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From Human Interface to UX

At Apple® Computer in the early ’90s, I worked in what was then called human interface design. When Don Norman came to Apple, in 1993, as Vice President of Research and head of the Advanced Technology Group (ATG), he brought with him the new term user experience design. Shortly after joining Apple, he spoke to employees about user experience design. I wish I could remember his words, but I do recall coming away from his talk a convert to the idea of user experience design. What he said resonated with me. Read More

It’s November again, marking another anniversary for UXmatters. We’re celebrating UXmatters’ eighth year in publication. Each November, we conduct our annual reader survey to find out how well we’re meeting our readers’ needs and to learn more about what you want. This years’ survey is especially important because we’re in the process of redesigning and reimplementing the UXmatters Web site, so we’d like to have your input about how we can make UXmatters an even better publication. Please participate in our 2013 UXmatters Reader Survey and help us to ensure that our design and development efforts address your real needs. Thank you! Read More

We’re celebrating the fifth anniversary of UXmatters this month. Since our launch in November 2005, we’ve published 388 articles—including columns, interviews, and reviews of books, conferences, and products for UX professionals—on a great variety of topics, by 110 authors from countries around the world. Over the years, our 23 columnists have contributed 210 columns, and this month, we’re adding two new columnists:

1. Shanshan Ma—whose column Mobility: User experience on the move focuses on user experience, user interface design, and usability for mobile devices
2. Colleen Roller—whose column Decision Architecture: Designing for decision making discusses designing Web sites to optimize users’ decision-making experience and, thus, ensure companies achieve their business objectives

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