Archive for February, 2005

On the Ownership of User Experience

Monday, February 21st, 2005

There are many items floating around the User eXperience blogland related to who owns the user experience.
I’ve sounded off on this before due to a couple of posts on OK/Cancel and Wodtke’s site. Well a new post and comic are up on the OK/Cancel site this week, and being the introvert who is really [...]

Problem Solver

Friday, February 18th, 2005

The other day, Sagan and I were watching Mulan. There’s a scene toward the beginning where Mulan and her soon-to-be comrades are told to retrieve an arrow at the top of a tall pole. Which is simple enough, but they are made to wear a heavy weight around each arm.
The main male character [...]

Hey UX… Who’s Your Male Parental Authority Figure!

Friday, February 18th, 2005

There are many items floating around the UX blogland related to who owns the user experience.
I’ve sounded off on this before due to a couple of posts on OK/Cancel and Wodtke’s site. Well a new post and comic are up on the OK/Cancel site today. And being the intorvert who is really an [...]

Good Error Messages Are Hard to Come By

Thursday, February 17th, 2005

Here’s Overstock.com’s answer to the error message. Forget for a moment that they could have done something even more helpful, and focus on the content of the message. You gotta have a sense of humour when things go wrong.
They’re managing their reputation even in their error messages.