Blog Archive
- August 01, 2008: Stories catch their attention
- Thanks to Victor Lombardi for his post How to Tell a Story and a great summary of elements of a good story. The post illustrates the viral nature of great stories. It starts with a story about how Victor got...
- July 08, 2008: How stories work: personal or impersonal
- When you tell stories for user experience design, they can be either "impersonal" or"personal." Each can work equally well in different situations and each can fall flat, with the listener launching into a verbal defense like, "Oh how often does...
- July 01, 2008: Reasons to use stories: they help us understand "why"
- Accessibility questions have come up on several lists recently, with an interesting twist. People were looking for answers not about exactly what they had to do, but why. What problem, for example, does a WCAG 2.0 checkpoint answer? Invariably, someone...
- June 24, 2008: How long do stories last?
- Kevin and I were talking about how we create stories. And that led us to think about how long a story has to last. Of course some stories are carefully crafted. Kevin’s roller coaster story has been told and refined...
- March 16, 2008: Introductions
- Welcome to the working site for our upcoming book on Storytelling in User Experience Design. Kevin and I met on June 12, 2006 in Bloomfield, Colorado. We were both there for UPA 2006: Usability Through Storytelling. Moments before the day...
