Doodles on Interaction Design
UX Design Histories
Sometimes in order to have a clear view forward we need to look back to where we’ve been.
GUIdebook - Amazingly thorough history of the graphical user interface and all its elements. It’s like user experience porn. I ogle it for hours.
The Gaming Historian - Series of videos created related to a number of game history topics. The video blog also gets published at retrowavetv.com. I’m amazed by the level of detail and depth that Norman is able to bring to his mini documentaries. I especially recommend the one about the nes 2, a missing link console between the Nintendo entertainment system and the SNES.
Computer History Museum - Get off the computer and visit the computer history museum in the real world. I’ve heard if you go there the right time some old time legends from the computer industry work there part time as tour guides. “Sonny, I remember in my day when drives were floppy and the computer were shiny”
The Way Back Machine - See for yourself. Nothing on the internet is ever really lost. Thanks to the way back machine. Go back in time and see how things looked way back then.
Designing Interactions - Bill Moggridge’s magnum opus serves as a detailed historical reference to greatest designs and designers in field. A must real for any user experience professional.
Why sketch?
And since we’re at it.
Why not sketch
- Hard to digitize
- Hard to change
- Takes time to master skill
What are your thoughts?
Bill Verplank Sketch Notes
I was fortunate enough to see Bill Verplank speak at the PARC the previous evening. It was an inspirational and moving event. One of the many take aways was his talking about him and Bill Moggridge coining the term interaction design in an effort to “think beyond HCI”. The 2Bills rock!
Model Based Innovation and Invention
I’m taking this great business class over at Stanford taught by Eugene Shteyn. Over the following weeks I’ll be using this space to record some of the learnings.
Visual Summaries and Notes
ModelBasedInventionAndInnovation_SketchNotes.pdf
It is important to identify and leverage important technology evolution patterns.
When forecasting using the cone of uncertainty knowing what you don’t know can be very important.
Readings and Videos
