More Bill Moggridge

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Bill Moggridge's talk about his book 'Interaction Design - Beyond Human-Computer Interaction'


A short series of eulogies.


The Moggridge videos we watched this week were useful in that they gave more context to the first one we watched('What is Design?'), which looks to be a condensed version of his Stanford talk (Designing Interactions).  I liked the interviews that he filmed and included in the talk;  hearing more about the design process that went into Google's home page was fascinating, especially their system of adding things.  I had not given any thought to how streamlined a search engine really should be, I think that may be part of what I dislike about Bing.  Bing's home page is cluttered with images and links, making it less appealing to use.
Bing's homepage
The second video, the compilation of people's remembrances, didn't really provide any technical knowledge, instead it provided more insight on who Moggridge was.  The idea that the kind of thinking used in UX design could potentially have that type of impact on something as major as the inner workings of the Smithsonian was incredibly exciting.  I would like to know how I can try and emulate that style of thinking and working to be better able to succeed in my own endeavors.


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