Dave, Interesting article: thanks for sharing it with us.
Designing for behavioural change is a central consideration in the UX strategy work I do, but I haven't really paid enough attention to the aggregate effect of lots of individual changes in behaviour, and how to design for the resulting impact. It's a step in my thinking that occurs at a tacit level (I believe), but isn't often communicated explicitly to those around me, and so loses a lot of the desired strength in the final design. Because I'm not really thinking about that aspect of the design consciously, I don't identify that as the cause of any dissatisfaction; it's something that should be an explicit design goal. Thanks again Steve 2008/12/9 Will Evans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Nice find! > As interaction designers - we actually have more influence over behavior, > and can at least design for desired behaviors in the user's interactions > with the system - I am thinking most specifically about when Porter > discusses in his book the reputation and rewards system employed by Yelp's > IxD which informs, encourages, and guides certain behaviors while > deminishing others. This was also done by Digg - which removed their hall > of > fame, and today you noticed a designers desire to provide a platform by > which to engage in some level of sociality when you got pelted on facebook > with snow balls and then kvetched about it on twitter :-) > > Must grab a bite to eat, but will read the article later this evening. > -- Steve 'Doc' Baty | Principal Consultant | Meld Consulting | P: +61 417 061 292 | E: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Twitter: docbaty Blog: http://docholdsfourth.blogspot.com Contributor - UXMatters - www.uxmatters.com UX Book Club: http://uxbookclub.org/ - Read, discuss, connect. ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
