UX Workshop



Rik Lomas    Jessi Baker
 @riklomas   @jessibaker
What’s UX!?
User Experience
    Design
“Anyone can make the
simple complicated.
Creativity is making the
complicated simple.”
                    - Charles Mingus
The design of
experiences
The design of
experiences
Human centred
The design of
experiences
Human centred
Interactions
The design of
experiences
Human centred
Interactions
Different to UI
The design of
experiences
Human centred
Interactions
Different to UI
Access to value
Examples of
  good UX
POST (& other apps) by Meri Media
Dollar Shave Club
dribbble
Rdio product site
myownbike.de
path app
Bus o clock
Idea
Select a platform for your
MVP
Goals and tasks
Personas
Information Architecture
What is a
wireframe?
No fonts
No colour
No graphics
Wireframe fidelity

Low                                 High
Sketching     Paper     Mock up      Code
            Prototype   Software   Prototype
Why make
wireframes?
Concept Exploration
Concept Exploration
Layout Content on Pages
Concept Exploration
Layout Content on Pages
Brainstorm Interactions
Concept Exploration
Layout Content on Pages
Brainstorm Interactions
Storytelling
Concept Exploration
Layout Content on Pages
Brainstorm Interactions
Storytelling
Build Consensus
Concept Exploration
Layout Content on Pages
Brainstorm Interactions
Storytelling
Build Consensus
Documentation
Concept Exploration
Layout Content on Pages
Brainstorm Interactions
Storytelling
Build Consensus
Documentation
Minimize Risk
Sketching
Demo –
Facebook Profile Page
Exercise –
Draw a sketch of the Twitter
profile page on the web version or
the app version
Guess the
wireframe!
8 tips for
wireframing
Have clear objectives
Make it functional
Keep it clean
User Interface is not User
       Experience
Repetition. Repetition. Repetition.
Consider dependencies
Don’t be lazy
Know when to stop
Demo –
Sketch of PopDown
Exercise –
Draw a sketch for your idea.
Assessment
Do your key functions standout?
Why designs fail?
Why designs fail?

Users aren’t motivated to achieve goals
Why designs fail?

Users aren’t motivated to achieve goals
Users don’t understand how it works
Why designs fail?

Users aren’t motivated to achieve goals
Users don’t understand how it works
Users don’t see things
States
Errors, alerts & successes
No content
Events (e.g. click, hover, tap and
swipe)
Hover mode - Google maps
Responsive design and orientation
Responsive web design examples
User flows &
 Scenarios
User Flow for 1 scenario
User flow for multiple scenarios
User flow for multiple scenarios
User flow for all scenarios
Scenarios help you design and test
Demo-
Scenario for PopDown and
wireframing of the user flow
Excercise -
Chose a scenario for your project
and wireframe of the user flow
with less than 3 key screens
Paper prototyping
Demo-
Paper Prototype for PopDown
Popdown Paper Prototype - Home screen
Popdown Paper Prototype - Shop mode
Popdown Paper Prototype - select a category
Popdown Paper Prototype - after a category is selected
Popdown Paper Prototype - shop view hover mode
Popdown Paper Prototype - product view
Exercise –
Paper prototype your site/app
Making a case for
  wireframes
Agencies
Creativity is in the making
Making changes in Photoshop or
code will take much longer than in
wireframes
Start-ups
You’re broke! So it’s even more
important to get it right in a lo-fi
way...
Customer experience will help you
write certain aspects of your
business plan
Mock-up Software
Balsamiq http://
www.balsamiq.com/ Mockingbird
https://gomockingbird.com/
Keynote
Omnigraffle http://
www.omnigraffle.com
Libraries....

Mockups to go
https://
mockupstogo.mybalsamiq.com/
Keynotopia http://keynotopia.com/
Graffletopia http://graffletopia.com/
Code Prototypes
960.gs http://960.gs/
Twitter Bootstrap
http://twitter.github.com/
bootstrap
Zurb Foundation
http://foundation.zurb.com
Napkee
User Testing
Tools for Testing
Silverback http://silverbackapp.com/
Realizer http://www.realizerapp.com
AirDisplay http://avatron.com/apps/
air-display
User Testing http://
Any questions?
Thanks!


 Rik Lomas          Jessi Baker
     @riklomas         @jessibaker
rik@lomalogue.com   jessi@cantab.net

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