MITX UX Dinner at Microsoft
Posted on 14. Nov, 2009 by Dean Whitney in User Experience and has 0 Comments
MITX is hosted a small dinner Thursday, November 12th at Microsoft in Cambridge with Lili Cheng (@lilich on Twitter), General Manager of Microsoft’s Future Social Experiences (FUSE) Labs at Microsoft’s New England Research & Development (NERD) Center (say that five times fast!). (more…)
MITX: User Experience Techniques
Posted on 01. Nov, 2009 by Dean Whitney in Speaking, User Experience and has 0 Comments
I had the opportunity to speak on October 29th at one of the MITX User Experience Panels “MITX: User Experience Techniques“. You can read more about it on the MITX blog. (more…)
ROI on User Experience (UX) Design
Posted on 25. Mar, 2009 by Dean Whitney in User Experience, analytics and has 0 Comments
I was on a start-up panel and the question asked “how do determine if the user experience design is successful? Many of the answers suggested; does the design elevate the brand? does it improve the user experience? easier for users to complete tasks? etc. These are great things that in the past certainly made the client stakeholders and agency or designers feel good; but does it really tell you if it was a good investment? User experience design is part of the overall solution – like a wheel on a car cannot be successful on its own; what purpose could it have?
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Microsoft’s pptPlex Makes PowerPoint Cool Again
Posted on 15. Aug, 2008 by Dean Whitney in User Experience, Web 2.0 Technology and has 0 Comments
Microsoft has released a pptPlex which in a cool interface application for PowerPoint based on the experimental Microsoft touch interface operating system. I wonder if this will impact Guy Kawasaki’s 10/20/30 Rule of PowerPoint.
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