UX Week 2008 UX Week Keynote Discussion: Peter Merholz and Don Norman

UX Week 2008 kicked off with an on-stage conversation between the President and founder of Adaptive Path, Peter Merholz, and industry legend Don Norman. Don wrote the founding text on user-centered design, entitied, “The Design of Everyday Things”, and also coined the term “user-experience” while at Apple in the early 1990s. They talk about the importance of the semantic differences around common issues in business like ROI from a design perspective, the necessity to look beyond the “all mighty dollar,” the importance of being passionate about your ideas, and knowing ultimately all team members want to create great products and services for other people. Don shares his insights about the UX Week presentation given by Microsoft’s Jensen Harris around the usability of the Ribbon in the latest version of MS Office as well as the exciting future that lies ahead for all in the UX field.

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UX Week 2008 UX Week Keynote Discussion: Peter Merholz and Don Norman is an episode from Adaptive Path Podcast by Adaptive Path.

This episode is 30:13 long.

This episode was published on Oct 1, 2008.

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