Creating Frames That Work, a cog-sci infographic experiment
Posted by indolering in Design, Psychology on 06. Mar, 2010 | No Comments
Inspired by the Left vs Right (world) info-graphic, I endeavored to create a visual workflow for creating framing. Usability testes showed that the concept fell short of enabling people to create do their own framing, but it did explain the idea of framing, metaphor, and their connection to policy issues quite well.
Objectified- My Personal Anthem
Posted by indolering in Design on 21. Feb, 2010 | No Comments
I want this for my birthday.
You really should just go watch the trailer on YouTube, and rate it 5-stars.
Study Done, Quick Update
Posted by indolering in Ubiquity on 21. Feb, 2010 | No Comments
I finished the documentation/advertising study of Ubiquity back in November. I haven’t posted anything about it due to a mix of schoolwork and the scholarly journal submission process. Because journals want to maintain copyright, I can’t publish everything I have written thus far. The journal article has a very different focus from what I will [...]
Kid Robot
Posted by indolering in Design on 13. Dec, 2009 | No Comments
I love good design
Posted by indolering in Design on 06. Dec, 2009 | No Comments
Clever & wonderful, I love designers.
Got my paper back from the editor
Posted by indolering in Personal, Ubiquity, summer09 on 22. Nov, 2009 | 1 Comment
Every page looks like this. That’s what paying for editorial help gets you: real advice.
Sessions 6, 7, 8, & 9
Posted by indolering in Ubiquity, summer09 on 11. Oct, 2009 | No Comments
Despite my best efforts on the documentation front, users still failed to grasp the simplistic syntax scheme of Ubiquity. I suspected this was due to poor contextual “documentation.” So I designed an experiment testing out a simpler skin.
Sessions 4 & 5
Posted by indolering in Ubiquity, summer09 on 05. Sep, 2009 | 2 Comments
Couple more sessions using the new translate commercial. In short:
• Users are unable to tell the difference between the two video clips, so slight differences are a no no.
• Users still see Ubiquity as command specific as apposed to a generalized command framework.
Put it all out there
Posted by indolering in Ubiquity on 23. Aug, 2009 | No Comments
Getting the user to do something is like asking for a phone number: it has to be done at the right time and after they are excited about it.
Obama & Nazi Design
Posted by indolering in Design, Personal on 20. Aug, 2009 | No Comments
I did my term paper for art history on design elements used in the political campaigns of past and present figures, including Bush, Gore, Kerry, Obama, and McCain. All the talk of Obama and Nazi design similarities gave me the impetus to put it up here.
