“This article extends the idea that priming can influence preferences by making selected attributes focal. Our on-line experiments manipulate the background pictures and colors of a Web page,…
Study shows biofeedback correlates with better decision-making: “The body, in this sense, is a window into the unconscious - it knows more than we know.”
“The final example is perhaps the one we can hope most swiftly to bridge the mainstream. A nobel-studded commission headed by Joseph Stiglitz and Amartya Sen, and featuring names such as Robert…
“We present a system that composes a realistic picture from a simple freehand sketch annotated with text labels. The composed picture is generated by seamlessly stitching several photographs in…
Collection of design activities and communication tools used in design processes, with references and case studies. Useful as illustrative examples.
“This site supports public sector researchers improve the way that they visualise data, by providing good practice examples and case studies, practical and step-by-step guides on how to visualise…
Jared Spool makes me snort: “It occurred to me this morning that it would be great to combine unmoderated remote usability testing with eye tracking. Then we could throw out all the data in a single…
Setting sail on a journey across shifting landscapes, cartographic technology, and climate change, Monmonier reveals that coastlines are as much a set of ideas, assumptions, and societal beliefs as…
Showcase of AB Testing case-studies found around the web. Goal is to share findings and learn what works to improve conversion. My only issue: would like to see a warning that results are specific to…
”[…] relevance as a concept is problematic. In 1964, William Goffman wrote, “[T]he relationship between the document and the [search] query, though necessary, is not sufficient to determine…
“Tonnes of food around our city goes to waste every year, as trees produce fruit which is never picked or eaten. Use this map to highlight fruit/nut trees, and other natural urban food/resource…
Interesting little paper: a resource or a tool that is used to satisfy multiple goals (e.g. a bike used for commuting AND exercising) ends up being perceived as less effective than if it used to…
Why I tend not to use recruitment agencies: “The whole point of user research is that you get to observe real members of your target user group interacting with your product. However, the cash…
“In his new book, The Age of Empathy, Frans de Waal outlines an alternative to “Nature, red in tooth and claw.” Can a vision of a more empathic world change the way we behave toward each other?”
“So much city thinking seems mad keen for a return to city states; autonomous islands, connected to each other through finance and fibre but not to land that surrounds them. It’s a little bit…
