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Awakening User Experience Innovations Thru Data Visualization

by David Kelley on April 24, 2012

Abstract: With the rapid changes in how we consume and develop interactive media it is becoming critical to develop organic UX solutions that allow iteration not just during development but post launch. By looking at various examples from games to interactive media services to design paradigms such as Metro; we will examine the role data [...]

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Why Taxonomy is Important

April 16, 2012

Taxomomy is a term referring to the meaning assigned to words. Two people can have different meanings for different words. When designing UI it is important to be able to relate to the target demographic is a way that they understand and have a consistent understand of ideas that you introduce to your users. Because [...]

Stories From the Future, A Futurist Vision of 2015

April 16, 2012

In building good Digital User Experience’s we frequently use a user centric approach. Typically this includes theoretical users and stories or use case briefs etc. This are basically short stories about a user that is trying to accomplish some task that involves the theoretical interface we are designing and building. Here are two short user [...]

Seattle Information Architecture & User Experience Meetup Monthly Meetup

April 5, 2012

Seattle Information Architecture & User Experience Meetup Monthly Piecora’s New York Pizza & Pizza Restaurant 1401 E Madison St, Seattle, WA (map) 47.613759 -122.313749 Selected By: A former member Join us for some good company and geeky conversation the 2nd Tuesday of every month. This month we’ll be at Piecora’s on Capitol Hill. Once a [...]

The Other User: Creating a Successful Handoff Between Design & Development

March 26, 2012

In Part 2 of The Other User series, Cathie Toshach, an interaction designer, will share her experience and insights for creating a successful handoff between design and development. Faced with developers struggling to connect the requirements in wireframes to those in technical documents, Cathie began working with technical stakeholders to develop a single, integrated document. She found [...]

Ever wanted to know what it takes to work at a design agency?

March 16, 2012

Ever wanted to know what it takes to work at a design agency? Now’s your chance to find out! Come to the next Interact meeting, and listen to some agency veterans talk about agency life. We will have several representatives from some prominent local, national and global agencies to answer our questions and yours. What [...]

Startup Weekend Redmond 2012

January 31, 2012

Startup Weekend is an intense 54-hour event which focuses on building a web or mobile application that could form the basis of a credible business over the course of a weekend. The weekend brings together people with different skillsets – primarily software developers, graphics designers and business people – to build applications and develop a [...]

SIC:// Seattle Interactive Conference 2012

January 26, 2012

SIC returns in 2012, bringing interactive industry’s leaders together in one of the world’s most innovative cities! With its “Point-of-View” platform, SIC 2012 provides a unique stage for entrepreneurs, technologists, advertisers, designers, entertainers, online business professionals and thinkers to converge: Visionary speakers on technology, creativity, and emergent trends will leave you inspired, and networking events [...]

Windows 8, iPad3 and the Coming Slate Wars

January 24, 2012

Wednesday, Febuary 15 | 7-8:30 PM YEA! Aquent is back! oh yes and we have a presentation. This month we take a look at Windows8 and the coming slate war’s and maybe an iPad 3… Building off the Metro Aesthetic designed for touch and mobile devices the new Windows 8 is promising to be a [...]