mke ux presenation
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MY EXPERIENCE IN USER EXPERIENCE
(the smart alarm story)
Thursday, July 15, 2010
This is an open forum presentation
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IntroductionMike Massie
Thursday, July 15, 2010
is an ex, ex Graphic Designer
IntroductionMike Massie
Thursday, July 15, 2010
is an ex, ex Graphic Designer
IntroductionMike Massie
is an Autodidact
Thursday, July 15, 2010
is an ex, ex Graphic Designer
IntroductionMike Massie
is an Autodidact is a user
Thursday, July 15, 2010
is an ex, ex Graphic Designer
IntroductionMike Massie
is an Autodidact is a user is like electricity
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“Follows the pathof least
resistance”
- Jan Massie
How this trait is reflected in my UX design: Donʼt interfere unless you have to
If your app can do it, do it It pisses me off to leave an app to perform
a task to come back to the app
How many buttons do we actually need?
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Limitations
Battery - Query weather all night, or only before the earliest alert? Antenna - Out of coverage = Our fault
or not, we fail the user if there is bad weather
It’s really bright when you’re trying to sleep. You have to leave the app on, to work. Can’t link to data in some native DB’s, like
the Calendar would be nice.
A programmer to a designer lesson:You’re only as good as your APIs
Application ProgrammerInterface - APIs
Hardware
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UX DecisionFinding the location
Started as only a zip code entry field
Added a GPS button next to the zip entry field
Wanted to move the GPS check to the front of the app, during boot-up
Compromise was to show the current zip code on boot.
Final - Went to Yahoo! to grab city name from zip to display
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UX DecisionButton Layout
Action v Cognitive Action
On/Off at the top = Fail
How many buttons do we actually need?
Feedback: No sun? Always waking with an image, or not?
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v
1.0 2.0
People v MachinesWorking with a Designer
v Programmer
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Thank You
www.michaelmassie.comwww.thesmartalarmapp.com
Thursday, July 15, 2010