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PicoCool

I'm a regular reader of Emily Chang's eHub, one of my sources for learning about interesting web app and services. Emily recently launced a new showcase of interesting finds with PicoCool.

A global community dedicated to uncovering the cool, whether in art, design, environment, culture, architecture, fashion, travel or technology. Our community finds and shares tiny bytes and unique content from the world of peer media, social networks and subcultures. We discover upcoming designs, cool products, micro-trends, subcultures, artists, human experiences, innovations, philosophies, technologies, and more.

Somewhere in the undiscovered and the mundane lives real brilliance. PicoCool is about uncovering these microscopic moments when things first begin.

Check it.

http://picocool.com/

Published on Saturday, Mar 14, 2009 in blog

The History & Evolution of User Experience Design

On the Tea with Teresa podcast, Teresa Brazen interviews Adaptive Path's Peter Merholz to talk about the history and evolution of User Experience Design.

User experience design is, at its core, a philosophy that products and services should be designed so that they are pleasurable and easy for people to use. While that might seem an obvious design approach, it's actually not the way many designers historically thought about making things. In fact, it wasn't until the 1990s that an industry came together around this particular approach to design.

I did some research to try uncover the history of this field, and, I didn't find a lot - partly because it hasn’t been around for long. So, I had tea with Peter Merholz, who has been involved in the industry since its very early stages. We had a great conversation about what it was like when the industry started to come together and where he thinks it's headed.

Listen to the podcast at Tea with Theresa.

Via @jeepu

http://www.teawithteresa.com/2009/03/history-evolution-of-user-experience.html

Published on Wednesday, Mar 11, 2009 in blog