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 …
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 …
The Design Flaw in PA’s COVID-19 Reopening Plan
Our government is terrible at naming things. The latest example comes in the form of the Pennsylvania Coronavirus Reopening Plan. In case you’ve not heard, there are three phases for …
Delightful Microinteractions
I’ve written in the past about how poorly-designed micro-interactions can undermine your users’ confidence in and commitment to your product or platform, and why you should seriously undertake the effort …
The Road to UX Hell…
Recently, I’ve begun to see articles and blog posts suggesting that UX, as a discipline, should be retired. Code and Theory CEO Dan Gardner, believes that UX has “moved from …
UX Design and Abusability Testing
As a part of this year’s World Interaction Design Day, the Daedalus UX team attended an Abusability Testing Workshop, organized by our local IxDA Chapter. World Interaction Design Day is …