is thinking without the fear of “Did I miss a step?” “Did I ask the wrong question?”. It’s that personal connection that makes the end product connect…
Read it here: Quick and Dirty Usability Testing: Step Away from the Book