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Newman Lanier

6 Ways You Make Bad Meetings Worse (And What To Do About It) | A Better User Experience - 0 views

  • participants never understand things quite the way you do.
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      I think the big point here is that no one (No way, not never) will understand somethign the same way you. How much mutual understanding is necessary to gain consensus and to complete the project? While maintaining high standards...
  • Instead, work to clarify your language. Be precise. And be patient.
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      I see the Plug-in ideas as an issue of language. You must let everyone know what language you are sending your signal. It's important to know what language others are hearing and / or listening for... I guess a BIG PROBLEM is to switch languages all the time, cause then no one knnows how to translate 'the words coming out of your mouth'. Advice, pick a language and stick with it.
  • We have to actively lower the stress and anxiety. And the only way to do that is to empathize with the others in the meeting.
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      The first step - GI Joe says "Now you know and Knowing is half the battle". Self awareness and awareness of the emotions of other is key to managing the atmosphere of a room or meeting.
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  • The best meetings are those where the egos fade away and the content of the meeting takes center stage
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      here is my bit about ego and battles. I think it's the only thing that people know. It's the greatest story ever told - but it's seems like the ONLY story ever told. Why the conflict? Why the struggle? Perhaps it's hard-wired into the brain. Perhaps we're doomed repeat the hero worship / evil tyrannt cycle of a two party system.
  • Your designer acts like he’s got PTSD.
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      http://www.webmd.com/anxiety-panic/guide/post-traumatic-stress-disorder - Web MD on PTSD. Can emotional abuse cause PTSD? Have designers ever been physically abused? I think there is definite emotional abuse is some organizations. Of course, I think my dehumanizing systems of work and school are abusive, IMHO.
  • In a meeting full of werewolves, this lack of confidence can be interpreted as weakness.
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      This might makes right mentality and mis-trust of difference / diversity is right to the core of design meeting suckiness.
  • Werewolf Design Meeting into the Strategically Driven Design Meeting.
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      An idea - let's make sure that everyone in the meeting gets the plug-in. This would set the language and goal of the meeting. Are we doing an "everyone shutup and get to the end" style of meeting? Are we doing the "Boss tirade"? "Battle Royale"? Let me know beforehand so I can get ready...
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    If you are a designer and must submit / defend creative work to others in meetings, this article is for you.
Newman Lanier

Visual Design and Usability Yellow Brick Road | UX Magazine - 0 views

  • users are not able to learn and trust its behavior and meaning.
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      This is key. Designers gain this trust by not violating the rules they create. Sometimes these rules - or Grammar, as I like to call it - are codified and rigid. Everyone knows them and the designers use them. But, other times, like creating the 'yellow brick road', the designer makes them up and offers it to the user.
  • This allows the color to come to the foreground and dominate the composition with its strength rather than its abundance.
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  • Assign a behavior to type elements and be consistent.
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      'Assign a behavior to type elements' - I'm not exactly clear on this. I understand about limiting number of fonts and text style. I assume behavior is something like - H1s do this. This font is for description. That font is for system messages. And, this font is for the buy process - yellow brick road / Critical path. Correct?
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    Yellow brick road' is like highlighting what we call the critical path with color. Check document for notes
Newman Lanier

Satisfy the Cat, a.k.a. User-Centered Design - YouTube - 1 views

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    simple primer on user centered design
Newman Lanier

The Nine Pillars of Successful Web Teams - Adaptive Path - 0 views

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    Here is a framework for the components of a design team. Now, how to get them all speaking to each other in a constructive way?
Newman Lanier

247 web usability guidelines - 0 views

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    "247 web usability guidelines Although designing usable systems requires far more than simply applying guidelines, guidelines can still make a significant contribution to usability by promoting consistency and good practice. We use this list of guidelines in our consultancy work. For best results, remember to interpret the guideline in context - this requires a bit more thought but ensures you will get a lot more from your review."
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    an oldie... no, a classic and classics never go out of style.
Newman Lanier

Our Work | Forum One - 0 views

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    A nice web building company I ran across
Newman Lanier

13 Landing Page Tricks that Increase Conversion - 0 views

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    This should be read at the conclusion of every design. It's like a pre-flight checklist. luv it.
Newman Lanier

User Experience (UX) & Web Design Agency - San Diego - San Francisco - 0 views

shared by Newman Lanier on 29 Mar 12 - Cached
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    UX design company
Ben Snyder

Wordpress Featured Images - add_image_size() resizing and cropping demo - studiograssho... - 0 views

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    A great post on how Wordpress handles media and particularly how to use the add_image_size() function to crop featured images. (At least that's how I found it when I was searching on Google.)
Newman Lanier

Progress Coffee :: Austin, TX - 0 views

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    I'm always checking out how folks do coffee shops on the web. This one is interesting. Check out how the shopping cart is done - on a separate page with very cool and interesting images
Newman Lanier

Understanding the Customer Buying Cycle and Triggers | For Entrepreneurs - 0 views

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    a reason to get involved with personas... And, another way to screw it up. The customer buying cycle is the ... yes, THE most important attribute of their persona in relationship with you and your site. Who cares if they are 34 years old or rides a scooter - you are about if they are ready to convert.
Newman Lanier

What Makes a Good Main Navigation? - 0 views

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    Navigation is like a mini-first date with each of your visitors. This article gives some straightforward insights and tips to make sure yours is not a speed-dating wash out.
Newman Lanier

usability_guidelines.pdf (application/pdf Object) - 0 views

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    The US government web design and usability guidelines - HUGE book in PDF format with many guideline explained in a concise format. It's actually pretty good. I wish it was in a better format - PDF isn't the most... um, whats the word I'm looking for - USABLE format. just sayin
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