Card sorting is a common technique within user-centred design (UCD) methodologies. It’s also an activity that can polarise opinions; people either believe in it, or think it’s a waste of time. There are many articles and blog posts out there that measure the value of this UCD technique. This article focuses on a more specific [...]
Categorised under: Intranets, Usability & user-centered design
Also tagged: card sorting, Intranets, ucd, usability, user-centred design
Writing a book is a funny process. When putting the final touches to Designing intranets: creating sites that work, I found myself taking beauty shots of card sorting cards: These are far from fancy photos, but even these required a fair bit of my camera gear, including remote-operated flashes and shoot-through umbrellas. “What are you [...]
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Also tagged: book, card sorting, Photos
Todd Elliott has written an article on remote usability techniques. To quote: Until fairly recently, when designers wanted to test an idea or design, they sought out an outside usability agency or, rented a room, some expensive equipment and recruited users to come into an artificial environment to participate in a usability study. In the [...]
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Also tagged: card sorting, remote testing, usability, usability testing