The document outlines a research project on user interface and experience design. It discusses how coding and design are different skills, and how design should be incorporated into development. The project goals are to document prominent papers in the field, summarize their findings in blog posts, and apply the lessons by building a sample weather app for Android. Initial progress includes setting up the blog, starting the Android app shell, and identifying key papers and books to research further.

1. RCOS User Interface
Research
June 24th 2011
Sean Austin
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2. Coder != Artist
http://xkcd.net
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3. We should focus on real problems... OpenGL shader,
Optimization, SegFaults, etc.
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5. Why is that?
Can coders design? Do they need to?
What does design mean?
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6. http://images2.layoutsparks.com/1/177529/
judge-butterfly-sketch-beautiful.jpg
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8. Invisible Computer by
Donald Norman
Design is backwards
Can still be engineered
Must be instilled into all developers
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9. Project
Research prominent papers in field of UI/UX
Determine the process of user interface/
experience that is critical in today’s world
Provide a baseline for any high schooler /
college student / coder / enthusiast to take
their programming skills and have core UI
fundamentals intertwined
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10. Goals
Document prominent papers
“Cliff-Note” papers for understanding
Reinterpretation of findings via (Bi)weekly
blog
Codify design lessons via android weather
app
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11. Progress
Weekly Blog showing research extrapolation
Shell of Android project (3.0 SDK)
Initial Papers/Books discovered
Scope out and mock-up weather app (next)
Continued detailed research & documentation
on findings
Friday, June 24, 2011

12. Questions?
http://rcosuir.blogspot.com
Friday, June 24, 2011