A guest lecture presentation on Interaction Design Best Practices given at Penn's campus in Philadelphia. Includes heuristics from Jacob Nielsen, Abby Covert, Erik Dahl's UX Axioms.

1. The reason I talk
to myself is that
I'm the only one
whose answers !
I accept.

2. IxD Best Practices
David Farkas!
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3. Best Practice
noun!
1.commercial or professional procedures
that are accepted or prescribed as being
correct or most effective.!
"the proprietors are keen to ensure best
practice in food preparation, storage, and
serving"!
(via google)
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4. When someone says
“best practice” what I hear is
“I don’t know”

5. Heuristics
Heuristics refers to experience-based
techniques for problem solving, learning,
and discovery that give a solution which is
not guaranteed to be optimal.!
!
!
(via wikipedia)
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6. Heuristics Are:

7. Guidelines
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8. Double Edge Sword
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9. As Good As You
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10. Limited
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11. A Starting Point
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12. Where to Find Them

13. Jacob Nielsen, 10 Heuristics
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14. Visibility of System Status
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15. Match System and Real World
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16. User Control, User Freedom
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17. Consistency & Standards
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18. Error Prevention
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19. Recognition > Recall
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20. Flexibility & Efficiency
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21. Aesthetics & Minimalism
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22. Recognize, Diagnose, Recover
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23. Help & Documentation
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24. Jacob Nielsen’s Heuristics
1.Visibility of system status!
2.Match between system and
real world!
8.Aesthetic and minimalist
design!
9.Help users recognize,
diagnose, and recover from
errors!
3.User control and freedom!
10.Help and Documentation
4.Consistency & Standards!
5.Error prevention!
6.Recognition rather than recall!
7.Flexibility and efficiency of
use!
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25. Abby Covert, IA Heuristics
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26. Findable
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27. Accessible
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28. Clear
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29. Communicate
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30. Useful
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31. Credible
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32. Controllable
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33. Valuable
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34. Learnable
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35. Delightful
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36. Abby Covert’s IA Heuristics
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37. Erik Dahl, UX Axioms
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38. It's all about people
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39. Pay Attention to Patterns
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40. Big Picture and Details
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41. Tame Complexity
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42. Make Stuff Then Kill It
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43. Engender Trust
http://larboardwatch.tumblr.com/post/47716302757/wearetravy-whale-whale-whale-good-morning
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44. Collaborate
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45. Design Patterns
In software engineering, a design pattern is a
general reusable solution to a commonly
occurring problem within a given context in
software design.!
!
!
(wikipedia)
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46. Design Patterns
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47. Yeah, So What?

48. Heuristic Reviews
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49. Landscape Analysis
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50. Workflow Analysis
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51. Wireframe Design
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52. Critique
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53. Things to Remember!

54. There is no “right” answer
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55. You will be wrong
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56. The other person is wrong too
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57. Good design comes from pushing
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58. Resources (posted online)
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Jacob Nielsen’s Heuristics !
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wellie.com!
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http://www.nngroup.com/
articles/ten-usabilityheuristics/!
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Additional Reading:!
Designing the Conversation
(Unger, Nunnally)!
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Usability Inspection Methods
(if you can find it!)!
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Rosenfeld Media Book
Collection
Abby Covert’s IA Heuristics!
abbytheia.wordpress.com/
2012/02/04/ia_heuristics/!
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Erik Dahl’s UX Axioms
uxaxioms.com!
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patterntap.com!
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59. Let’s Try It Out

60. Thank you