A special episode recorded live from Voices That Matter 2009 conference, with two audience questions!

 

 Userability #10 - Live from VTM’09: Personas and iPhone Apps [12:12m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

This week, Will Evans asks Jared and Robert: when do you know your project is “useable-enough”?

 

 Userability #9 When is it "Usable Enough"? [15:51m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

(Audio podcast edition) Revealing Design Treasures from The Amazon: On its surface, Amazon.com just seems like a large e-commerce site, albeit a successful one. Its design isn’t flashy, nor is it much to write home about. But deep within its pages are hidden secrets — secrets that every designer should know about.

 

 Presentation Podcast: Revealing Design Treasures from the Amazon [53:38m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Robert Hoekman, Jr. recently joined us for a Virtual Seminar on Interaction Design Frameworks, called, Web Anatomy: Interaction Design with Frameworks. The concept is a new one, and Robert and I are exploring and introducing the concept in new book due out shortly. The seminar (which is still available) was well-received, and we asked Robert back to help us answer some audience questions we did not have time to discuss during the seminar.

 

 SpoolCast: Interaction Design Frameworks Seminar Q&A Follow-up [21:43m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Back in February we introduced a new podcast series - the Userability Show. We think they’re some of the most entertaining and educational podcasts available on UX.
Since it’s inception, we’ve answered questions ranging from design exploration, career changes from coding to interface design and usability, and the most common UIs that confuse or impede the average user.
Robert Hoekman and I [...]

This week’s episode features a shadowy UI Designer from a secretive organization located somewhere in Texas. He asks, “how should you style links that trigger different types of interactions?”

 

 Userability #8 - The Case of Multiple Link Types [13:55m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Seth Earley & Stephanie Lemieux answer questions about their recent UIE Virtual Seminar on Taxonomy.

 

 SpoolCast: Follow-up Podcast for New Ways to Think About Your Taxonomy [35:05m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

This week’s guest Dana asks Jared and Robert, “What can I do to court favor with design teams to let them know that I, as the usability consultant, am not just an enforcer, but I’m on their side and that we can learn from one another?”

 

 Userability #7 — The Strain of Relationships [14:08m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Last week in part 1 of our series, I brought you 5 great podcasts covering Ajax and accessibility, patterns and components, web form design, web standards, and interactive prototyping. 
In part 2, we have new topics to muse over. Are you building out a web 2.0 strategy? Having trouble communicating and documenting the design process? How do you tie the [...]

Do you prototype your web app projects? Can Ajax techniques really improve accessibility? Do you wonder how components and patterns stack up to style guides and which is more efficient to use?
The answer to these questions, and many more, are in a series of podcast interviews I did with web app experts. Twitter has been abuzz over these interviews [...]