i am jdw's tumble log

i am comprised of stuff he finds interesting, plus feeds from josh's twitter feed, delicious bookmarks, and flickr & instagram photos.

josh studied film, picked up an mfa in creative writing, worked in animation, game design, and parked the cars of the rich and famous. josh designs, problem solves, & makes stuff. he works at hot studio, inc. in san francisco. See LinkedIn for more.

josh is a local leader for ixda in san francisco.

josh is also known as dj 8ball (from space cowboys) and you can find many of josh's dj mixes here.

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Posted 10 months ago
Five Indispensable Skills for UX Mastery

http://www.uie.com/articles/indispensable_skills/

According to Jared, they are:

#1: Sketching
#2: Storytelling
#3: Critiquing
#4: Presenting
#5: Facilitating
- uie
- Jared Spool
- tumblr
- usability
- skills
- userexperience
- storytelling
- webdesign
- sketching
- ux
Posted 10 months ago
Design Staff – Change aversion: why users hate what you launched (and what to do about it)

http://www.designstaff.org/articles/how-to-avoid-mitigate-change-aversion-2012-04-24.html

How to avoid (or mitigate) change aversion

1. Warn users about major changes.
2. Clearly communicate the nature and value of the changes.
3. Let users toggle between old and new versions.
4. Provide transition instructions and support.
5. Offer users a dedicated feedback channel.
6. Tell users how you’re addressing key issues they’ve raised.
- tumblr
- google
- ux design
- userexperience
- behavior
- redesign
- change
- ux
- delicious
Posted 10 months ago
Design Staff – Story-centered design: hacking your brain to think like a user

http://www.designstaff.org/articles/story-centered-design-2012-03-22.html

@Braden (UX, Google Ventures) wants teams to focus on designing Stories, not Screens. He says…

Here are four of the best ways I’ve found to keep my mind focused on stories.

Hack 1: Storyboard before you sketch
Hack 2: Render full stories with Fireworks
Hack 3: Review stories on paper
Hack 4: Don’t send mockups. Record a screencast.
- Google
- design
- storyboard
- tumblr
- storytelling
- ux
- bradenkowitz
- userexperience
- delicious