by Hugh | Jul 9, 2009 | Blog
This hands-on guide for people who need practical direction on how to use the Contextual Design process and adapt it to tactical projects with tight timelines has now been translated into Korean. A Japanese version will be published in January 2010. These two...
by Derek Hoiem | Jul 2, 2009 | Blog
Today interaction design includes much more than what we see on our computer screens. It has a much wider impact on people’s everyday lives—even when they don’t own a computer. Because of this, we need to start thinking about interaction design as more...
by Karen | Jun 25, 2009 | Blog
PDMA is the Product Development and Management Association. At this year’s international conference, I’ll be appearing with several industry thought leaders in a workshop called Finding the Collective Brilliance through Product Design and Integration. October...
by Hugh | Jun 25, 2009 | Blog
Agile 2009 is the yearly international conference on agile software development. I’ll be presenting a tutorial called Four Core Concepts for Fast User Feedback in which I’ll be talking about techniques for getting good (and real) customer feedback into agile...
by Karen | Jun 17, 2009 | Articles
“I’m going to have to quit Facebook,” my client said. “I don’t have time to keep up with all these people.” Places like Facebook changed the nature of social relationships. Lots of people think that is a good thing. But consider my client’s life: She has her college...
by Hugh | Jun 4, 2009 | Blog
This year I made it to the CHI (Computer/Human Interaction) conference for the first time in a while. It was fun to see old friends and new research—lots of thought-provoking papers and some fun and cool technology. But it’s the keynote that really struck a chord with...
by Karen | Jun 1, 2009 | Blog
I love the mountains in Utah—the arch is an astonishing natural construction. I love the whoosh of the ocean crashing on the rocks. Have you stopped to think about the tiny things—the green of moss thickly layered over rock veined with turquoise? I always wonder—if I...
by Kelley | May 20, 2009 | Blog
As a marketing professional at a large company for many years, I—along with my peers—always struggled to find ways to differentiate our products. What whizzy new feature can we include that no one else has? But occasionally a product comes along and reminds me that a...
by Derek Hoiem | May 15, 2009 | Blog
To better understand what real actions people are taking in light of growing public concern over the environmental impact of energy consumption, InContext recently studied how everyday people make energy choices around the home. As a way of getting some perspective on...
by Hugh | May 14, 2009 | process
CDTools has been discontinued Thank you for your interest in CDTools. We are no longer offering this tool for new purchases or additional licenses. If you already have CDTools, you should have received a communication explaining the discontinuance and our plan for...
