A Journey in Design

A talk for UIKonf 2015 in Berlin.

The focus is around various design processes, and how they can relate to programming concepts.

Transcript

1. A Journey in Design
   

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2. design
   

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4. Adobe Photoshop 7
   

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5. design
   

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6. Engineer
   

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8. engineer
   

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9. design
   

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12. designing apps
    

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13. Designers TDD Too
    

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14. ?
    validate designs
    

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15. use cases
    

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16. “a user needs to be able to sign up“
    

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17. “a user expects to be able to log out“
    

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18. test your design against it
    

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19. ?
    why would a user want
    to do that
    

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20. personas matter
    

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21. define types of users to
    help define expectations
    

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22. productivity
    first time
    early adopter
    social
    business
    

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23. power user
    first time
    

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24. test your design against
    all these constraints
    

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25. allow all users
    to be able to use it
    

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26. allow all users
    to be able to enjoy it
    

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27. focus
    

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28. why don’t you just...
    

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29. testing against all
    people takes time
    

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30. no binary test outcome
    

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31. ux debt
    

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32. a lot of design is
    figured out up front
    

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33. consistency is key
    

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34. video upload
    

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35. photo upload
    video upload
    music upload
    

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36. alone time
    

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37. explore
    

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38. easy to get stuck in all
    the things you can’t do
    

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39. Collaboration
    

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40. as soon as you have a
    fleshed out concept
    

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41. unknown technical constraints
    cases you didn’t consider
    valuable feedback/opinion
    it’s their product too
    

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42. you own the design responsibility
    

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43. solicit feedback from everyone
    

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44. listen carefully
    

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45. you are not alone
    

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46. it’s up to you what you do with it
    

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47. it should be up to you what you do with it
    

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48. Frankenstein exists
    

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49. design by committee is bad
    

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50. design by committee is bad
    

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51. consistency is key
    

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52. appear seamless to the user
    

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53. prototyping
    

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54. actual validation
    

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55. spot issues
    

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56. prototyping tools
    

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57. in-product
    

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58. hack it. branch it.
    

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59. test results
    

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60. test results
    *Terms and conditions may apply
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61. user testing isn’t a weapon
    

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62. it’s another data point
    

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63. it can help with the why
    

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64. usability issues
    

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65. initial emotional response
    

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66. scope is far and wide
    

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67. Experience Design
    

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68. Graphic Design
    service design
    Experience Design
    Interaction Design
    Emotional Design
    visual design
    

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69. ask the right things
    

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70. why
    

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71. UX Design 101
    

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72. learn something new
    

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73. we could collaborate better
    

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74. we should collaborate better
    

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75. design
    Engineer
    

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76. teams
    

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77. this is important
    if you want to ship
    

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78. awesome products
    

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79. swiftkey Note
    

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80. “In this field we often respect
    the final product, but we
    don’t always appreciate the
    route it takes to get there”
    

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81. thank you
    

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82. @mennenia
    Questions?
    

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