erova notebook • a user experience blog by Chris Avore

(re)Design Strategy in Practice: An Adaptive Path Roadmap Revisited

Design strategy can bridge the gulf between design, implementation, and the stakeholder. Read about my additions to Adaptive Path’s Chiara Fox Ogan’s roadmap diagram illustrating design through development.

Balancing Cooperation and Self-Assistance in Enterprise Communities

Within enterprise collaboration-based communities, enabling self-assistance via archives of useful information and prior activity leads to more productive, efficient communication and cooperation.

Interaction10 Wrap Up: Thoughts, Conclusions, and Looking Ahead

Last week marked the end of the Interaction10, concluding what was an unforgettable string of events, meetings, discussions, and laughs that could prove significant for years to come.

#UXMove: So long DC, Hello Philly, Jersey & NYC

After almost 10 years in the Washington DC area, I’ll be relocating to New Jersey to begin a UX strategist consulting engagement.

Recapping UX Show and Tell Baltimore

Baltimore Parlay, a network of Baltimore-based information architects and UX professionals, hosted UX Show and Tell November 12, at marketing and design collective 4thought, Inc.

UX Show and Tell Wrap-Up

The first UX Show and Tell was a success and can only get better. Read my wrap-up and see what you missed, and learn more about the free user experience workshop that’s all about the work.

Perceived Control Better for Users and the Business

Though promising users total control of software may sound like good practice, perceived control is often the path to a better experience for the user and the company.

Gauging the User Experience: In Defense of Usability Testing

Can a designer build an engaging, effective user experience without usability testing? A prominent UX author thinks so, but I have my doubts.

Digital Ground Book Review Published

Interaction design magazine Johnny Holland recently published my review of Malcolm McCullough’s 2004 book Digital Ground.

Presentation Wrap-Up: User-Centered Interaction Design

I summarize my presentation to high school advanced web design students on user-centered interaction design.