Every piece of content matters - an interview with Gerry McGovern

FromUXpod - User Experience Podcast

Start listening View podcast show

Every piece of content matters - an interview with Gerry McGovern

FromUXpod - User Experience Podcast

ratings:

Length:

32 minutes

Released:

Jun 21, 2009

Format:

Podcast episode

Description

Gerry Gaffney interviews GerryMcGovern, author of "Killer Web Content".(This site is maintained for historical purposes only. Visit www.uxpod.com for a transcript of this and other episodes, and a searchable archive.)

Released:

Jun 21, 2009

Format:

Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

A free-ranging set of discussions on matters of interest to people involved in user experience design, website design, and usability in general.

Skip carousel

Personas and Outrageous Software - an Interview with Alan Cooper: I asked Alan Cooper (over a rather echoing connection) why he is outraged by bad software, and how he developed the concept of 'personas'.I was interested to hear the 'father of Visual Basic' say 'What I need is a computer that doesn't make me feel... by UXpod - User Experience Podcast
20 min listen
Rules of Thumb: We often encounter rules of thumb. This brief podcast discusses "3 clicks" "7 plus or minus 2", and the application of such rules. by UXpod - User Experience Podcast
6 min listen
Card Sorting with Donna Maurer: I spoke to Donna Maurer on the topic of card sorting. I think she has a very nice and practical approach to card sorting.Donna referred to the (http://www.oz-ia.org/2006/) which takes place on September 30 and October 1 2006 in sunny Sydney.You... by UXpod - User Experience Podcast
14 min listen
Community is Not a Tech Thing: An interview with Ken Carroll by UXpod - User Experience Podcast
18 min listen
Market Research - an Interview with John Berenyi: I asked John Berenyi of Bergent Research (www.bergent.com.au) why usability people are sometimes disparaging of market researchers. John has some interesting thoughts about about good - and bad - market research. The book John mentions is Vance... by UXpod - User Experience Podcast
10 min listen
Choosing User Research Techniques: Choosing the appropriate user research technique can be difficult - particularly if you're not experienced in doing so.This short podcast considers how you decide what types of activity you should undertake. by UXpod - User Experience Podcast
4 min listen
Web Accessibility Guidelines - an Interview with Gian Sampson-Wild: What is the current status of Version 2 of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines? Gian Sampson-Wild tells us the story.She also explains how Flickr and Google have used Ajax without sacrificing accessibility.For more on the Maguire vs SOCOG case,... by UXpod - User Experience Podcast
17 min listen
Ethnography - an Interview with Jared Braiterman: I spoke to Jared Braiterman, from jaredRESEARCH (www.jaredresearch.com). Jared has done ethnographic research many organisations.I asked him what's meant by ethongraphic research, and how it's applied.The Mobile China work Jared refers to is avaialble... by UXpod - User Experience Podcast
11 min listen
Forms Design - an Interview with Caroline Jarrett: Forms Design by UXpod - User Experience Podcast
13 min listen
World Usability Day - an Interview with Elizabeth Rosenzweig: Elizabeth Rosenweig is principal of Bubble Mountain Consulting (www.bubblemtn.com).I spoke to her in her capacity as Director of World Usability Day (www.worldusabilityday.org).Why do we need a World Usability Day, and will it make the world a better... by UXpod - User Experience Podcast
12 min listen
Web Teams - an Interview with Jesse James Garrett: I asked Jesse James Garrett about his "Nine Pillars of Successful Web Teams" model. See (on the Adaptive Path website) for the graphical representation of his model, and his brief article on the subject.I highly recommend Jesse's book ,... by UXpod - User Experience Podcast
19 min listen
Speech user interfaces: An interview with James Lewis: Gerry Gaffney interviews James Lewis. For a transcript of this and other episodes, visit www.uxpod.com. by UXpod - User Experience Podcast
42 min listen
Because We Can: This short podcast considers the fact that we tend to get dazzled by the 'bling' of new technologies. by UXpod - User Experience Podcast
4 min listen
Cultural Probes - an Interview with John Murphy (updated): Cultural Probes by UXpod - User Experience Podcast
14 min listen
Mentoring - an interview with Patrick Kennedy: Gerry Gaffney spoke to Patrick Kennedy from Step Two Designs in Sydney (www.steptwo.com.au) about mentoring.What are the benefits - and the pitfalls - in mentoring?The book Patrick mentions is The Tao of Coaching, by Max Landsberg ... by UXpod - User Experience Podcast
17 min listen
What's Going On? The Importance of Feedback: Good feedback is important at the User Interface and Process levels. This brief episode considers some of the elements invovled in providing good feedback.If you like the User Experience podcast, you might want to check out Tim & Tom's podcast. I... by UXpod - User Experience Podcast
5 min listen
Errors: To err is human. This episode is a brief discussion of why people make mistakes, and what we can do to minimise errors.The two books mentioned are: by UXpod - User Experience Podcast
7 min listen
Don't Make me Write! - an Interiew with Steve Krug: Steve Krug talks about clarity, about deleting Solitaire from his Mac, and about his admiration for Douglas Adams and Jakob Nielsen.He also considers how we can do things well with Ajax, and the importance of user testing.Steve's excellent book is... by UXpod - User Experience Podcast
23 min listen
Intel Outside - an Interview with Genevieve Bell: Intel Outside - an Interview with Genevieve Bell by UXpod - User Experience Podcast
25 min listen
Taxonomy, Folksonomy and Metadata - an Interview with Karen Loasby: Karen Loasby is the information architecture team leader for the BBC.I spoke to her about metadata, taxonomy and related topics.How do you manage metadata issues when you're dealing with millions of pages, and thousands of authors?Karen referred to... by UXpod - User Experience Podcast
18 min listen
Designing for Mobile Devices - an Interview with Jason Furnell: Gerry Gaffney asks Jason Furnell about designing for mobile devices.Along the way, Jason talks about the poetry of movement, the Agile development methodology, and how to navigate a career path in design.He tells us that without a vision, great minds... by UXpod - User Experience Podcast
20 min listen
Usability Now - an Interview with Daniel Szuc: Gerry Gaffney spoke to Daniel Szuc in Hong Kong about the state of usability today. Although we were on the 22nd floor, in the background you can hear the sounds of the Hong Kong traffic.Daniel's company is Apogee (www.apogeehk.com)The Usability... by UXpod - User Experience Podcast
18 min listen
Exertion Interfaces and Engagement - An Interview with Florian (Floyd) Mueller: Gerry Gaffney spoke to Floyd Mueller about his work with exertion interfaces - where the world of video games meets the sweat of the sportsground, and where you can jog, box or play ball with people in distant locations.Floyd discusses the impact of... by UXpod - User Experience Podcast
31 min listen
Usability in China: I spoke to Josephine Wong from about the stateof usability in China.Josephine mentions the conference. That's run by .Disclosure: Apogee and my company, , work together from time to time. by UXpod - User Experience Podcast
12 min listen
Hong Kong's Octopus Card - A Highly Usable Product: Users of Hong Kong's public transport system will be familiar with the Octopus card, which I consider to be exemplary in terms of the user experience it offers.In this brief episode, I talk about some of the things that make it so easy to use.For... by UXpod - User Experience Podcast
6 min listen
Security and Usability: Security and usability are frequently in conflict. Workarounds are common, and there may be unrealistic expectations of what users would or should do.I mention that ChinesePod made Time Magazine's Top Ten Podcasts of 2006.... by UXpod - User Experience Podcast
7 min listen
Ludic Design - an Interview with William Gaver: Ludic Design - an Interview with William Gaver by UXpod - User Experience Podcast
22 min listen
The Bizarre Myth of Customer Service - an Interview with David Jaffe: Gerry Gaffney interviews David Jaffe about customer service.David talks about the "bizarre myth that the head of customer service is responsible for customer service", and the problems that arise from treating customer service as a cost... by UXpod - User Experience Podcast
27 min listen
Design in India - an Interview with Apala Lahiri Chavan: Design in India by UXpod - User Experience Podcast
20 min listen
Designing Smoking Cessation - an Interview with Peter Benda: Peter Benda describes University of Melbourne's work on 'QuitCoach' - an online service to help people stop smoking. Peter works at Melbourne University's Department of Information Systems - www.dis.unimelb.edu.auHe talks about some of the unique... by UXpod - User Experience Podcast
24 min listen

More Episodes from UXpod - User Experience Podcast

Skip carousel

Farewell: 16 years of UXpod by UXpod - User Experience Podcast
33 min listen
Taking responsibility for our creations: An interview with Ellen Broad: The ethical context of AI by UXpod - User Experience Podcast
41 min listen
Mags Hanley on Career Architecture: Applying your design skills to your own career by UXpod - User Experience Podcast
40 min listen
Voice Content and Usability - problems and opportunities. With Preston So: Teaching our machines to talk by UXpod - User Experience Podcast
47 min listen
Preventing your product becoming a tool for abuse, with Eva PenzeyMoog: First, enable no harm by UXpod - User Experience Podcast
35 min listen
Doughnut Economics and Systems Thinking: An interview with Kate Goodwin: Using UX skills to address global challenges by UXpod - User Experience Podcast
43 min listen
How to onboard: An interview with Krystal Higgins: Onboarding is not a narrative by UXpod - User Experience Podcast
28 min listen
Designing child-friendly cities: An interview with Tim Gill: Cities for kids are cities for everyone by UXpod - User Experience Podcast
38 min listen
Training Dev Teams in Accessibility: An interview with Allison Ravenhall: Let's not ship inaccessible things by UXpod - User Experience Podcast
23 min listen
Product Research Rules: An interview with Aras Bilgen and C Todd Lombardo: Working as a team to improve the effectiveness of your product research by UXpod - User Experience Podcast
37 min listen
Research Repositories: An Interview with Mark McElhaw: Getting your researcher act together! by UXpod - User Experience Podcast
32 min listen
Running a virtual conference: An interview with Rory Madden: What to do when no-one can attend, and how to design a user-centred conference experience by UXpod - User Experience Podcast
29 min listen
Presenting Design Work - An interview with Donna Spencer: The fine art of getting good stakeholder feedback by UXpod - User Experience Podcast
33 min listen
Empathy for the future self: An interview with Amy Bucher: Designing for behaviour change by UXpod - User Experience Podcast
32 min listen
Figure it Out: An interview with Stephen P Anderson and Karl Fast: An exploration of how we understand by UXpod - User Experience Podcast
29 min listen
UX Writing: An interview with Torrey Podmajersky: Designing and writing good UX content by UXpod - User Experience Podcast
28 min listen
Think like a UX researcher: An interview with David Travis and Philip Hodgson: How to sharpen your research skills and choose appropriate research methods. by UXpod - User Experience Podcast
41 min listen
Meaningful Work: An interview with Daniel Szuc and Jo Wong: We need to examine our work practices to foster intent and avoid waste by UXpod - User Experience Podcast
15 min listen
User research in government: An interivew with Matthew McCallum: Researching young adults' attitudes to "identity" by UXpod - User Experience Podcast
26 min listen
The Boss is away: An interview with Michelle Spencer: Running a digital team from the other side of the world by UXpod - User Experience Podcast
29 min listen
Questionnaire design: An interview with Annie Pettit: Designing questions that answer your data needs, and that humans can understand by UXpod - User Experience Podcast
33 min listen
Competence, autonomy, relatedness: Celia Hodent on games design: And why gamification is too shallow by UXpod - User Experience Podcast
32 min listen
Managing a UX team: An interview with Cameron Rogers: Cameron Rogers on managing UX teams by UXpod - User Experience Podcast
27 min listen
UX in the Ubiquitous Bank: An Interview with Brett King: Experience, location, context by UXpod - User Experience Podcast
21 min listen
Robots, AI and Ethics - An interview with Dr Christoph Bartneck: Christoph Bartneck on robots, racism and ethics by UXpod - User Experience Podcast
34 min listen
Making Cities Smarter: An Interview with Martin Tomitsch: The confluence of UX and Urban Design by UXpod - User Experience Podcast
24 min listen
Designing better meetings: An interview with Kevin M Hoffman: Kevin Hoffman talks about how to design and facilitate good meetings. by UXpod - User Experience Podcast
32 min listen
Designing for the best death possible: An interview with Matiu Bush: Matiu Bush talks about designing for the end of life. by UXpod - User Experience Podcast
34 min listen
Mean Time to "I Love You" - Amir Shevat talks about Chatbots: Slack's Amir Shevat talks about bots, and why you can't just port existing services to a bot, and about the power of conversational interfaces. by UXpod - User Experience Podcast
28 min listen
How tech's lack of diversity affects its products: An interview with Sara Watchter-Boettcher: Tech firms that are not themselves diverse can't be effective in meeting the needs of diverse audiences. Sara Wachter-Boettcher talks about how we've built exclusion into our algorithms. by UXpod - User Experience Podcast
33 min listen

Discover this podcast and so much more

Every piece of content matters - an interview with Gerry McGovern

Every piece of content matters - an interview with Gerry McGovern

Description

Titles in the series (100)

More Episodes from UXpod - User Experience Podcast