PRACTICAL PROTOTYPING
UX AUSTRALIA @ZAKIWARFEL
This isn’t about...


PROTOTYPES
because they’re just artifacts
So, let’s discuss...


PROTOTYPING AS A DESIGN
PHILOSOPHY
“
    Prototyping is practice for people who design and make
    things. When you prototype, you allow your design,
    product, or service to practice being itself. And as its
    maker, you learn more about your designs in this way
    than you ever could in any other way.
                                              ”
                          DAVE GRAY, XPLANE
GUIDING PRINCIPLES
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KNOW YOUR AUDIENCE & INTENT
LADY DIANA VS LADY GAGA
PROTOTYPES HELP YOU
...work through a design
...communicate concepts
...sell an idea
...gauge technical feasibility
...test usability
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PLAN A LITTLE PROTOTYPE THE REST
PLAN VS. PROTOTYPE
III




SET EXPECTATIONS
ROCKET
IV




YOU CAN SKETCH
V




IT’S NOT THE MONA LISA
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IF YOU CAN’T MAKE IT FAKE IT
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PROTOTYPE ONLY WHAT YOU NEED
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PROTOTYPE EARLY & OFTEN
FUNCTIONAL VS. VISUAL FIDELITY
HTML

                      FLASH

                     AXURE

                    FIREWORKS

                      PAPER

           FUNCTIONAL VS. VISUAL




FIDELITY
A QUICK LESSON IN CRITIQUE
THE   235
SKETCH
PITCH
CRITIQUE
BUILD
PAPER PROTOTYPING
PROS VS CONS
HANDLEBARS
WINDOW SHADES
TRANSPARENCIES
SLIDERS
YOUR CHALLENGE
THE NEXT GEOSOCIALTAGGER
 .PHOTOS/VIDEOS (gallery)
 .GEO-TAGGING
 .AUTHENTICATION/REGISTRATION
 .SHARING
 .BADGES/REPUTATION SYSTEM
REMEMBER THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES
THE NEXT GEOSOCIALTAGGER
 .PHOTOS/VIDEOS (gallery)
 .GEO-TAGGING
 .AUTHENTICATION/REGISTRATION
 .SHARING
 .BADGES/REPUTATION SYSTEM
ONE MORE THING...
REMEMBER THE   235
READY. SET. GO.
PITCH & CRITIQUE
FIREWORKS
FIREWORKS
KEYNOTE
http://keynotekungfu.com/
http://keynotpia.com/
VIDEO
HTML5 CSS3 JQUERY
HTML
HTML
KICKING IT UP A NOTCH
HTML
SELF HEAL
HTML
PROGRESSIVE REVEAL
HTML
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