Challis Hodge's UXblog

From Industrial Design to User Experience: The heritage and evolving role of experience-driven design

challis — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 18:19:36 +0000

Some interesting thoughts on the origins and evolution of User Experience as a design practice. It won’t be a surprise that as an Industrial Designer, who was an active participant in founding and shaping UX, I would agree with some of the author’s points. UX definitely borrows from Industrial Design which borrows from Architecture, however UX considers context in a way that early architects and industrial designers never thought about.

Time Warner Cable Trades Lifelong Customer for $40

challis — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 18:55:16 +0000

It’s official. Time Warner Cable refuses to waive the $40 Early Termination Fee for my condo. Result: I will now terminate my second account with them and replace TV, Internet and Phone services with Cincinnati Bell/Dish package. Up until now I was 100% dedicated to always using Time Warner Cable!

And of course I had no idea there was an early termination fee, but hey!

Passion vs. Obsession

challis — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 14:20:10 +0000

John Hagel on Passion versus Obsession

To say passion becomes obsession is to make a distinction of degree. It implies that obsession is a more passionate form of passion—too much of a good thing. However, I’m now convinced that passion and obsession do not vary in degree, but in kind. In fact, in many ways they are opposite.

Thanks Michael Stich!

Puppy Tweets

challis — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 13:33:07 +0000

Mattel launches Puppy Tweets: for owners who wish their dogs could talk – or in this case, tweet.

Mattel has plans to introduce Puppy Tweets, a plastic tag that attaches to a dog’s collar and automatically sends updates to the dog’s Twitter account. Yes, that’s right. Your dog can now Tweet. Puppy Tweets’ tag has a sound and…

Thanks Jeff!

Talk To Your Customers!!

challis — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 04:58:48 +0000

Is it Possible

challis — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 18:43:55 +0000

Is it possible that this blog will live again?

Over Zealous Saftey Advocates

challis — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 19:54:53 +0000

I don’t get this whole movement to ban texting and cellphone use while driving. Seems perfectly safe to me!?

Brief Overview of the History of Classification

challis — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 12:38:18 +0000

Someone (sorry forgot who you were) recently pointed me to this 2006 presentation by Roger Hudson of Web Usability on Information Classification and Retrieval. Its a nice recap of classification from Carl Linnaeus’ (Father of Taxonomy) classification of living things in “Systema Naturae”, published in 1758 to modern day folksonomies and tags.

Packaging Fail

challis — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 20:04:57 +0000

see more pwn and owned pictures

I’m Coining a New Phrase: UXymoron

challis — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 19:44:20 +0000

UXYMORON
ux⋅y⋅mo⋅ron [uk-see-mawr-on]
–noun, a figure of speech by which a locution produces an incongruous, seemingly self-contradictory effect, as in “We will sell more product if we make the logo bigger.”

Origin:
1980–90; < LL uxymorum < presumed Gk *uxýmōron, neut. of *uxýmōros sharp-dull, equiv. to uxý(s) sharp (see uxy- 1 ) + mōrós dull (see moron )

Related forms:
ux⋅y⋅mo⋅ron⋅ic [uk-see-muh-ron-ik] , adjective
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