QR for UX

Original post at Qrarts.com

Having trouble with image on the right, so I abandoned that direction, but it brings up the question of alignment and rotation.  I think this is well within EC ranges.  Suggestions ( besides using full square ? ).

Note: the one on the right does NOT work. Don’t get frustrated by trying. Have to tweak it.

thx pd

QR code preloader

Concept: Use QR codes in preloaders to allow users to access exclusive or secret content while they wait.  According to Operations queue theory, people are happier waiting in lines if they have something to do. Allow them to get a free ringtone, view a secret message, or sign up for your mailing list while they wait for main content.  If nothing else, its something new.  Hope for viral marketing.

-pd

LED walls

I love this lobby in DC on k st., nw.  It adds so much to the space, but I wonder if the colors were just random. If this overwealming sense of color starts or ends your day, wouldnt you want it to be scientifically grounded as to enhance HQ, productivity, creativity?

Omni

today: learned how to use Omni for wireframe prototyping and how to install stencils.

Device Central

Learning how to use Device Central.  If the future of development is going to be mobilzied, I want to be there.

Integrated Advertising

I loved stumbling upon this. Too bad it wasn’t SEO related.

But, I liked thinking, when can you skin an entire website to link to a product? When does this help or hurt the parent content? And, if the graphical elements are skinned, how does this influence how we approach designing for UX?

-pd

Democratization of Journalism

Great talk today at GW- Thank you School of Media and Public Affairs.

One of the interesting points they raised was that the large photo on the front of the newspaper is not because of “kids dont like to read anything without large pictures” but more that large cover photos takes up more real estate, and thus they dont have to pay as many journalists to write cover stories.

It was a neat way to think about how economics can determine the user interface of a printed piece.

I asked a questions about how to blend commerical journalism, with the new crowdsourcing freemium model of journalism.  Both have obvious SWOTs that I am interested in combining.  Ideally- Speed and low barriers to entry of the crowdsourcing, but the quality of professional journalism.

-pd

Coke Avatar (AVTR) ar website: networking AR experiences together

Plugin for augmented reality ( metaio ) does not work on macs.   This is why I really encourage people to build platform agnostic systems.

I do like how the marker in this instance has a steering affordance. I think this was acheived with tweening and a delay of the animation. Makes sense for flying objects.

It would be really cool if you could network with another person over facebook, or any other social site where you could have a shootout of sorts.  Network worlds! why not?

By combining Skype like video chat, with AR, I think some very interesting user experience for gaming could be achieved on a simple interaction level.

Tic Tac website

I think its interesting that the tic tac website moves x & y though content, rather then loading each page on demand.

I wonder…   1. what are the SWOT of this type of UX experience?

New website: 54 minutes

Thus, completing my first CSS based website ever!   A large improvement from the last one I think.  Posted live at … http://www.patrickdonnelly.com

According to Gridiron flow, the whole process took 54 minutes, start to finish!

Now… Two tasks.

1. Make 2nd button “re-appear,” modern UX theory holds that it is hard for people to interact with a website when certain buttons are invisible.

2. make scrolling js window graphics larger.

3. make it better.