The Rise Of The Chief Customer Officer [Forrester Blogs – Jan 24, 2011] – Over the past five years, Forrester has observed an increase in the number of companies that have a single executive leading customer experience efforts across a business unit or an entire company. Whether firms call these individuals a chief customer officer (CCO) or give them some other label, these leaders sit at high levels of power at companies as diverse as Allstate, Dunkin’ Brands, Oracle, and USAA.
The Psychologist’s View of UX Design [UX Magazine – May 19, 2010] – I’m a psychologist by training and education. So the part of the elephant I experience applies what we know about people and how we apply that to UX design. I take research and knowledge about the brain, the visual system, memory, and motivation and extrapolate UX design principles from that.
Well-designed error messages [Formulate Information Design – Jan 11, 2011] – 1) tell the form-filler that an error has occurred, 2) be clear about exactly what and where that error is, and 3) provide the form-filler with the information and tools they need to be able to correct the error, or otherwise get out of the situation.