Presentations
LukeW is consistently a top-rated speaker at Web conferences and companies around the world.
| First Person User InterfacesThe design challenges and opportunities of interfaces that allow people to interact with the real world as they are currently experiencing it.
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| Sign Up Forms Must Die!Too often the first step in using a Web application is filling in a Sign Up form. This short talk outlines three alternatives that get people started in more engaging ways.
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| Designing for Today's Web 2010Through smartphones, connected devices, and social Web services the Web in 2010 is increasingly everywhere and aware of who you are and who you know. What's impact of this transition on Web application design?
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| Mobile InputA set of detailed best practices and new opportunities for collecting input (forms, media, etc.) on mobile devices.
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| Input: Moving Beyond FormsAn overview of how Web applications can collect input, through both mobile devices and desktop software, without forcing people to complete a lengthy sequential forms.
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| Web Form Design in ActionThe latest applications of rich Web form interactions including: dynamic help systems, inline validation, input masks, and more.
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| The Impact of Social ModelsAn overview of the different ways social relationships are modeled in online software and they effect online behavior.
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 | Modern Web Form DesignWeb form design best practices illustrated through a redesign of a typical form's primary path to completion, label alignment, primary & secondary actions, organization, error messaging, inline validation, and more.
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| Parti & The Design SandwichA structure to enable interaction designers to move toward a holistic product design in the face of many stakeholders, cross-functional groups, and diverse audiences.
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 | Influencing Strategy by DesignThis course empowers designers by giving them tools to impact strategy by illuminating important decision-drivers like market or user research, web analytics, financials, and product reports.
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| Designing for Today's WebThe impact of search, social applications, rich interactions, and participatory culture on designers.
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| Product Excellence PrinciplesWhat defines great products and what organizations can do to deliver product excellence.
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| Visual Communication for the WebThe importance of utilizing visual organization to communicate central messages, guide actions, and present information on the Web.
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| Web Form Design Best PracticesThe importance of Web forms and a series of design best practices culled from live to site analytics, usability testing, eye-tracking studies, and best practice surveys.
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| Content page design best practicesHow content pages can be better optimized for the Web ecosystem.
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| Web Application Page HierarchyThe importance of visual hierarchy, visual principles for developing effective hierarchies, and utilizing applications of visual hierarchy to communicate central messages, guide actions, and present information.
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 | Filching Design: When the Shoe FitsA discussion of the motivations, benefits, and drawbacks of reusing code or design elements (interactions, layouts, colors, etc.) found online.
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 | The Business Value of DesignA discussion about the many considerations behind creating business value through design.
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 | The Shifting Role of DesignAn overview of why design skills, methodologies, and deliverables have increasing value for companies in today's global, networked economy.
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 | Get UnstuckWays to keep teams from getting stuck in process, project, and people muck.
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 | Usability 2.0Design considerations that arise out of recent shifts on the Web and their impact on usability processes, metrics, and team
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| Design Patterns: Defining and Sharing Web Interface Design LanguagesHow to put design patterns to use within Web application design.
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| Social Web Application DesignInteraction design for socially mediated and participatory information systems.
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| Dogma Free DesignA discussion about the role of design within an industry traditionally dominated by engineering and business processes and constraints.
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| Web Application Solutions: A Designer’s GuideAn evaluation of some of the most popular Web application presentation layer solutions available today
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