the story of the surf rescue book: irith's journey into ux design

Chapter One

The story of the Surf Rescue book.

(If you want to skip straight to Chapter Two:

Irith’s journey into UX Design

please go to page 16.)

The story of the Surf Rescue book.

...Pete moved to Queensland...

Meet Pete...

G’day!

Peter WilliamsChiropractor

...Pete joined the local Surf Life Saving Club...

...One day...

Pete rescued a skydiver!...

A few years later...

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A few months later...

But then...

Your brother-in-law is very sick in intensive care!

PeterWilliams1960 — 2010

Sadly...

A few months later...

Hey, we love it!...We just need youto modify theillustrations...

This is our ‘Surf Rescue’ story book.

Surf Life Saving Australia

To be published in 2011.Get your copy at www.sls.com later in the year.

Proceeds from the sale of Surf Rescue go back into Surf Life Saving programs to improve the safety of our beaches.

We have the Surf Rescue book, now for the website.

Chapter Two

(Irith’s journey into UX Design)

Son’s first day at school.

Time to finish ‘Surf Rescue’...

Six months later...

I don’t know what to do...

Become a UXer.

What’s a UXer?

Just Google it.

One click and a search later...

The next few weeks...

I need a mentor.

UX test kitchen

UX Australia

Spoolcast

UX Magazine

8 ShapesUX Booth

Mockingbird

Adaptive Path

IA Summit

UX Matters

UIE tips

Smashing Mag

Boxes and ArrowsEcontent Mag

TEDx

WOW! Thanks.

I’ll be your mentor!

August 2010

User researchClient centred

Agile design

Scenarios

AR

Data mining

Wireframing

Sketching

Personas CritiqueContent strategy

Evidence based design

EXPERIENCE

Time to start designing www.surfrescuebook.com

Sketching personas...

Sketching scenarios...

Connection to Surf Rescue Engagement and Activities

Kirsten 28yearsold PrimarySchoolLibrarian LivesinWollongong

PersonalBackground

Kirsten loves stories and loves firing children’s imagination. She is a member of the Wollongong amateur dramatic society in which she regularly performs. She also helps design the sets. She spent three years backpacking after leaving school before enrolling in university as a mature age student. She particularly loves South America and Latin music.

● Heard about Surf Rescue from the SLSA ‘Beach to Bush’ resource pack.

● Is always on the lookout for fun and informative books.

● Is interested in free resources.

● Is interested in the author’s life/death and the fact that the story is based on an actual event.

Documenting personas...

Sketching task flows...

Mapping task flows...

Abandoning flow charts and embracing PostIt Notes!...

The design is finished!

Wireframing...

Wireframing...

Annotating the prototype...

It works!

Need a UX intern?Let’s chat.

e: irithwilliams@gmail.comt: @irithwilliams