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Me vs. You (vs. i)

Aug 17, 2007

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in Branding and Marketing, graphpaper.com, Information Architecture, Interface Design, Language, Reviews, Social Interaction, Technology, User Experience Design, Web

In this final chapter of Pronoun vs. Pronoun (see previous chapters User vs. You, User vs. Tron, and You vs. I), we will now weigh in on the great schism between Me and You. Almost every web design team I’ve ever worked with has had to, at some point, wrestle with the “Me vs. You”…

User vs. Tron

Aug 2, 2007

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Christopher Fahey

in Art, Branding and Marketing, Design, graphpaper.com, History, Images, Interface Design, Language, Social Interaction, Storytelling, Technology, TV & Movies, User Experience Design, Web

This is just a reminder that, in Tron, the citizens of the computer system worshipped their users. And make no mistake, “users” was exactly what they called them.

Worth Starting, Not Worth Finishing?

Aug 1, 2007

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Christopher Fahey

in graphpaper.com, Personal, Storytelling

Lately I’ve been starting a great number of blog posts, saving them as drafts, and then leaving them, unfinished, in my blog’s drafts queue for weeks (and now months) until at some point I realize the post is either no longer inspiring to me or somehow irrelevant. For example, Khoi Vinh recently posted a great…

Moleskin Reward: One Million Dollars

Jul 29, 2007

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Christopher Fahey

in Art, Business, graphpaper.com, Images, Personal

I lost a small Moleskine notebook about six months ago (graphpaper, of course). I’ve since replaced it, but the reward for its return is the same as for my current book: One Million Dollars. How many other Moleskine owners have the same reward?

Watch Me Speak in NYC: Thursday July 19 and Thursday July 26

Jul 15, 2007

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Christopher Fahey

in Behavior, Business, graphpaper.com, Information Architecture, NYC, Personal, Social Interaction, User Experience Design, Work

I am speaking at two upcoming events sponsored by several New York-based information architecture organizations. When my wife asked who the organizers were, I said “It’s the IA Union!” At both events, I will be delivering a version of my informative, fast paced, and fun IA Summit presentation, “Interaction Design Style“. July 19: IA Summit…

Should Bloggers Assume that Their Readers are Dumber than They Are?

Jul 10, 2007

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Christopher Fahey

in Branding and Marketing, Business, Design, graphpaper.com, Information Architecture, Information Design, Personal, Reviews, Social Interaction, Storytelling, User Experience Design, Web

Several bloggers I know have confessed to me that occasionally they’ll compose and publish articles or posts that they don’t feel especially passionate about, writing things that they aren’t particularly proud of or inspired by, simply because they know that certain topics, ideas, or opinions will give them an easy and predictable traffic boost. For…

Art Direction in the CSS Zen Garden

May 6, 2007

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Christopher Fahey

in Art, Design, graphpaper.com, Information Design, Interface Design, Reviews, User Experience Design, Web

I was browsing through the CSS Zen Garden recently, and I was struck again at just how great it is. [If you’re not familiar with the CSS Zen Garden, go there and you’ll figure it out] I don’t mean to say that I think the designs are all excellent (more than a few of them…

A View From Singapore

May 1, 2007

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Christopher Fahey

in Education, graphpaper.com, Information Architecture, Interface Design, Personal, Reviews, User Experience Design, Web

Going through my server logs the other day, I discovered that my series of articles from last summer, User Research Smoke & Mirrors, was a required reading assignment for a User Experience Design class at the National University of Singapore, taught by Mr. Raghavendra Reddy. In browsing the official site for the course, I was…

In Defense of PowerPointism

Apr 29, 2007

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Christopher Fahey

in Branding and Marketing, Business, Design, graphpaper.com, Information Design, Language, Personal, Social Interaction, Storytelling, User Experience Design

Will Wright‘s cryptic, clip-art crazy PowerPoint slides make sense when he’s right there talking about them. Microsoft’s PowerPoint is frequently blamed for the poor quality of many presentations and for a supposedly- disastrous state of communication in both the private and the public spheres. Public speakers are lambasted for their wooden stage presence, crippled by…

Experience or Don’t Experience. There is no Try.

Apr 8, 2007

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Christopher Fahey

in Books, Branding and Marketing, Business, Design, graphpaper.com, Interface Design, Language, Reviews, Social Interaction, Storytelling, Technology, User Experience Design, Web

The word “experience” comes from the Latin word “experÄ«rÄ«”, or to try. It’s strange, then, that in modern English the two words, “experience” and “try”, have such different meanings: when we try something we tend to take a sip or a nibble, get our toes wet, or go for a test drive around the block.…

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