UXDesignCast

Episodes

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  UXDC37 - David Hill of Lenovo

  3/13/2010

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  Karel’s guest for this episode is David Hill, Lenovo VP of Brand Management and Design.  Topics include key ingredients for superior design, future technology directions, key design innovations, and use of blogging as input to design.  Visit David’s blog and contribute to the design conversation.

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  UXDC36 - Alex Wright of The New York Times

  1/22/2010

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  Duration: 42:17

  Karel’s guest for this episode is Alex Wright who is Director of User Experience and Product Research at The New York Times.  Topics include the user experience design work that is carried out at the Times, how that work is helping to address the challenges that traditional media is facing in an increasingly digital world, [...]

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  UXDC35 - Design Trends across Decades

  1/15/2010

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  Duration: 45:38

  Joining Karel on this episode are Keith Instone (Information Architecture Lead, IBM CIO’s Office, IBM.com), Eliane Tozman (User Interface Designer, IBM Media Design Studio), Ben Sykes (UX Design Strategy Consultant at Interactoid), and Shawn O’Keefe (Interactive Festival Producer and Web Developer at SXSW.  The panel discusses recent design related news from the last month or [...]

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  UXDC34 - Social Software - IBM Lotus Connections

  11/6/2009

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  Duration: 35:59

  Learn about the design of social software for the enterprise.  Joining Karel on this episode are Ethan Perry (Product Designer and UX Team Lead, IBM Lotus Connections) and Marty Moore (Product Designer, IBM Lotus Connections) discussing the design of IBM Lotus Connections 2.5.

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  UXDC33 - Designing the Air Canada iPhone App

  10/26/2009

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  Duration: 40:30

  Joining Karel on this episode are Mahmood Ashek (Solutions Architect, Mobile Applications Practice, IBM Interactive) and Phouphet Sihavong (Interface Designer/User Experience Specialist, IBM Interactive) discussing the architecture, design, and development work their team at IBM did to create the highly successful Air Canada iPhone app.  For more details, read the story and view the demo [...]

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  UXDC32 - Microblogging, Typography, Clouds, & Browsers

  10/12/2009

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  Duration: 39:29

  Joining Karel on this episode are Jay Trimble (Group Lead for the User Centered Technology Group, NASA Ames Research Center), Keith Instone (Information Architecture Lead, IBM CIO’s Office, IBM.com), and Eliane Tozman (User Interface Designer, IBM Media Design Studio).  The panel discusses the new way of using Web 2.0 including microblogging behind corporate firewalls with [...]

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  UXDC31 - Designing Business Space

  9/2/2009

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  Duration: 32:08

  Joining Karel for this episode are Davis Neable (User Experience Professional, IBM Software Group) and Cale Vardy (Visual Designer, IBM Software Group Media Design Studio) talking about the design of IBM Business Space Powered by WebSphere. After introductions, the user research that was carried out is outlined as is the development of persona and [...]

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  UXDC30 - Accessible Kiosk Design

  8/29/2009

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  Duration: 41:06

  Karel’s guest for this episode is Bill Curtis-Davidson of the IBM Ability and Accessibility Center. Bill describes the IBM’s kiosk business, outlines the accessiblity challenges with kiosks, details the innovative solution he designed, and summarizes the feedback he’s received on the design. Karel and Bill also discuss the generalizability of the solutions discussed to [...]

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  UXDC29 - Organizational Optimization

  7/21/2009

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  Duration: 41:33

  Joining Karel on this episode are Julie Santilli (IBM Visual Design Community and Tools Lead ), David Schwartz (IBM UI Architecture, Patterns, & Assets Lead), and Bob Jones (IBM User Experience Community & Tools Strategy Lead). The episode provides advice on organizational optimization of user experience design.

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  UXDC28 - Business Landscape of Design

  7/13/2009

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  Duration: 47:36

  Joining Karel on this episode are Val Fox (Director, Innovative Technology Solutions, Ryerson University), Keith Instone (Information Architecture Lead, IBM CIO’s Office, IBM.com), and Eliane Tozman (User Interface Designer, IBM Media Design Studio).  The panel discusses the recent announcements of Bing and Chrome OS, followed by a description of the Ryerson Digital Playground and the [...]

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  UXDC27 - Mobile & Real-Time Web Innovation

  6/26/2009

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  Duration: 40:58

  Joining Karel on this episode are Val Fox (Director, Innovative Technology Solutions, Ryerson University), Keith Instone (Information Architecture Lead, IBM CIO’s Office, IBM.com), Eliane Tozman (User Interface Designer, IBM Media Design Studio), and our newest member of the panel Jay Trimble (Group Lead for the User Centered Technology Group, NASA Ames Research Center).  The panel [...]

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  UXDC26 - Dynamic Forms, Survey Construction, & Design Inspiration

  6/12/2009

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  Duration: 43:37

  Joining Karel on this episode are Julie Santilli (IBM Visual Design Community and Tools Lead ), David Schwartz (IBM UI Architecture, Patterns, & Assets Lead), and Bob Jones (IBM User Experience Community & Tools Strategy Lead). The episode provides advice on designing dynamic forms, on constructing effective surveys, and discusses design quotes and recommended reading [...]

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  UXDC25 - Innovation & Design Balance

  6/1/2009

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  Duration: 33:42

  Panelists joining Karel on this episode are Val Fox (Director, Innovative Technology Solutions, Ryerson University), Keith Instone (Information Architecture Lead, IBM CIO’s Office, IBM.com), and Eliane Tozman (User Interface Designer, IBM Media Design Studio). The panel discusses the Sixth Sense research project, the future of internet search, data-driven design, and what’s messing up our UIs.

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  UXDC24 - IBM Lotus iNotes ultra-light for the iPhone

  3/27/2009

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  Duration: 40:37

  Karel’s guests for this project design review of IBM Lotus iNotes ultra-light for the iPhone are Margo Ezekiel (User Experience Professional), Carrie Tracy (Senior Visual Designer), and Michelle Cooper (Usability Specialist).

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  UXDC23 - Tutorial - Trends in Design Disciplines

  3/21/2009

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  Duration: 50:17

  Joining Karel on this episode are Julie Santilli (IBM Visual Design Community and Tools Lead ), David Schwartz (IBM UI Architecture, Patterns, & Assets Lead), and Bob Jones (IBM User Experience Community & Tools Strategy Lead). The group discusses trends in visual and interaction design and in user research and user feedback.

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  UXDC22 - Project - Rational Asset Manager

  3/9/2009

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  Duration: 37:06

  Find out about the incredible visual and interaction design, user experience research and evaluation, and development team collaboration that went into the Agile design and development of IBM Rational Asset Manager.  Joining Karel for this episode are Heather Frantz (User Experience Practitioner), Janet Mockler (Visual Designer), and Michael Stokes (User Experience and Design Manager and [...]

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  UXDC21 - Panel - Design for the Cloud

  3/2/2009

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  Duration: 45:59

  Panelists joining Karel on this episode are Eliane Tozman (User Interface Designer, IBM Media Design Studio) and Keith Instone (Information Architecture Lead, User Experience Design, ibm.com). The panel discusses Karel’s blog post designing for the cloud, the IBM Blue Spruce project, the 10 harsh truths about corporate websites, the intelligent software assistant, and Microsoft’s glimpse [...]

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  UXDC20 - Project - Lotus Notes Design

  2/20/2009

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  Duration: 37:59

  What to know how IBM Lotus Notes is designed and what user interface features are in the latest release? Joining Karel for this episode are Mary Beth Raven (Lead User Experience Designer for Lotus Notes) and John Lance (Product Designer for Lotus Notes Calendar and Scheduling). The episode starts off by providing an overview of [...]

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  UXDC19 - Tutorial - Optimized Agile Design

  2/13/2009

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  Duration: 35:47

  This is the second of our tutorial sessions.  Karel is joined by David Schwartz and Bob Jones of his team at IBM to discuss the various ways user experience design can be optimized within an Agile development approach.  Specific recommendations of best practices are provided based on the experiences of practitioners at IBM and elsewhere.

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  UXDC18 - Panel - Value of Design

  2/6/2009

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  Duration: 38:56

  Panelists joining Karel on this episode are Val Fox (Director, Innovation Technology Solutions, Ryerson University), Keith Instone (Information Architecture Lead, User Experience Design, IBM.com), and Eliane Tozman (User Interface Designer, IBM Media Design Studio).  The panel discusses the how design is becoming a product differentiator in particular markets, the success of Facebook despite design challenges, [...]

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  UXDC17 - Panel - New UI Platform

  12/21/2008

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  Duration: 46:20

  Panelists joining Karel on this episode are Val Fox (Director, Innovation Technology Solutions, Ryerson University), Keith Instone (Information Architecture Lead, User Experience Design, IBM.com), and Eliane Tozman (User Interface Designer, IBM Media Design Studio).  The panel discusses the possible impact the new full screen, multi-touch interfaces on devices like the iPhone, Google G1, and Blackberry [...]

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  UXDC16 - Tutorial - Details on Demand & Auto-complete

  12/19/2008

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  Duration: 33:50

  This is the first of what will be a regular feature providing guidance on various design topics.  David R. Schwartz joins Karel and outlines two important User Interface Design Patterns, Details on Demand and Auto-complete.  Additional information on these patterns is available at www.ibm.com/design.

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  UXDesignCast 15 - Panel - UXD Transformations

  11/21/2008

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  Duration: 39:09

  Panelists joining Karel on this episode are Val Fox (Director, Innovation Technology Solutions, Ryerson University), Keith Instone (Information Architecture Lead, User Experience Design, IBM.com), and Eliane Tozman (User Interface Designer, IBM Media Design Studio).  The panel discusses Google’s new Gmail colors and themes, Wire magazine’s article “Twitter, Flickr, Facebook Make Blogs Look so 2004″, the [...]

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  UXDesignCast 14 - Project Review - IBM BladeCenter S

  11/15/2008

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  Duration: 30:24

  This is the first of what will become a regular project review session podcast which this episode features the IBM BladeCenter S project.  Karel interviews Mark Molander who is a User Experience Architect in IBM’s Systems Group and who served as the user experience and design project lead for BladeCenter S.  Additional information and a [...]

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  UXDesignCast 13 - Panel - Innovations in Simplicity

  10/24/2008

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  Duration: 42:40

  This is the first of what will become a regular panel session podcast discussing recent news, trends, and insights regarding User Experience and Design.  Panelists joining Karel on this episode included Val Fox (Director, Innovative Technology Solutions, Ryerson University), Keith Instone (Information Architecture Lead, User Experience Design, IBM.com), and Eliane Tozman (User Interface Designer, IBM [...]

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  UXDesignCast 12 - Lisa Kamm of Google

  10/4/2008

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  Duration: 38:55

  Lisa Kamm is User Experience Manager at Google.  Lisa outlines what her role entails and how User Experience Design is carried out at Google.  She describes the design principles that pervade Google’s culture and the impact that they have on projects.  Lisa enumerates the UX projects that have been carried out as a result of [...]

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  UXDesignCast 11 - John Karat of IBM Research

  6/30/2008

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  Duration: 49:12

  John Karat is a Research Scientist within IBM’s Research Division.  John outlines the role the research division plays at IBM and summarizes some of product user interaction inventions that have come out of the division.  He also describes his own current research program and the impact that it has had on knowledge and products.  John [...]

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  UXDesignCast 10 - Kevin Bury on Yahoo! & LinkedIn

  6/21/2008

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  Duration: 42:14

  Kevin Bury is Principal Interaction Designer at LinkedIn and was previously Director, User Experience Design, at Yahoo! where he managed a team of designers responsible for all of Yahoo’s “Front Door” products - including the Yahoo! Front Page (www.yahoo.com), My Yahoo! (www.my.yahoo.com), Yahoo! Buzz (www.buzz.yahoo.com), and Yahoo! Glue. Kevin describes his roles at LinkedIn and [...]

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  UXDesignCast 9 - Valerie Fox of Ryerson

  6/14/2008

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  Duration: 21:56

  Valerie Fox is Director, Innovative Technology Solutions, at Ryerson University in Toronto, Canada.  Karel interviews Val in her office at the university.  Val starts off by describing Ryerson and her role there.  She outlines the transformation she went through from being the creative director for web and other digital user experiences in previous jobs to [...]

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  UXDesignCast 8 - Mike Beltzner of Mozilla

  6/6/2008

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  Duration: 26:14

  Mike Beltzner is Phenomenologist at Mozilla. He describes what that interesting job title is all about, his company’s approach to user experience design, the transformation they went through in adopting a design culture (a particular challenge for an open source organization), and how he and his staff work with the rest of Mozilla. Mike [...]

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  UXDesignCast 7 - John Robertson of CIBC

  5/30/2008

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  Duration: 59:25

  Karel Vredenburg interviews John Robertson who is Director of User Experience and Development, Internet Channel, at the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC). John describes CIBC and the Internet Channel organization as well as his two teams who design and develop the bank’s websites and web applications. He outlines the transformation the [...]

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  UXDesignCast 6 - Victor Chan of Dow Jones

  5/23/2008

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  Duration: 33:01

  Karel Vredenburg interviews Victor Chan who is User Experience Designer at Dow Jones based in New York City. Victor describes his role and how user experience design work is carried out at Dow Jones. He discusses some of the benefits and challenges of designing business and financial communication content in a rapidly changing [...]

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  UXDesignCast 5 - Gale Moore of KMDI

  5/10/2008

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  Duration: 54:26

  Karel Vredenburg interviews Gale Moore who is Director of the Knowledge Media Design Institute (KMDI) at the University of Toronto. Gale outlines the mandate and origins of KMDI and outlines the kind of projects carried out at the institute. An exploration of Gale’s background as a Sociologist leads to a wide ranging [...]

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  UXDesignCast 4 - Jay Trimble of NASA

  2/17/2008

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  Duration: 38:55

  Karel Vredenburg interviews Jay Trimble who is Computer Scientist at NASA ARC and the Group Lead for the User Centered Technology Group. Jay tells about the NASA Ames Research Center, the major types of work they do, how user-centered approaches have been introduced there, what has worked best, and what the major contributions have [...]

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  UXDesignCast 3 - Business Impact of Design

  2/3/2008

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  Duration: 23:21

  Karel Vredenburg summarizes some recent research on the business impact of design in terms of the importance of a well-designed user interface to enterprise purchase decisions.  He also outlines the three attributes that must come together in order to design for delight.

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  UXDesignCast 2 - Ilona Posner of U of T

  12/3/2007

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  Duration: 30:17

  Karel Vredenburg interviews Ilona Posner about her career, views on UX opportunities and challenges, the importance of visual and interaction design, and advice for students and beginning practitioners.

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  UXDesignCast 1 - Getting Started

  11/25/2007

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  Duration: 5:41

  Welcome to the first episode of this new podcast series. This is a short episode that simply introduces the podcast series, the topics to be covered, the formats which will be used, and the audience it is intended to address.

• Welcome to the series!

  11/23/2007

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  I’m delighted to announce the availability of this new podcast series dealing with user experience design. It will feature interviews with leaders in the field, a regular panel discussion of recent topics of interest to UXD practitioners, as well as my own thoughts, ideas, and experiences.