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Interaction design/Pattern Library

Reviewing Patterns for Use

Posted on 05/26/2010 by erin

[Part 5 of a series on Patterns. Developing a quality system.] Once you have a collection of patterns they should be reviewed by the team or designated represen...

Conferences/Designing Social Interfaces/Information Architecture

The Future is Already Here: Three Trends in IA

Posted on 05/14/2010 by erin

Below is my opening keynote slides and the talk I wrote out which I gave at the German IA Conference in Cologne, Germany May 14, 2010. I speak about experience ...

Interaction design/Pattern Library/Tools

How to write an interaction design pattern

Posted on 04/20/2010 by erin

[Part 4 of a series on Patterns. How to write patterns once you have identified them.] Writing interaction design patterns can seem easy on the surface. After a...

Designing Social Interfaces/Information design

By Popular Request – Page version of the Social Ecosystem Poster

Posted on 04/16/2010 by erin

Several folks have asked for a more portable version (4.4mb pdf) of the evolution poster we presented at the IA Summit 2010. So I have taken the diagrams and ca...

Interaction design/Pattern Library

How to identify interaction design patterns

Posted on 04/05/2010 by erin

[Part 3 of a series on Patterns. Understanding the concept of the reusable solution.] Identifying patterns in architecture The first thing you have to do before...

Information Architecture/Pattern Library

Where did the idea of patterns come from?

Posted on 03/25/2010 by erin

[Part 2 of a series on Patterns. Parts of this post excerpted in part from my work in chapter 1 of Designing Social Interfaces: Principles, Practices and Patter...

Interaction design/Pattern Library

Why have a design pattern library?

Posted on 03/22/2010 by erin

[author’s note: This is part one in a multi-part series. Based on material I developed with Christian Crumlish and Lucas Pettinati for a workshop we gave ...

Interaction design/Social

New Article up at Boxes and Arrows

Posted on 12/23/2009 by erin

An article companion to part of the talk I have been giving is finally up at Boxes and Arrows. The topic – 5 steps to building social experiences – ...

Designing Social Interfaces/Interaction design

neighborhoods and subcultures in social design

Posted on 12/16/2009 by erin

In writing our book, Designing Social Interfaces, we challenged ourselves to creating a social pattern language, much like Christopher Alexander created a patte...

Interaction design

The Questions We Ask

Posted on 12/04/2009 by erin

A couple of weeks ago I gave the 5 Principles, 5 Practices, 5 Anti-Patterns talk to the IxDA Los Angeles group. It was a great group of people and they asked me...

Information design/Interaction design/Social

Unintended Side Effects

Posted on 11/21/2009 by erin

I have been presenting the material from our book over the last several months and have been asked questions about some of the anti-patterns and how we avoid or...

Designing Social Interfaces/Information design

Diagramming the Social Ecosystem

Posted on 10/08/2009 by erin

[singlepic id=29 w=320 h=240 float=left]One of the things we have been doing since way before we started the book, was to visualize the social ecosystem and the...

Conferences/Designing Social Interfaces/Interaction design

Slides from our talk

Posted on 09/20/2009 by erin

Our talk at Idea09 touched on a few key steps for building social experiences, a few of the most salient principles and a handful of the anti-patterns covered i...

Conferences/Designing Social Interfaces/Information Architecture

Join me at IDEA2009 on Sept 15-16

Posted on 08/30/2009 by erin

A couple of weeks from now I will be attending the IDEA conference, put on by the IA Institute, for the first time. Over the years I have heard about the previo...

Designing Social Interfaces/Interaction design

Welcome Area

Posted on 08/06/2009 by erin

Many of the patterns in Christopher Alexander’s A Pattern Language offer advice and food for thought when designing the social experience. Pattern #149 in...

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My New Book Is Out

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Grid Guide for UX Designers
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A Guide to Maps & Models for UX Designers

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MASTODON POSTS

I'm doing a virtual book talk at the Internet Archive next week with Abby Covert leading the conversation about my book, my process and what's next. The event is also going to end up as a podcast as the IA turn their live events into podcasts. Hope you can make it!
📅 Thu, June 12🕙 10 AM PT / 1 PM ET📍 ONLINE🎟️ https://www.eventbrite.com/e/book-talk-in-through-the-side-door-tickets-1333098526579
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3 June 2025 @ 7:14 pm

Today is Transgender Day of Visibility and I just posted the latest Deep Cuts profile to Women in IXD about Sasha Costanza-Chock and her work around Design Justice. https://womenofixd.com/stories/sasha-costanza-chock
#TransDayOfVisibility

31 March 2025 @ 7:16 pm

Today in San Francisco from 12-4pm CCAs Spring Craft fair - I’m there with Linocuts, cards, tshirts and other stuff. Come check it out at 145 Hooper St. SF
#8PawPress

15 March 2025 @ 6:57 pm

It's the start of Women's History Month and my newsletter of women of IXD deep cuts is back to celebrate the stories of women in Interaction Design.
Today meet Kaaren Hanson - https://mailchi.mp/4a9d46df003f/changing-how-design-is-done-from-the-inside-out-kaaren-hanson

1 March 2025 @ 11:45 pm

Our next speaker for the Interactive & New Media Lecture series at CCA - sponsored by the IXD program - is Professor Rama Hoetzlein. Rama teaches a variety of classes here at the college and is currently experimenting with AI. Come check out his lecture: Wednesday February 267pmLive in the Nave Presentation Spaceat CCA 145 Hooper Street in San Francsico.Register for free at Eventbrite - https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/1247437582389?aff=oddtdtcreator

17 February 2025 @ 7:52 pm

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