Book: Business Model Generation from a UX lens

Posted by sheryl in Books, Musings on February 29, 2012

Business Model Generation by Alexander Osterwalder & Yves Pigneur

Whilst not strictly a UX book, Business Model Generation came into my radar after completing a workshop at UX Australia on Turbocharging your Workshops with Andy Budd of Clearleft.

The book itself is beautiful in the way it was created: It is co-created by the 470

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Why MANY smart people are not social?

Posted by sheryl in Blog, Musings on November 20, 2011

Why MANY smart people are not social? | Rajesh Setty.

This is a really interesting article that I whole heartedly agree with.

In particular I love the idea that many of these people’s work is “so valuable that others will amplify it for them”.

A quick but interesting read.

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How To Think And Communicate Visually

Posted by sheryl in Musings, Process on November 20, 2011

Logic+Emotion: How To Think And Communicate Visually.

This is a great article with some key tips. Thinking visually is something I’ve been recently reading many books about, as I think it is quite a critical part of the UX process, and in particular learning how to express ideas and concepts in a visual manner that

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The Rise Of Pinterest And The Shift From Search To Discovery

Posted by sheryl in Musings, Trend Watching on November 7, 2011

It’s great to hear Pinterest doing so well. But what’s most interesting about this article is the discussion on Search versus Discovery. Have a read.

The Rise Of Pinterest And The Shift From Search To Discovery | TechCrunch.

From a UX perspective I find this particularly interesting, because so many clients constantly ask for Search

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Google TV – UX that missed the mark?

Posted by sheryl in Articles, IPTV, Musings on May 2, 2011

There’s been much discussion recently about Google TV, after reports of Logitech’s earnings – whose set-top-box “Revue” is powered by Google TV failed to meet expectations.

According to Mashable, and GigaOm,

Logitech expected to sell $18 million in Google TV-related products in Q4. But in its earnings report, the company

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TV Everywhere – Thoughts on designing for multiple devices

Posted by sheryl in Articles, Blog, IPTV, Musings on April 24, 2011

So I read an article on V-Net TV on DIRECTV’s multi-screen home ambitions, and I couldn’t help but get stuck on one line of the article – a quote by DIRECTV’s Senior VP of Engineering, Henry Derovanessian on designing for multiple platforms:

The key to making these blended services work across multiple platforms lies in building a

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Things I wish I knew before heading to SXSWi

Posted by sheryl in Conferences, Musings, SXSWi on March 16, 2011

So this year, you may have noticed based on my recent posts, I was tremendously lucky enough to be able to attend SXSWi. I say tremendously lucky, as being from Australia, it’s a big ask for an employer to send you to a conference in the States – not only is it

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SXSW Interactive!

Posted by sheryl in Conferences, Musings, SXSWi on March 10, 2011

So it’s finally almost go time – I’ve picked up my badge and bag and can feel the excitement in the air.

Believe it or not, I’m not really here for the partying and binge drinking (it’s just not my style). A true geek, I’m way more excited about watching some awesome speakers and

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UX in Travel

Posted by sheryl in Musings, UX on March 9, 2011

So I’m here in sunny Austin, Texas, awaiting the start of SXSWi, and it got me thinking about a large untapped UX world out there – the travel landscape.  I think this, because in the past few days, having had issues with my previous hotel booking (if you can call it a hotel, we won’t

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Gawker sites redesign – a change too soon?

Posted by sheryl in Articles, Musings, UX on February 8, 2011

Given the large outcry by most people of the Gawker sites redesign, I wanted to take a look at the UX change in more detail. Change is always difficult – but is it always bad?

Generally, I think all change is initially met with trepidation, or in this case a great deal of scrutiny.  The

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UX breakdown: A look at The Daily

Posted by sheryl in Articles, Musings, UX on February 6, 2011

With the much hyped and anticipated launch of Rupert Murdoch’s foray into an iPad newspaper, The Daily, I downloaded the app to take a look at the overall user experience within the application.  Trying to ignore the much complained about bugs, crashes and long loading times (you can see a long string of complaints on

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Kinect – What’s the future of gesture recognition in the ten-foot experience?

Posted by sheryl in Articles, IPTV, Musings, UX on February 1, 2011

According to Microsoft, the popularity of Kinect has far exceeded expectations – in a conference call the following statement was made:

“Kinect, in particular, exceeded our expectation. Kinect is the fastest-selling consumer electronics device in history. It’s just our first step in delivering on the opportunity to fundamentally change the way people interact with technology.

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