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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

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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

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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

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Community is Not a Tech Thing: An interview with Ken Carroll by UXpod - User Experience Podcast

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Forms Design - an Interview with Caroline Jarrett: Forms Design by UXpod - User Experience Podcast

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Cultural Probes - an Interview with John Murphy (updated): Cultural Probes by UXpod - User Experience Podcast

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Intel Outside - an Interview with Genevieve Bell: Intel Outside - an Interview with Genevieve Bell by UXpod - User Experience Podcast

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Ludic Design - an Interview with William Gaver: Ludic Design - an Interview with William Gaver by UXpod - User Experience Podcast

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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

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Design in India - an Interview with Apala Lahiri Chavan: Design in India by UXpod - User Experience Podcast

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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

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