Slides from 2016 IA Summit presentation. Here's how the presentation was described in the #IAS program:
This session (deck) explores the adoption of a set of UX heuristics for USPS.com and how they came to form the backbone for iterative IA/UX audits of the USPS.com domain including any number of sites, micro-sites, sub-domains, tools, and applications. It explores the selection of a UX heuristic set - we settled on a customized version of Abby Covert’s IA Heuristics for Interaction Designers (2011) - and the design and implementation of a repeatable IA/UX audit process.
Together, these form the backbone of of the USPS.com continuous improvement strategy that has significantly improved domain usability as well as communication and cooperation with USPS stakeholders, business drivers, and the agency of record.
Daniel Judge's Code on the Beach 2015 Session.
A lot of what happens in our career is not because of our technical skills. Instead of worrying about new technologies, we should focus on improving our soft skills. Are you looking to get a promotion or land a better job? You'll need technical skills to get you in the door, but your soft skills will win you the job. We'll dive into areas that help us the most: social skills, professionalism, setting goals, productivity, and staying healthy.
Don't Forget to Pack Your Social Network: Data Portability Myths and RealitiesMark Congiusta
As social networks become an ever increasing part of our online lives what happens to all of the data that we create as we leave comments on friends profiles, upload pictures and make online purchases? It SHOULD be your data too bad that's not always the case. This presentation discusses what data privacy and identity ownership mean in a networked world. Presented to Podcamp Kilkenny September 2008.
During NCAIS Innovate 2010 conference attendees were witness to six, five-minute presentations where presenters showcased one of their passion points about education. We call these sessions SPARKING Education. http://innovate.ncais.org
In the summer of 2009, I built a web-based IRC client as a hobby project. It was a surprising success and over the past two years my passion for chat has become Convore, a small startup funded by Y Combinator. This talk will cover the joys of creating your own company and how to avoid the pitfalls.
Daniel Judge's Code on the Beach 2015 Session.
A lot of what happens in our career is not because of our technical skills. Instead of worrying about new technologies, we should focus on improving our soft skills. Are you looking to get a promotion or land a better job? You'll need technical skills to get you in the door, but your soft skills will win you the job. We'll dive into areas that help us the most: social skills, professionalism, setting goals, productivity, and staying healthy.
Don't Forget to Pack Your Social Network: Data Portability Myths and RealitiesMark Congiusta
As social networks become an ever increasing part of our online lives what happens to all of the data that we create as we leave comments on friends profiles, upload pictures and make online purchases? It SHOULD be your data too bad that's not always the case. This presentation discusses what data privacy and identity ownership mean in a networked world. Presented to Podcamp Kilkenny September 2008.
During NCAIS Innovate 2010 conference attendees were witness to six, five-minute presentations where presenters showcased one of their passion points about education. We call these sessions SPARKING Education. http://innovate.ncais.org
In the summer of 2009, I built a web-based IRC client as a hobby project. It was a surprising success and over the past two years my passion for chat has become Convore, a small startup funded by Y Combinator. This talk will cover the joys of creating your own company and how to avoid the pitfalls.
lecture presented at PAARL's Summer National Conference on the theme "“Library Tourism & Hospitality: The Business of Endearing Philippine Libraries and Information Centers to Publics” (San Antonio Resort, Baybay Beach, Roxas City, Capiz, 27-29 April 2011) by Christopher C. Paras
Slides to support a presentation on visual thinking across the curriculum at the Building Learning Communities Conference. Boston, MA, July 2013.
Over 80% of our brains are used interpreting visuals. It seems a waste not to take advantage this powerful channel into the minds of our students. What sorts of ways can a single image be used to tell stories and explore complex ideas in Math, Science, Language Arts or Languages classrooms? What could we do with a series of pictures? How can we do this beyond the time and space of the classroom walls and have our students generate a bank of powerful visuals to inspire future students to create even more powerful learning imagery?
In this hands on session participants will mash up their ideas with powerful images, painlessly share them with the group and spend the lion’s share of our time together thinking deeply and discussing our shared vision for what real learning looks like in our classrooms. We’ll touch on ideas of ethical and responsible use of technology, creative commons and some thoughts about visual design.
Bring your camera enabled mobile device. We’re gonna use it. And show you how to take better pictures in the process.
A recasting of a presentation (but with snazzy new 'stuff') for the Maricopa Community Colleges Teaching & Learning with Technology conference, May 13, 2008
We are living in the Digital Age; has your nonprofit joined us? The next five years will see a radical reshaping of the nonprofit landscape, in terms of the technology involved in fundraising, social media communications, internal entrepreneurship, and the future of innovation. This session will investigate the future of fundraising and communication trends; provide instruction on how to hire, train, manage, and inspire “internal entrepreneurial” employees; and provide actionable advice on creating an organization that is primed to grow. Don’t be left in the Dark Ages; join us and learn how to navigate the future of your nonprofit in the Digital Age.
lecture presented at PAARL's Summer National Conference on the theme "“Library Tourism & Hospitality: The Business of Endearing Philippine Libraries and Information Centers to Publics” (San Antonio Resort, Baybay Beach, Roxas City, Capiz, 27-29 April 2011) by Christopher C. Paras
Slides to support a presentation on visual thinking across the curriculum at the Building Learning Communities Conference. Boston, MA, July 2013.
Over 80% of our brains are used interpreting visuals. It seems a waste not to take advantage this powerful channel into the minds of our students. What sorts of ways can a single image be used to tell stories and explore complex ideas in Math, Science, Language Arts or Languages classrooms? What could we do with a series of pictures? How can we do this beyond the time and space of the classroom walls and have our students generate a bank of powerful visuals to inspire future students to create even more powerful learning imagery?
In this hands on session participants will mash up their ideas with powerful images, painlessly share them with the group and spend the lion’s share of our time together thinking deeply and discussing our shared vision for what real learning looks like in our classrooms. We’ll touch on ideas of ethical and responsible use of technology, creative commons and some thoughts about visual design.
Bring your camera enabled mobile device. We’re gonna use it. And show you how to take better pictures in the process.
A recasting of a presentation (but with snazzy new 'stuff') for the Maricopa Community Colleges Teaching & Learning with Technology conference, May 13, 2008
We are living in the Digital Age; has your nonprofit joined us? The next five years will see a radical reshaping of the nonprofit landscape, in terms of the technology involved in fundraising, social media communications, internal entrepreneurship, and the future of innovation. This session will investigate the future of fundraising and communication trends; provide instruction on how to hire, train, manage, and inspire “internal entrepreneurial” employees; and provide actionable advice on creating an organization that is primed to grow. Don’t be left in the Dark Ages; join us and learn how to navigate the future of your nonprofit in the Digital Age.
Many teams insist they have no time or budget for user testing, even if they're convinced of the benefits. But what if you could find ways to create, implement and report on usability issues quickly and collaboratively?
In this session, designer and researcher Dani Nordin will outline the process she's developed at Harvard Business to bring user-centered design practices into an Agile product team. You'll learn techniques to rapidly benchmark your user experience, test and report findings , and align stakeholders on critical usability issues.
As UX becomes increasingly Agile, a need arises to quickly create and iterate new interface elements. Many popular frameworks exist to document front-end design patterns. Most of them connect directly to the website's CSS, and help developers easily create new interface elements and templates.
But what happens when the design and UX team can't work in code? How can we create truly cross-functional design documentation that works both for developers and designers?
In this session, we will describe the process we have been working on to document our existing design patterns and create a working set of elements that allow both for rapid iteration of design prototypes and implementation of templates in code.
This session is for UXers who work with teams that include both front-end developers and visual/interaction designers, who need to create and iterate on interfaces in rapid, Agile environments.
People, Not Percentages: Research & Design For Cross-Channel ExperiencesStuart Maxwell
80 years ago, the bar for a retail experience was low. A simple shelf in a gas station was enough to display our company's initial product line. Today, that won't cut it. Today's designers have to incorporate scores of inputs, from how our customers encounter our products online and in the real world, to multiple departmental budgets and timelines converging around a campaign. In this environment, it's easy for customer perspective to get lost.
And yet customer experience is more important than ever. "Experience" is the secret sauce that will save physical stores from Internet giants. For designers, experience can be an overwhelmingly broad and loosely defined concept that is dependent on context and requires a rich understanding of the people for whom we are designing.
As leaders within our company's design and research teams, we’ll walk through our experience research and design approach via a case study of REI’s recently redesigned camping department. We'll share this process in detail: understanding customers in their authentic context; comparing information behavior in the physical and digital worlds; fostering customer-centricity on diverse design teams; carrying this empathy through physical space design, prototyping, and iteration; and navigating the politics of experience design.
WANT TO KNOW THE SECRET TO A GREAT UX? Knowing what your users are thinking before they do is a great start...
Academicians know so much about what draws our attention, how we make decisions and what can change our behaviors but have typically buried that knowledge in research papers that rarely cross the chasm into mainstream user experience. Join me for an interactive guide to how your users think and why it matters to your UX practice.
Want to know where users will look first on your interface and why? We’ve got a demo for that. Want your app to be more addictive? We can give you some good suggestions. Want people to buy more stuff or sign up more often? We can help there too. Wish you knew what an affordance was? Okay, maybe that wasn’t keeping up at night but we’ve got that covered too.
John will present a series of fun demos to make the psychological principles memorable and then demonstrate how to apply what you learned to your user experience challenges.
The standards we set this year will shape our lives in years to come, and a person's abilities and preferences change just as rapidly as technology. So let's have self-aware, user-centered design, because designing for "average" means designing for no one.
User Memory Design - Curt Arledge - IA Summit 2016Curt Arledge
Is experience overrated? Are experience designers only focusing on part of the picture?
Experience is ephemeral, vanishing as quickly as it begins. It's memory, not experience that writes the stories we tell ourselves and forms the basis of our choices. So what does that mean for experience designers?
This talk draws on classic psychology studies and theory to highlight the important distinction between experience and the memories that experience leaves behind. Humans convert experience to memory in predictable, if irrational ways. We can use that understanding to design for better outcomes.
This session is for anyone who wants to change the way they think about thinking and learn how to be a better user memory designer.
Colin Eagan IA for Personalization IA Summit 2016Colin Eagan
Experience management systems are making it easier than ever to customize content for your visitors—but are you using your newfound personalizing powers for good (or for creepy)? Colin Eagan shows that personalization can be done, thoughtfully, using the same tools you would apply to any content strategy conundrum: by asking why, being deliberate, and putting users first.
Specifically, this talk will cover:
1) Recent developments in the CMS landscape that make personalizing content much more readily achievable — from soup-to-nuts “experience management platforms” to more modestly-priced targeting plugins.
2) A framework to help your clients or internal stakeholders determine how (or if) personalized content can complement an existing content strategy, including audience segmentation, component-level “zoning,” and the people / processes required to support it all.
3) Hands-on examples from the presenter’s own experience implementing personalization CS this past year at two Fortune 50 companies—from concept to implementation to testing.
(Download slideshow to see slide builds)
The term ontology is used a lot in our profession but rarely do we define what ontology is or what it is supposed to accomplish. Ontology is actually a very effective method to describe things and their relationships. Come to the Ontology Dojo to:
Find out that ontology really is not that scary.
Learn skills to help understand large information and data problems.
Supercharge your deliverables (especially concept maps).
No ontology skills are needed, but you will leave fully armed to take on any ontology problem!
Video version of the presentation from 2016 IA Summit: http://bit.ly/29bTrqE
An outside-in look at the National WWII MuseumMichael Edson
Presentation for the board of the National WWII Museum in New Orleans, LA. (Following-up on a strategic planning workshop held at the museum in March, 2011)
The Value of Leadership, the Leadership of Value: Remaining Relevant in times...Peter Bromberg
Script and supporting materials at: http://peterbromberg.com/sla
Throw out those 5 year strategic plans, change ain't what it used to be. Change no longer happens in slow, predictable, macro waves that allow us the time to make and execute big plans. Change now happens in a continual series of microbursts, each one potentially changing our experiences, behaviors, perceptions, and expectations in unexpected but potentially powerful ways.
A new type of leadership is called for. A leadership that not only provides a map for change, but also empowers people in your organization to throw away the map and respond to clients' needs in the moment. A leadership that questions best practices, holding only lightly to the ways of the past. A leadership that monitors societal trends and embraces small innovations and good ideas no matter where they come from.
While some conferences support a proactive diversity policy, the common lament industry-wide is the pool of candidates just isn't large enough to draw from. It's time for women and people of color to Rawk The Web: to become more visible, promote our achievements, and make ourselves known as the rockstars we truly are.
The Very Heart of It. Keynote at Urban Libraries Unite (ULU) ConferencePeter Bromberg
Text and slides from keynote at Urban Librarians Unite (ULU) Conference in Brooklyn, NY, April 5, 2013. The full text of the talk is available at: https://www.slideshare.net/pbromberg/urban-libraries-unite-ulu-conference-keynote-text-version-wslides
Banish Your Inner Critic to Unleash Creativity – edUi Conference 2015Denise Jacobs
Your inner critic is an unconscious deterrent that stands between the seeds of great ideas and the fruits of achievement, keeping you stuck by telling you you’re just faking it, that others have more talent, that you’ll never achieve the success you seek. Let's discover how to anatomize this pernicious inner force, and then learn techniques to banish this critic so that you can have the mental space and energy to let your true talents emerge -- and help you be a badass with your work.
Banish Your Inner Critic - HOW Interactive Conference, BostonDenise Jacobs
Your inner critic is an unconscious deterrent that stands between the seeds of great ideas and the fruits of achievement, keeping you stuck by telling you you’re just faking it, that others have more talent, that you’ll never achieve the success you seek. Let's discover how to anatomize this pernicious inner force, and then learn techniques to banish this critic so that you can have the mental space and energy to let your true talents emerge -- and help you be a badass with your work.
This presentation was given by Georges Oates (Flickr) at the seminar Nationaal Archief joins Flickr the Commons on 4 November 2008 in Rotterdam. This project is part of the Dutch digitization project Images for the Future, www.imagesforthefuture.org.
So you want to be a GOV UXer: A(n updated) primer for anyone interested in d...Jeffrey Ryan Pass
UPDATED for 2023.
Working for the US Federal Government (as an employee or contractor) is a unique experience. This is especially true for UXers.
This presentation provides an overview of the peculiarities, challenges, and rewards of working as a GOV UXer and offers advice for getting started, succeeding, and spreading the culture of good UX (aka CX or citizen experience). The presentation includes:
– GOV UX stats that might surprise you
– A brief history of US Federal GOV UX / rules, regs, and limitations affecting UX work
– Agencies, actors, and influencers to know
– Federal web culture fundamentals
– Citizen engagement goals and techniques
– Usability testing rules, regs, and workarounds
– Resources and communities for GOV UXers
So you want to be a gov UXer... Jeffrey Ryan Pass @ UXPA International 2021Jeffrey Ryan Pass
Working for the US Federal Government (as an employee or contractor) is a unique experience. This is especially true for UXers.
This presentation provides an overview of the peculiarities, challenges, and rewards of working as a GOV UXer and offers advice for getting started, succeeding, and spreading the culture of good UX (aka CX or citizen experience). The presentation includes:
– GOV UX stats that might surprise you
– A brief history of US Federal GOV UX / rules, regs, and limitations affecting UX work
– Agencies, actors, and influencers to know
– Federal web culture fundamentals
– Citizen engagement goals and techniques
– Usability testing rules, regs, and workarounds
– Resources and communities for GOV UXers
Ghost In The Machine: The Soul of Design Artifacts, v2.0Jeffrey Ryan Pass
Do objects have souls? This PechaKucha deck explores this idea from the perspective of a designer. Referencing artists and thinkers who have weighed in on this idea, it provides insight into what a soul really is (now if only there was audio).
Architecting IA Industry Events for Diversity & Inclusion (+ Safety) - IA Rou...Jeffrey Ryan Pass
Lightning talk slides from 2019 IA Roundtable. Discussion of approaches and techniques for planning and facilitating inclusive events within the IA/UX industry.
Information Architecture Conference 2020 presentation. Learn how large-scale, anonymous usability studies (card sorts, tree testing, and first-click testing) can inform and improve formal in-person testing helping to create more citizen-centric Federal Government websites. Appendices include extensive source links.
From User Focus to DCUX: A Historical Overview of UXPA DC Conferences (aka, P...Jeffrey Ryan Pass
Poster summarizing the history of the User Experience Professionals Association Washington DC chapter and its programming over the past (almost ) 20 years.
WIADDC19: Architecting IA Industry Events for Diversity & InclusionJeffrey Ryan Pass
Slides from the World Information Architecture Day 2019 DC celebration workshop and panel on creating diverse, inclusive, and safe events in the IA, UX, and design industry events.
D&I+S@UX-events (Diversity and Inclusion plus Safety at User Experience Events)Jeffrey Ryan Pass
Workshop slides from a UXCamp DC 2019 session aimed at discussing diversity and inclusion at usability- and design-related events, ongoing efforts aimed at improving D&I, and sharing attendee experiences (happened to you), observations (you witnessed), lessons-learned (personal, professional, etc.), and recommendations (constructive, realistic). Workshop learnings will be shared separately (and this description will be updated with a link).
Mind Bomb (PechaKucha Silver Spring, Vol. 14: "Mind")Jeffrey Ryan Pass
My PechaKucha 20x20 presentation from Silver Spring (MD) Volume 14, where the theme was "Mind".
Taking the 1989 The The album, Mind Bomb, as both title and theme, the presentation shares (roughly chronological) images representing a sampling of the major historic events and pop culture that made an indelible impression on my mind and shaped the way I think. The final slides include citations for all imagery used.
NOTE: Apart from the opening and closing slide, the presentation has no text (other than the year or date range represented by a given slide). However, the 11.30.2018 presentation with audio can be found on the PecahKucha Silver Spring page: https://www.pechakucha.org/cities/silver-spring.
Ghost in the Machine: The Soul of Design Artifacts (PechaKucha Silver Spring ...Jeffrey Ryan Pass
PechaKucha 20X20 presentation including additional slides for references/citations. Twenty slides answering the question, "Where is the ghost - or soul - in any given machine?" Originally presented 9/21/2018 in Silver Spring, Md at PechaKucha Silver Spring Vol 13.
NOTE: the slides have minimal text as most detail was communicated verbally, however the actual presentation with audio can be found on the PecahKucha Silver Spring page: https://www.pechakucha.org/cities/silver-spring/presentations/ghost-in-the-machine.
Slides from my IA Summit 2017 Academics and Practitioners Roundtable lightening round presentation. Slides consider some lessons that can be drawn from real-world examples of how the UX and IA skill set have been employed with ill effect. Warning: presentation contains some graphic imagery.
Towards a Continuous UX Improvement Model (UX Camp DC, 01.03.2014)Jeffrey Ryan Pass
This presentation describes the importance and benefits of a continuous improvement approach, explains the core activities of a tested UX optimization lifecycle, explores some of the business and professional-development opportunities around optimization, and identifies key roles, metrics, tools, and trainings that play into continuous improvement. It will also considers how to propagate a culture of continuous improvement while spreading the gospel of usability and information design.
Everything I Need To Know About IA/UX I Learned Playing LEGOJeffrey Ryan Pass
OK, not everything, but an amazing foundation…
LEGO®: children’s toy, grown up’s toy, global brand, lucrative industry, and theme park half-an-hour north of this conference. But LEGO® is also an educator and trainer’s tool, as well as a medium for personal expression and interactive learning.
This presentation explores how LEGO® building bricks can be used to understand and even teach the fundamentals of information architecture (IA) and to improve the user experience (UX) lifecycle.
Full Title: Web.gov: Observations About, Strategies Relating To, and Lessons Learned from the US Digital Government Strategy (and how they apply to the Broader UX Community)
Short Description:
The Obama Administration’s 2012 Digital Government Strategy set a high bar for Federal websites, calling for the creation of “information-centric” and “customer-centric” sites and mandating “citizen-engagement.”
This presentation provides an overview of the Digital Government Strategy, discusses how it came into being, and provides specific examples of recent and ongoing work in support of the strategy from a number of federal agencies. It also considers how user experience (UX) professionals can advocate for the Digital Government Strategy and how they can put its tenants to work to better serve their clients (Federal or otherwise) and, most important, the digital content users.
This 7-second Brain Wave Ritual Attracts Money To You.!nirahealhty
Discover the power of a simple 7-second brain wave ritual that can attract wealth and abundance into your life. By tapping into specific brain frequencies, this technique helps you manifest financial success effortlessly. Ready to transform your financial future? Try this powerful ritual and start attracting money today!
Multi-cluster Kubernetes Networking- Patterns, Projects and GuidelinesSanjeev Rampal
Talk presented at Kubernetes Community Day, New York, May 2024.
Technical summary of Multi-Cluster Kubernetes Networking architectures with focus on 4 key topics.
1) Key patterns for Multi-cluster architectures
2) Architectural comparison of several OSS/ CNCF projects to address these patterns
3) Evolution trends for the APIs of these projects
4) Some design recommendations & guidelines for adopting/ deploying these solutions.
ER(Entity Relationship) Diagram for online shopping - TAEHimani415946
https://bit.ly/3KACoyV
The ER diagram for the project is the foundation for the building of the database of the project. The properties, datatypes, and attributes are defined by the ER diagram.
1.Wireless Communication System_Wireless communication is a broad term that i...JeyaPerumal1
Wireless communication involves the transmission of information over a distance without the help of wires, cables or any other forms of electrical conductors.
Wireless communication is a broad term that incorporates all procedures and forms of connecting and communicating between two or more devices using a wireless signal through wireless communication technologies and devices.
Features of Wireless Communication
The evolution of wireless technology has brought many advancements with its effective features.
The transmitted distance can be anywhere between a few meters (for example, a television's remote control) and thousands of kilometers (for example, radio communication).
Wireless communication can be used for cellular telephony, wireless access to the internet, wireless home networking, and so on.
6. And while few would
think of it as a ruthless
machine…
KUT.org: Paolo Cocco
7. …those who
understand the
scope and scale
of the operation
could be forgiven
for thinking it is a
tricked out,
(mid-century)
modern machine
Barrett-Jackson
10. USPS.com in FY 20151
:
• $1.01 billion revenue (2.0% vs FY14)
• 1.5 billion site visits (22.8% vs FY14)
• 55 million transactions (6.5% vs FY14)
• 3 million/day average visitors
• 55th most visited site USA2
• 239th most visited site world2
1. Source – USPS metrics (except where2)
2. Source – Alexa, 10/01/15)Flickr: Cha Cha
11. USPS.com traffic last week1
:
(Wednesday - Sunday, same days as #IAS16)
• 10,146,208 browsers
• 20,098,085 visits
• 50,318,176 page views
1. Source – USPS metrics
Flickr: Cha Cha
30. o USPS
o Aquilent
o IA Summit (& ASIS&T)
o All the IAS volunteers
o UXCamp DC & UXPA DC
o All the moms
(did you send yours a card?)
Thank
you +:
Flickr: Nicholsa Lopez
31. Adopting IA Heuristics and
Iterative UX Reviews: A
USPS.COM Case Study
IA Summit 2016
Atlanta, Georgia
May 8, 2016
Smithsonian Postal Museum
32. Appendix 1: Disclaimers
I, Jeffrey Ryan Pass, being of questionably sound mind
and clearly aging body am hereby:
• Speaking as a practitioner
• Not representing USPS
• Not representing Aquilent
• Not, technically, presenting a “case study”
Additionally:
• My opinions are my own
• I like film and music…a lot (you’ll see)
• I curse and sometimes go dark places but I’m trying to
keep both in check for today’s presentation
• Full image cites and notes in appendix
*
Smithsonian Postal Museum
33. Appendix 2: Images & Notes (1/5)
The “Bird in the Box”, the USPS logo (sans
logotype). Source – USPS Help on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/ uspshelp
“Me at Work”, In front of the USPS headquarters
building at L’Enfant Plaza in Washington, DC.
Source – my phone
Ex (emphasis on ex) postal workers do the
darnedest things; “Photos: Small aircraft lands
on Capitol Lawn”. Source – WTOP (DC news
radio):
http://wtop.com/local/2015/04/photos-
small-aircraft-lands-on-capitol-lawn/slide/13/
Uncropped/unaltered images shown. Links valid as of 05.07.2016. Notes may or may not relate to images or slides or my rantings.
“Lance Armstrong” riding as part of the (then)
USPS Cycling Team. Source – Paolo Cocco
(AFP/Getty Images) via KUT.org (Austin news
radio): http://kut.org/post/next-lance-
armstrong-post-confession-court-cases
An old USPS delivery Jeep shot on “Day 51”.
Source – JudeanPeoplesFront (Gordon) on
Flickr:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/79538023@N
00/1361662255
“The haunted hallways of the Overlook Hotel.”
Source – Warner Bros. via Cultura Inquieta:
http://culturainquieta.com/en/foto/item/6643-
stanley-kubrick-a-visual-analysis-of-his-film-
inspirations.html
The classic “1963 Jeep Custom Mail Van”
reworked and souped-up. Source – Barrett-
Jackson: http://www.barrett-
jackson.com/Events/Event/Details/1963-JEEP-
CUSTOM-MAIL-VAN-162905
“Modded US Mail Jeep”, a classic Jeep mail
delivery vehicle all tricked out. Source – Down
ShiftRecords on You Tube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5336lazelcQ
34. Appendix 2: Images & Notes (2/5)
Uncropped/unaltered images shown. Links valid as of 05.07.2016. Notes may or may not relate to images or slides or my rantings.
Still from “Lost in Translation”. Source –
Universal via The Daily Beast:
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/201
3/09/12/sofia-coppola-discusses-lost-in-
translation-on-its-10th-anniversary.html
There is a weird sub-culture of people that like to
create a “USPS Hot Rod” from old mail delivery
vehicles. Source – RZ02 on PhotoBucket:
http://bit.ly/1UmFirv
Impression from the “Mr. Zip” rubber stamp (ink
on paper). Source – cha cha (stamps) on Flickr:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/scooterfox/album
s/72157607769551951
“Abby_Headshot_Long”, from Abby’s press kit
then manipulated by Madeo Studio. Abby gets
the largest image for obvious reasons (image
orientation, of course). Source –Madeo
Studio:
http://madeostudio.com/tag/information-
architecture/
Read more about Abby’s 10 IA heuristics:
Does IT Have Legs? Information Architecture
Heuristics for Interaction Designers
Still from “Incubus (1966)”, the first, and as far
as I know only major film made in Esparanto.
Source – Contempo III Productionsl via The
A.V. Club:
http://www.avclub.com/article/incubus-1966-
47347
"Adam's 'Star Trek' Captain's Chair.” Source -
Tested via Popular Mechanics:
http://www.popularmechanics.com/culture/t
v/a15581/adam-savage-star-trek-captains-
chair/
35. Appendix 2: Images & Notes (3/5)
Uncropped/unaltered images shown. Links valid as of 05.07.2016. Notes may or may not relate to images or slides or my rantings.
“The War Room”, Columbia Pictures via Military
History Monthly: http://www.military-
history.org/articles/war-on-film-dr-
strangelove.htm
The “Human Hamster Wheel Could Be the
Ultimate Standing Desk”. Source – Rob Godshaw
via Mashable:
http://mashable.com/2014/09/25/human-
hamster-wheel-standing-desk/#QZlxZLyblEqi
Official studio photo from “Mad Men Season 5”.
Source – AMC: http://www.amc.com/shows/mad-
men/talk/2012/03/season-5-studio-photos
“Polycom SoundStation2.” Source – Polycom:
http://www.polycom.com/products-
services/voice/conferencing-
solutions/conferencing-
phones/soundstation2.html
“Le moulin de l’oubli.” Source – Gilbert Garcin
via Galleria del Cembalo:
http://www.galleriadelcembalo.it/eng/garcin/
Facsimile of the “Washington Post Newsroom”.
Source – Warner Bros. via Cinema Style on
Blogspot: http://bit.ly/1YVW67Z
“Dr. Strangelove: Plan R” photographed at the
Stanley Kubrick Exhibition (see it at all possible; it
directly addresses many issues close to IA). Source
– Juan Carlos Salas via 500px:
http://www.military-history.org/articles/war-on-
film-dr-strangelove.htm
"How To Knoll.“ Source – Tom Sachs via
Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knoll_(verb)
See also 10 Bullets by Tom Sachs (Bullet #8)
36. Appendix 2: Images & Notes (4/5)
Uncropped/unaltered images shown. Links valid as of 05.07.2016. Notes may or may not relate to images or slides or my rantings.
“Batman ‘66 (Hot Toys)”, The Figure In
Question:
https://thefigureinquestion.wordpress.com/ta
g/hot-toys/
BTW, collecting, pristine, in-package, is all fine
an good, but please… play with toys too!
“Rural Mailboxes in Southern California.”
Source - Jeff Dowler CRS via ActiveRain:
http://activerain.com/blogsview/3485794/rur
al-mailboxes-in-southern-california
“Beautiful Little Prince Illustrations.” Source –
Kim Min Ji via Bumbles and Fairy-Tales:
http://bumblesandfairytales.tumblr.com/post/
119570303205/87-mm-beautiful-the-little-
prince-illustrations
Help to show people “to the seat with the
clearest view”, “David Bowie – Life on Mars?”
Source – EMI Music via Vevo:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v--
IqqusnNQ
“Remembering the Purple One”, at the
American Film Institute (AFI) Silver Prince
Remembrance showing of Purple Rain: my
phone. Support the AFI and AFI Silver Theater.
“Freddy Mercury.” Source – Dave Lifton for
Queen Rock Band on Blogspot:
http://queenrockband.blogspot.com/2012_10
_01_archive.html
“Princess Leia – Sending Message to Obi Wan
Using USPS.” Source – Nicholsa Lopez on Flickr:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/nicholaslopez/179
6998213
37. Appendix 2: Images & Notes (5/5)
Uncropped/unaltered images shown. Links valid as of 05.07.2016. Notes may or may not relate to images or slides or my rantings.
“Mr. Zip Don't Tie Up.” Source – Smithsonian
Postal Museum:
http://postalmuseum.si.edu/zipcodecampaign/p6
.html
“Mr. Zip Air Parcel Post.” Source – Smithsonian
Postal Museum:
http://postalmuseum.si.edu/zipcodecampaign/p5
.html
The “iasummit prius” logo. Only bigger. Source –
IA Summit:
http://www.iasummit.org/themes/iasummit_priu
s/logo.png
Editor's Notes
Like most federal buildings
A new language?
You could, but that can be fraught with peril…even if you are a rock star. Conrad Hall, one of the greatest cinematographers of all time, couldn’t save Incubus.
Usability Heuristics surveyed for Abby Covert's Ten UX Heuristics:
Nielsen, J., and Molich, R. (1990). Heuristic evaluation of user interfaces, Proc. ACM CHI'90 Conf. (Seattle, WA, 1-5 April), 249-256 (http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=97281).
Morville, Peter (1994). The User Experience Honeycomb (http://semanticstudios.com/user_experience_design/).
Rosenfeld, Louis (1994). Information Architecture Heuristics (and IA Heuristics for Search Systems) (http://louisrosenfeld.com/home/bloug_archive/000286.html, http://louisrosenfeld.com/home/bloug_archive/000290.html).
SO 9241-110:2006 (2006). Ergonomics of human-system interaction -- Part 110: Dialogue principles (http://www.iso.org/iso/iso_catalogue/catalogue_tc/catalogue_detail.htm?csnumber=38009).
Resmini, Andrea, and Rosati, Luca (2011). Pervasive Information Architecture Heuristics (http://pervasiveia.com/, http://pervasiveia.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/chapter3-heuristics.pdf).
Covert, Abby (2011). IA Heuristics: A Journey, and Does It have Legs? IA Heuristics for Interaction Designers (http://abbytheia.com/2012/04/12/ia-heuristics-journey/, http://www.slideshare.net/AbbyCovert/information-architecture-heuristics).
Metrics
IA/UX heuristic reviews
Usability testing
Support/customer care centers
Customer feedback surveys
Customer satisfaction surveys
Focus groups
Forget the table, they probably own it anyway
Sometimes you are all alone.
But be sure you can justify or back it up with your crazy talent and hard work you glorious freak you.
Invite your clients, stakeholders, business drivers to watch usability studies, to participate in card sorts, to listen in on user interviews…
Give love to Plain Language, Accessibility, etc.
Freebies can go a long way and are [sometimes] a sound investment
Know, your utility belt
Use all that crazy stuff (often)
Never forget shark repellent