Stories
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IA Summit 10 - Day 2
by Jeff Parks | [6 comments]
The IA Summit was held in Phoenix, AZ from April 9-11. Boxes and Arrows captured many of the main conference sessions from Day 2, Saturday, April 10. These sessions cover subjects from consulting vs. employee to principle and patterns to hacking UX in the organization. Enjoy! more...
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IA Summit 10 - Whitney Hess Keynote
by Jeff Parks | [8 comments]
In her closing Keynote at the 2010 IA Summit, Whitney Hess calls the UX community to charge outward with our shared mission and "cross the chasm" to real leadership. more...
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IA Summit 10 - Richard Saul Wurman Keynote
by Jeff Parks | [0 comments]
In his keynote from the 2010 IA Summit, Richard Saul Wurman encourages the design community to take on big problems rather than make small changes incrementally. more...
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Control and Community: A Case Study of Enterprise Wiki Usage
by Matthew C. Clarke | [8 comments]
One of the central tensions when
managing a Wiki is between centralized control and anarchy. Matthew Clarke presents a case study and guidelines
for effective use of Wikis in an
enterprise setting. more... -
IA Summit 09 - Day 3
by Jeff Parks | [4 comments]
The IA Summit was held in Memphis, TN from March 20-22. Boxes and Arrows captured many of the main conference sessions from Day 3, Sunday, March 22.
If you missed the Summit, drink from
our digital font and experience the next
best thing. more... -
IA Summit 09 - Day 2
by Jeff Parks | [2 comments]
The IA Summit was held in Memphis, TN from March 20-22. Boxes and Arrows captured many of the main conference sessions from Day 2, Saturday, March 21. If you missed the Summit, dive into these presentations and experience the next best thing. more...
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IA Summit 09 - Day 1
by Jeff Parks | [1 comment]
The IA Summit was held in Memphis, TN from March 20-22. Boxes and Arrows captured many of the main conference sessions from Day 1, Friday, March 20. If you weren't
able to attend, close your eyes
and experience the next best thing. more... -
IA Summit 09 - Keynote
by Jeff Parks | [7 comments]
Michael Wesch points out that our "audiences" aren't audiences at all, but rather creators, and our job is to enable. Along with the design challenges, this new approach delivers the joy of reconnecting people to each other. more...
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IA Summit 09 - Plenary
by Jeff Parks | [6 comments]
In the Closing Plenary, Jesse James Garrett looks back at Summits past, examines
the current state of User Experience
Design, and endorses a vision of our practice as a mechanism for discovery. more... -
When Life Intervenes
by Chris Baum | [3 comments]
Samantha Bailey, the 2009 IA Summit Chair, talks about her approach to this year’s IA Summit, how the Summit community has changed, and what it means to be a part of this community of practice. more...
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Getting a Form's Structure Right
by Jeff Parks | [0 comments]
Jeff Parks talks with Afshan Kirmani about her article, expanding on various subjects including her User Experience Model. more...
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Your New Excuse to Get an Xbox
by Mia Northrop | [9 comments]
Games are fun and immersive, while websites, for the most part, are not. How do we get users to suspend disbelief on the web? Mia Northrup examines how some techniques for developing games can lead to better digital experiences. more...
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IA Summit 2008, Day 1
by Chris Baum and Jeff Parks | [14 comments]
The IA Summit was held in Miami, FL from April 10-14. Boxes and Arrows captured many of the
main conference sessions.
Check out the presentations
from Saturday, April 12. more... -
IA Summit 2008, Day 3
by Chris Baum and Jeff Parks | [5 comments]
The IA Summit was held in Miami, FL from April 10-14. Boxes and Arrows captured many of the
main conference sessions.
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Meet Your Peers
by Jorge Arango | [6 comments]
The people behind the ideas, design concepts, and practices in publications like Boxes & Arrows are not always visible in ways that does them justice.
At the 2007 Summit, B&A Managing Editor Jorge Arango set out to ask some of the attendees three questions. He captured them on video, and we are publishing them as inspiration for the upcoming 2008 Summit in Miami April 10-14. more... -
We Tried To Warn You, Part 2
by Peter Jones | [10 comments]
Some failure allows organizations to learn and grow; others times it can be catastrophic. In Part 2 of his series, Peter Jones explores timing dynamics of large projects and alternatives to the framing of UX roles and organizations today. more...
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Using Design Visuals To Communicate Ideas
by Jeff Parks | [0 comments]
Jeff Parks talks to a few of the very talented folks from VizThink '08. more...
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Connectors for Dashboards and Portals
by Joe Lamantia | [4 comments]
This article is the fourth in a series sharing a design framework for dashboards and portals. In this installment, Joe Lamantia demonstrates how to connect content containers to ease navigation at all levels of the architecture. more...
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Building Block Definitions (Containers)
by Joe Lamantia | [4 comments]
Joe Lamantia dives deep into the components of the building block system. Each has a place in his design framework for dashboards and portals. See how you too can use these same elements in your work. (Part 3 in a series) more...
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Success Stories
by Clifton Evans | [2 comments]
How do we learn from designers who have blazed the trail before us? Clifton Evans dives into Bill Moggridge's Designing Interactions to find out what treasures lie in the stories collected by one of Ideo's founders. more...