Jun
Teach with a passion
by Trine Falbe in Creativity, Teaching, User Experience
This blog post has been underway for quite some time. It started last year when I was asked to do a talk about presentation skills at the annual conference in our teacher’s association.
As I sat down to prepare my talk, the first thing I did was put myself in the position of my audience (= teachers in the multimedia design field, like myself) – because that’s what you should always do when preparing a presentation Keep reading »
May
We need to rethink affordances in interface design
Yesterday David Arno tweeted this:
“Use proper affordances — buttons should look like buttons” Why? How often do ppl press physical buttons compared with hitting touch areas? (source).
David hits the nail on the head. A touch area should look like a touch area – the button term in the “tactile transferred to touchscreen” is redundant. It’s redundant because the tactile button itself is pretty much extinct. Sure, there are physical buttons on kitchen devices etc., but many, many buttons today are placed on a digital interface.
Feb
Video: my gotoAndSki(‘Switzerland’) talk
by Trine Falbe in Conferences
My talk at gotoAndSki(‘Switzerland’) was about cognitive psychology and what we can learn from psychology to create better interaction design. The video (kindly uploaded by Fernando Colaco) takes about an hour, so settle in with your lunch or a cup of evening tea before clicking “play” :)
Feb
Two thumbs up for gotoAndSki(‘Switzerland’)
by Trine Falbe in Conferences, IxD, User Experience
I’m fresh back from a short trip to the Swiss Alps where I had the privilege of speaking at the gotoAndSki conference.
The conference took place in the little town of Stechelberg in the middle of the Alps, and the scenery was absolutely breathtaking.
Jan
Presentation Ninja Tricks #4: Presenting for very small audiences
by Trine Falbe in Conferences, Presentation skills, User Experience
Over the past three days, I’ve posted 3 blog posts with Presentation Ninja Tricks, and I’ve gotten a lot of positive feedback on it – thank you :)
However, as Dennis B. Petersen pointed out to me, my posts, as any other he has read about presentation skills, are primarily focused on presentations for larger audiences. But, Dennis asked me, where are the tips for presentations with very limited audiences such as a meeting between a consultant and client, or a daily presentation in an organization? Presentations that to a great extent also function as a direct delivery of information and documentation?
Jan
Presentation Ninja Tricks #3: Perform
by Trine Falbe in Conferences, Creativity, Presentation skills
Jan
Presentation Ninja Tricks #2: Produce
by Trine Falbe in Conferences, Creativity, Presentation skills
In the first post of this series, I shared with you how to get started with planning your presentation. In this post, we’ll focus on the second phase: Produce.
Jan
Presentation Ninja Tricks #1: Plan
by Trine Falbe in Conferences, Creativity, Presentation skills
This post is the first of (so far) three posts about presentation skills. I’ve spent a lot of time writing down a list of good advice for people who do talks and presentations in all scale. So here you go, I hope you will find it useful.
Jan
Talking about psychology: description of my gotoAndSki talk
by Trine Falbe in Conferences
gotoAndSki(‘Switzerland’) is only a few weeks away(!), and I absolutely can’t wait!
There will be a lot of great sessions to see. My talk will evolve around the field of cognitive psychology.
Cognitive psychology is about how we learn. How we perceive. How we react to things we interact with.
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Dec
I will be speaking at gotoAndSki Switzerland
by Trine Falbe in Conferences
gotoAndSki Switzerland is not your usual conference. It takes place in the Swiss Alps on the 27th to 29th of January, and instead of talks during the day, the session schedule is at night to leave both attendees and speakers free to have fun on the slopes and enjoy the beautiful scenery during the day.
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