Cross-Disciplinary Research for Better Product DesignUser research has always been about “understanding users”. But today it comes with additional connotations. Up until a few years ago…Feb 13, 2021Feb 13, 2021
I Gamified Procrastination!!Everyone puts tasks off sometimes but as of 2010 almost 20% people in the US are chronic procrastinators [1]. It affects their daily lives…Jan 22, 2018Jan 22, 2018
Computer Supported Cooperative Work: Group Based PlatformsMy first tryst with groupware happened a few years ago, when I worked as a design intern in a content designing firm. My job was to assist…Jan 22, 2018Jan 22, 2018
Software Engineering vs UX DesignIt’s an age old war between functionality and design. Software engineers argue that it’s a robustly coded product that matters the most…Jan 22, 2018Jan 22, 2018
Summative MethodsIt was John Gould who came up with ‘Wizard of Oz’ technique, which was somewhat of an amalgamation of usability inspection and desirability…Jan 22, 2018Jan 22, 2018
Digital Products and MetaphorsWe millennials take technology for granted, well most of it. The desktop, mouse and many more such innovations were just handed to us. So…Jan 22, 2018Jan 22, 2018
Formative Methods of UX Designing‘Usability Engineering: Our experience and Evolution’ was the first HCI handbook which actually introduced contextual inquiry in this…Jan 22, 2018Jan 22, 2018
Human Computer Interactivity : Past and FutureIt all started with Ivan Sutherland’s work. The next big step- Doug Engelbart invented the mouse, which transcended the interaction from…Jan 22, 2018Jan 22, 2018
Ubiquitous ComputingI remember watching ‘Minority Report’ when it released. Back then as a kid, I thought it was complicated, intimidating, somewhat creepy and…Oct 2, 2017Oct 2, 2017
Capabilities of People and ComputersIn the 70’s when ‘desktop, file and folder’ metaphors were created by Xerox PARC, computers were mostly used by clerical workers [1]. Job…Oct 2, 2017Oct 2, 2017
