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Meeting the Challenge of Simplicity

Presented by Giles Colborne on May 15, 2009

Community
Architecture
Topics
User Interface ,
Customers & Requirements ,
Design ,
Usability
Tags
QCon London 2008 ,
Best Practices ,
Design Guideline ,
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Summary
This session addresses abstract notion of simplicity, looks at why it is critical in modern UI design and answers questions: Why does simplicity matter? Is there a meaningful definition of simplicity? Why do design processes and good intentions undermine simplicity? What processes and techniques can software developers use to achieve simplicity?

Bio
Giles has twenty years experience at Euro RSCG Circle, British Aerospace and Institute of Physics Publishing and is founder of cxpartners, a user-centred design consultancy for clients such as Nokia, eBay and Microsoft. Giles was President of the UK Usability Professionals Association and he edited PAS 78, the British Standards Institute's Web accessibility guidance.

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This video is absolutely unwatchable by james peckham Posted May 16, 2009 10:33 PM
Re: This video is absolutely unwatchable by Diana Plesa Posted May 18, 2009 3:25 AM
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    This video is absolutely unwatchable

    May 16, 2009 10:33 PM by james peckham

    not because the speaker is bad but because the moronic camera man didn't record the slide deck. What in God's name were you thinking?

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    Re: This video is absolutely unwatchable

    May 18, 2009 3:25 AM by Diana Plesa

    Hello James,

    The slides appear below the video and they are synchronized with the actual video.

    Diana

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