Comments on: Adam Greenfield to be Nokia’s new Head of Design Direction http://www.everydayux.com/2008/03/21/adam-greenfield-to-be-nokia%e2%80%99s-new-head-of-design-direction/ Fri, 29 Aug 2008 02:04:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Whitney Hess http://www.everydayux.com/2008/03/21/adam-greenfield-to-be-nokia%e2%80%99s-new-head-of-design-direction/#comment-95 Whitney Hess Sat, 22 Mar 2008 13:08:27 +0000 http://www.everydayux.com/2008/03/21/adam-greenfield-to-be-nokia%e2%80%99s-new-head-of-design-direction/#comment-95 Thanks for the book recommendation. I've added it to my Amazon Wish List. I took a course on Ubiquitous Computing in grad school and still find it to be one of the most fascinating topics in technology today -- not to mention among the most difficult design problems for user experience professionals. We go out into the field and conduct research to see how people use certain tools in their typical environment and devise solutions that will be successful given the context. But what happens when that environment is constantly changing and our users' goals, motivations, behaviors, expectations change as a result? Our designs need to adapt in a seamless way that almost goes unnoticed. So do we create five solutions for five contexts and piece them together in a cohesive way, or do we need to think much more broadly and attack the problem holistically? Where do we start? Thanks for the book recommendation. I’ve added it to my Amazon Wish List.

I took a course on Ubiquitous Computing in grad school and still find it to be one of the most fascinating topics in technology today — not to mention among the most difficult design problems for user experience professionals. We go out into the field and conduct research to see how people use certain tools in their typical environment and devise solutions that will be successful given the context. But what happens when that environment is constantly changing and our users’ goals, motivations, behaviors, expectations change as a result? Our designs need to adapt in a seamless way that almost goes unnoticed. So do we create five solutions for five contexts and piece them together in a cohesive way, or do we need to think much more broadly and attack the problem holistically? Where do we start?

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