A working demonstration of User Experience Design (UXD) in theory vs. UXD in practice.

1. How to create a website in under an hour A working demonstration of User Experience Design (UXD) in theory vs. UXD in practice

2. Today…

3. Intros/The Rules (5 mins) How it works… (10 mins) Discovery (15 mins: 2 x 7.5 mins each) Create (15 mins each) Present/Discuss (10 mins) Fin (5 mins) Agenda

4. Intros/ The Rules…

5. Todayis about creating something from nothing (UXD) and having fun

6. Todayis not about being big and corporate and scary – but hopefully taking some lessons from a small, simple exercise that can be applied to those big and corporate and scary projects we all work on.

7. How it works House Rules – you can’t say: “I’m not creative.” “I can’t draw.” “I’m not really an ideas person.” Swear words: Code, Database, Acronyms, HTML/CSS, JavaScript, XML, jQuery (meet Mr swear jar) Good news: No budget restrictions, no project managers, absolutely NO Gantt Charts No bad ideas Quick intros: what’s your day job?

9. How it works…

10. Get into pairs (with somebody you don’t know) Introduce yourself Complete this sentence (to your partner)… How it works

11. “I am really into … [something].” e.g. (five-year-old) trains, jaguars, yellow things e.g. (two-year-old) cake, jumping

12. Congratulations! You are now creating your partner’s www.jaguars.com

13. “But I’m not really into anything”  Congratulations! Your website is about: Nihilism.

14. Discovery (15 minutes … 7.5 each)

15. 7.5 minutes each – Everything your audience (e.g. your partner) wants, needs and expects to find on or via: www.jaguars.com TIP 1: NOTES – Make lots and lots of notes. TIP 2: FOCUS – What are the most important things? Discovery

16. After 15 minutes (7.5 each): Tear yourself away from your partner…

17. Create (15 minutes)…

18. AT LEAST: Create Homepage A Site Map (so 90s) … Okay, some sort of plan/shape! A Content Page Other stuff/Other ideas > It’s online … remember, www.jaguars.com doesn’t just exist in one place anymore… You can ask them questions … get up, talk to them.

19. Create

22. Present/Discuss…

23. Show & Tell (we’ll try and get through as many as possible). Good ones. What was hard? What was easy? What would you do differently? Did you learn anything? Present/Discuss…

24. * REMEMBER *

25. #1: EMPATHY. #2: Your website is NEVER finished. #3: All websites are about the same thing: PEOPLE. #4: Always ask: “WHO is on the other side of the screen right now?” Remember

26. Nihilists can party too…

27. FLIPPANT: A website that encourages the use of non-digital media. SERIOUS: A website that encourages New Zealanders of all ages to drink less alcohol.

28. Any Questions?