Archive for April, 2008

Agile and UCD, clash or collaboration?

After being conditioned to UCD in grad school, Agile or Extreme Programming can be quite unnerving when you initially start out in a company that practices this methodology.

Here are some resources out there to start an initial phase of “getting used to”

Adapting Usability Investigations for Agile User-Centered Design
by Desiree Sy
Source Journal of Usability Studies, Volume 2, Issue 3, May 2007, pp. 112-132
[Do download the pdf of the Article Adapting Usability Investigations for Agile User-Centered Design ]

Clash of the Titans: Agile and UCD
By Richard F. Cecil
Source UX matters, Published: December 18, 2006

How to incorporate user-centered design into agile development methodology
Activator: Pawan Vora
Source Usability Professionals’ Association (UPA 2004 Idea Markets)

I found a lot of resources in slideshare and added them to my favorites with the tag “agile”.

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Magazines, Pictures, Photos, Wallpapers and HDR pictures

Wanted to share the awesome collection of Magazines, Pictures, Photos, Wallpapers and HDR pictures!

Source Smashing Magazine

(Really) Stunning Pictures and Photos
April 28th, 2008

Inspirational PDF Magazines
April 22nd, 2008

35 Fantastic HDR Pictures
March 10th, 2008

(Really) Stunning Desktop Wallpapers
February 12th, 2008

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Effective Web Design Principles

Again and again, you must be bumping into them!!
Practice maketh the person perfect i guess!

Source Smashing Magazine

Source Spoonfed Photoshop

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