Learning to Love Humans: Emotional Interface Design

by Aarron Walter

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learning to love humans emotional interface design I come in peace. Tuesday, December 13, 11

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change Tuesday, December 13, 11

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less private Tuesday, December 13, 11

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needs Scanning network for p2p companionship. Eat my lead, sucker. Tuesday, December 13, 11

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Maslow Tuesday, December 13, 11

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physiological safety love/belonging esteem self- actualization Tuesday, December 13, 11

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physiological safety love/belonging esteem self- actualization humans need this stuff Tuesday, December 13, 11

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user needs Tuesday, December 13, 11

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functional reliable usable pleasurable Tuesday, December 13, 11

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functional reliable usable pleasurable humans need this stuff Tuesday, December 13, 11

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functional reliable usable pleasurable Tuesday, December 13, 11

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functional reliable usable pleasurable missing Tuesday, December 13, 11

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the bar is low Tuesday, December 13, 11

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edible usable = Tuesday, December 13, 11

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edible usable = Tuesday, December 13, 11

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photo credit freezelight Tuesday, December 13, 11

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photo credit morberg Tuesday, December 13, 11

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usable Tuesday, December 13, 11

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pleasurable Tuesday, December 13, 11

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personality Tuesday, December 13, 11

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products are people too Tuesday, December 13, 11

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platform for emotion Tuesday, December 13, 11

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Experiencing thermal increase in thoracic region. emotion Tuesday, December 13, 11

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photo credit D. Norwood Tuesday, December 13, 11

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photo credit David Clow Tuesday, December 13, 11

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People will forgive shortcomings, follow your lead, and sing your praises if you reward them with positive emotion. emotional design principle Tuesday, December 13, 11

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photo credit Simon Davison Tuesday, December 13, 11

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we see ourselves Tuesday, December 13, 11

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I adore the way their apps look and sound. - John Gruber, DaringFireball.net “ ” Tuesday, December 13, 11

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A fantastic, fun, and functional interface on a seriously great app. - 148apps.com “ ” Tuesday, December 13, 11

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We did want our users to have an emotional connection to our apps. Most people don't have a love/joy for software like geeks do. - Mark Jardine, TapBots Designer “ ” Tuesday, December 13, 11

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I really *LOVE* the singing bird when you send a tweet. Twitter is fun all of a sudden! - @thetalldesigner “ ” Tuesday, December 13, 11

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Confession: sometimes I make too long Feathers-tweets just to watch the bird turn red. - @evbjone “ ” Tuesday, December 13, 11

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Before your application can create an emotional relationship with the user it must get the basics right. The emotional relationship, the delight, is what you layer on top of this base usability and technical competency. - Aral Balkan, designer of Feathers “ ” Tuesday, December 13, 11

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The inspiration for our color p corporate gray to brand their windowless office and so we i My goal was to design Wufoo excellent at what it does, it wa Tuesday, December 13, 11

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The inspiration for our color palette did come from our competitors. It was really depressing to see so much software designed to remind people they’re making databases in a windowless office and so we immediately knew we wanted to go in the opposite direction. - Kevin Hale, Wufoo “ ” Tuesday, December 13, 11

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treats Tuesday, December 13, 11

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Oh MailChimp monkey. Just as I get frustrated w/ wrangling email addresses, you’re there w/ your little witticisms to cheer me up. - @p_girl “ ” Tuesday, December 13, 11

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priming Tuesday, December 13, 11

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photo credit crash-candy Tuesday, December 13, 11

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Whoa, I just logged into MailChimp and the little monkey in the corner says "hey Kate, new haircut? !Muy guapo!" how do they know?! - @katemiss “ ” Tuesday, December 13, 11

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discovery discovery Tuesday, December 13, 11

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http://photojojo.com/ Tuesday, December 13, 11

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doubts Does this armor make my ports look big? Affirmative. Tuesday, December 13, 11

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skeptics Tuesday, December 13, 11

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Trust was the most critical barrier for us to overcome with potential users. It was an uphill battle raising venture capital because investors simply didn't think people would ever share bank credentials. - Jason Putorti “ ” Tuesday, December 13, 11

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Trust is a gut feeling more than a rational process, and visual design affects emotions in a very powerful way, perhaps more than any other stimuli. - Jason Putorti “ ” Tuesday, December 13, 11

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You will comply or be destroyed. forgiveness Tuesday, December 13, 11

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photo credit 1978seymour Tuesday, December 13, 11

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photo credit kahala Tuesday, December 13, 11

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photo credit 1978seymour photo credit theunabonger Tuesday, December 13, 11

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emotional collateral Tuesday, December 13, 11

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Four is too many. limits Tuesday, December 13, 11

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attention is nite Tuesday, December 13, 11

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Occam’s razor Tuesday, December 13, 11

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Attractive things make people feel good, which in turn makes them think more creatively. How does that make something easier to use? Simple, by making it easier for people to find solutions to the problems they encounter. - Donald Norman “ ” Tuesday, December 13, 11

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Inserting anal probe. This won’t hurt a bit. risk Tuesday, December 13, 11

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party poopers Tuesday, December 13, 11

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- Pageviews: form ~5/visitor to ~30/visitor over the course of the hunt. - Trafﬁc tripled on the ﬁrst few days of the hunt. - Facebook fans grew from < 600 to over 2300. - Twitter followers went from ~1000 to over 1700. - It generated 41 threads in our forums with 3700+ posts and ~55,000 views people poop on parties 0.007% Tuesday, December 13, 11

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progressively enhance Tuesday, December 13, 11

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functional reliable usable pleasurable Tuesday, December 13, 11

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start small Tuesday, December 13, 11

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Just can’t let it go. Into my third day now. Ashamed of how many hours I’ve spent. - Paintbrush, forum user “ ” Tuesday, December 13, 11

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So pleased to have found this software. I’ve wanted it for a while and was saving up. Now I can treat myself to some of the other software I’ve been trying during my 5 hour egg hunt. - Jane Hasseldon, Facebook fan “ ” Tuesday, December 13, 11

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have we changed? Tuesday, December 13, 11

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more human Tuesday, December 13, 11

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I have special feelings for you. Assume cuddle formation. thanks Tuesday, December 13, 11