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Buxton is a prominent name in the field of UX, and the book referenced in the article (Sketching User Experiences) is a seminal text in the field. I think the
by idan 16y ago
Buxton is a prominent name in the field of UX, and the book referenced in the article (Sketching User Experiences) is a seminal text in the field.
I think the failings you point out are more about the inability of the press to shoehorn both introduction and meaning into a thousand words, and less about Buxton himself.
On a related note: I think every software developer would be well-served by reading Sketching User Experiences. There is a false dichotomy between developers and designers, to my mind; many of the lessons about understanding your audience and the process of "ideation" and refinement apply equally to both disciplines.
- joezydeco 16y agoI've been following the likes of Buxton, Laurel, Tognazzini, Norman etc. since I was into HCI (oops, now it's called UX). Even attended a few SIGCHIs where they held court. Sorry for being cynical but all I saw was a group of researchers that got into a groove with CEOs and could constantly glide from company to company preaching the UX gospel without actually making a dent in any company they touched. Don't get me wrong, it's a hell of a lucrative career path and I envy their ability to slide effortlessly from Atari Research to Xerox PARC to Sun Labs to Apple Advanced Technologies to Microsoft Research to probably Facebook Labs next. (Actually it makes me kind of admire Google for not falling into the same trap. Yes they have "Google Labs", but they didn't create a palace on a hill somewhere full of beanbag chairs stuffed with $100 bills. They just go out and buy the tech that interests them.)
- rimantas 16y agoI thought seminal texts were by Norman, Raskin and Cooper. Buxton? Never heard of him.
- kenjackson 16y agoI honestly hope you are a backend dev and not s designer. You'd have to go out of your way as a designer to have not heard of him.
- rimantas 16y agoI am sure wast majority of the designers never heard neither Buxton nor those names I mentioned.