Alarm Fatigue
As a human factors specialist frequently involved with the design of medical equipment, I am very familiar with the concept of alarm fatigue. For those not familiar, it refers to …
How Not to Do Accessible Design
In addition to directing User Experience at Daedalus, I am also heavily involved in my local community. I recently attended a learning conference for municipal personnel and sat in on …
User-Centered Design: Phase 4 Implement
This is the final installment in our series delineating the user-centered design process. We’ve talked about Why Usable Isn’t Enough, and we’ve walked through Phases 1 Discover, 2 Define, and …
User-Centered Design: Phase 3 Ideate
For this installment in our series looking at the User-Centered Design (UCD) process, we get to the part that most people think of when they think about designing products. This …
Recognizing and Defeating Deceptive UX Designs
“Deceptive UX”, or “Dark UX”, as it has also been called, is a concept that has gotten a bit of news coverage lately. So much in fact that earlier this …
Broom Thing
If you’ve visited Daedalus recently, you may have noticed a colorful new addition hanging in our front stairwell. Broom Thing is a piece by ground-breaking designer Stephen Burks, who conceived …
User-Centered Design: Phase 2 Define
This is the second in our series that’s diving into the User-Centered Design (UCD) Process. In this article, we’ll be walking through the second phase of UCD, which is Define. …
User-Centered Design: Phase 1 Discover
In a recent post, I talked about the importance of embracing both usability and usefulness in user-centered design in order to ensure the market success of a product. I argued …
Why Usable Isn’t Enough
Have you ever picked up an exciting product that at first seemed to be really great and easy to use, and you were giddy like a kid on Christmas morning, …
City of Bridges
Pittsburgh is often referred to as the “City of Bridges” and with good reason. With a whopping 446 named bridges, Pittsburgh is home to more bridges within its city limits …