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Newman Lanier

The de Bono Group - Six Thinking Hats - 0 views

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    "Six Thinking Hats® is a simple, effective parallel thinking process that helps people be more productive, focused, and mindfully involved. And once learned, the tools can be applied immediately! You and your team members can learn how to separate thinking into six clear functions and roles. Each thinking role is identified with a colored symbolic "thinking hat." By mentally wearing and switching "hats," you can easily focus or redirect thoughts, the conversation, or the meeting. "
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    I've been meaning to get this in the group. Edward de Bono not only has a kick ass name, he may have a solution to our 'Design meetings suck' problem. Our problem is easy to define: Too much pressure is but on the designer. They become either aggressive or passive aggressive. The solution is obvious. Someone needs to 'step-up' (not man-up, you gender bias asshole) and 'set the tone' of the meeting and relationship. Easier said than done. But, along comes de Bono. His 6 hats, parallel thinking process does exactly that - it sets a tone and create enough structure to the sessions. It nurtures the productive and chokes the counter-productive. Of course, I've never tried it. I think hats are for keeping the sun out of your eyes. Otherwise, they are stoopid. But, I'm willing to try these.
Newman Lanier

ExplainIA Entry: Information Architecture Connects People to Content | Flickr - Photo S... - 0 views

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    nice, narrative info-graphic explaining the IA's job
Newman Lanier

A List Apart: Articles: Flexible Fuel: Educating the Client on IA - 0 views

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    Great article and primer on IA process
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
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