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HCID 2014: Film & broadcasting techniques applied to UX design. Rebeca Mirand...
HCID2014: Personifying your portfolio. Nick Grantham, Source.
HCID2014: Personifying your portfolio. Nick Grantham, Source.
HCID2014: In interfaces we trust? End user interactions with smart systems. D...
HCID2014: In interfaces we trust? End user interactions with smart systems. D...
HCID2014: Evaluating the effects of a virtual communication environment for p...
HCID2014: Evaluating the effects of a virtual communication environment for p...
HCID2014: Adapting to responsive web design. Matt Gibson, Cyber-duck
HCID2014: Adapting to responsive web design. Matt Gibson, Cyber-duck
HCID2014: Accessibility primer. Joe Chidzik, Abilitynet
HCID2014: Accessibility primer. Joe Chidzik, Abilitynet
HCID2014: How to involve children in design. Monica Ferraro, City University ...
HCID2014: How to involve children in design. Monica Ferraro, City University ...
Ways of seeing: Innovative Research Techniques In Video Ethnography - Nick Le...
Ways of seeing: Innovative Research Techniques In Video Ethnography - Nick Le...
How to be Pixel Perfect (Replaces Making Accessibility Accessible) - Matt Gy...
How to be Pixel Perfect (Replaces Making Accessibility Accessible) - Matt Gy...
Type on Screens: What to Consider and Why - Toshi Omagari, Monotype
Type on Screens: What to Consider and Why - Toshi Omagari, Monotype
Storytelling applied to the digital context - Rebeca Miranda, System Concepts
Storytelling applied to the digital context - Rebeca Miranda, System Concepts
So You Think You Know How to Brainstorm? - Alison Duffy & Sue Whittle, Persp...
So You Think You Know How to Brainstorm? - Alison Duffy & Sue Whittle, Persp...
Multi-Device User Experience Research - Ben Logan, Spotless Interactive
Multi-Device User Experience Research - Ben Logan, Spotless Interactive
Kansei Engineering in User-Centred-Design - Mobina Nouri, City University London
Kansei Engineering in User-Centred-Design - Mobina Nouri, City University London
Positive Psychology & UX : Enabling Success and Wellbeing - Patrick Jordan, C...
Positive Psychology & UX : Enabling Success and Wellbeing - Patrick Jordan, C...
Investigating Perceptible Affordances of Natural User Interfaces - Jacques Ch...
Investigating Perceptible Affordances of Natural User Interfaces - Jacques Ch...
Creativity Support Tools, Do They Really Help? - Dr. Sara Jones, City Univers...
Creativity Support Tools, Do They Really Help? - Dr. Sara Jones, City Univers...