Attending Fundamentos Web 2008 Conference

posted on October 25, 2008 by miguel conferences | user experience

The annual conference about Web technologies in Spain is called Fundamentos Web 2008 and this year, as previous ones, is hosted by the W3C at Gijón, a wonderful city in northern Spain. Topics vary from new standards like ARIA, unobtrusive AJAX or the future of Web 2.0 and I'm really excited about key presenters Jesse James Garret and Eric Fain.

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The Power of Storytelling in Interaction Design

posted on October 8, 2008 by miguel interaction design | user experience

Designing a product that connect with users is the cornerstone of the whole User Experience field. It means that features and quality are no longer the only required aspects to succeed, it's more about connecting to underlying emotions and desires, fears and hopes, connecting with the real persona behind. The term product is wide-open used here, so it doesn't only refer to a physical tangible product but also to software, webs, design, brands and even individuals. In this product context, how to arise a higher and deeper connection is, actually, occupying most of my thinking. So, are there any tips to help increase this kind of emotional connection?

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