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A 60-Second Trailer of the 60-Day Report on Cybersecurity
Melissa Hathaway came across our radar recently when President Obama tasked the former Bush administration aide with leading a 60-day review of Bush’s Comprehensive National Cybersecurity Initiative; a largely classified, purported $30 billion, multi phase plan to address cybersecurity issues
Blockchain Success Stories Show Valuable Opportunities
While it’s true that the majority of blockchain projects have failed so far, a more accurate way to describe the situation would be to say that the majority of blockchain startups fail. We already know that the majority of startups fail — the greater part of new restaurants fails
A 60-Second Trailer of the 60-Day Report on Cybersecurity
Finally, Hathaway sees this as a unique opportunity for the United States to work with countries around the world, and with organizations on an extremely local level. “We cannot succeed if our government works in isolation,” she added. It requires “leading from the top” from
The Four Dimensions of Tone of Voice
A quick Google search for “tone-of-voice words” will surface lists of hundreds of words used to describe literary tones. (Most of them come from websites for undergraduate English courses). You’ll quickly notice that most of those words have very specific meanings and connotations (e.g
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Creepiness–Convenience Tradeoff
It’s likely that over time, increased exposure and familiarity with a product diminishes users’ perceptions of strangeness. Even if an individual isn’t using the product or service, she may have friends or family who use the technology, or she may encounter advertisements and learn more about
5 Steps to Creating a UX-Design Portfolio
When seeking a new job, tailor your project selection to the job duties you want to perform. For example, if you really enjoy prototyping, showcase projects where you created prototypes and how they benefited the ultimate outcome. You don’t want to promote work that you don’t like doing, so be
Layered Interaction Analysis of Direct Manipulation (Jakob Nielsen)
The communication principle in the layered protocol model. A communication on level i of the model (indicated by the gray arrow) is realized by an exchange of information on level i-1 . Both the user and the computer will have to translate between the two levels as indicated by the vertical arrows
Split Buttons: Definition
Some split buttons have both an icon and text in the label component. While icons are optional, a text label is always necessary. Text improves learnability, discoverability, and findability, and increases the target size of the button, thus providing a Fitts’s Law benefit. The default choice in
Beyond Usability: 3 User Experiences Reshaping Their Industries
At first, you might think that such an innovation in the field of reverse logistics should not be discussed in a UX article, but many pieces of the user experience are improved by optimizing this backend operation. A traditional UI-only solution to the problem of high demand would be to clearly
"Get Started" Stops Users
On JustFab, one user completed all the questions in the style quiz, reaching the final screen which asked her to input her email and a password. At this point she declared defeat: “Now I still have to sign up. So at this point, I’d be like ‘I’m out’ because I don’t really know what
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Instilling Confidence in Online Shoppers: I Bought a Sofa Online and Good UX Sealed the Deal
Size is a huge factor when it comes to selecting the right sofa for a space. Verifying the size was the biggest source of frustration for me on other websites. Many sites gave one basic set of dimensions for a sectional (e.g., length), without clearly explaining how these were measured (for
Designing for Different Types of E-Commerce Shoppers
A good e-commerce user experience is crucial to all shopper types, but different elements take on significance based on the shopper's goal. Designing with user types in mind improves the overall shopping experience. Following guidelines, such as those in our E-Commerce User Experience report
iOS Design Rules to Break
In the examples below (Pinkberry and Nordstrom), the Sign In and Place Order buttons need to be pressed after the user has filled in the form. Placing these buttons at the top of the screen is against the natural flow of filling in the form: once done with all the fields of the form, users find
Design Thinking Builds Strong Teams
Visualization is a tool that transcends cultures and languages. Using imagery reduces the risk of misalignment because everyone then has a visual baseline. This especially applies to abstract concepts that may be less intuitive and harder to grasp. Stories, wireframes, prototypes, videos, even
Parallel & Iterative Design + Competitive Testing = High Usability
Yes, some design problems are radically new — say, the original design of the iPad or the Kinect. And some are semi-radical, such as designing a first-generation iPad app or Kinect game (after the platform itself had already been designed, but before the corresponding usability guidelines had
Remote Access Solutions: Overcoming the Challenges
Your remote access system must ensure that access to the data users need is fully secure. If, however, your system presents a direct connection to the internet, you’ve increased your risk. Direct exposure to the internet will dramatically increase your network’s attack surface. Among the 50% of
The Key to Improving Global Cybersecurity is Data Science
Professionals across many industries and fields leverage data to improve operations. However, select professions are only open to individuals with mathematics or statistics training. These professionals help organizations solve intricate information related problems. They also analyze data
The 3 Biggest Threats Healthcare Data Security is Facing Right Now
The year 2017 suffered the greatest ransomware attack in the history of the internet. The WannaCry ransomware detected in hospitals of the UK. It then exploded across the globe and affected more than 200,000 computers across 150 countries. This attack targeted the computers running with the
Start-ups and International Talent
Dan also said that “we’ll see an increasing number of important startups based outside of the Valley over the coming few years.” Again, I think this is a trend to watch out for. Not only in big countries like China, but in very small countries like my own. I’m certainly keen
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How to Differentiate Your Startup in a Red Ocean Industry
One of the more obvious points of differentiation is price. If all your competitors are selling something around the same price, you could easily capitalize on their existing audience, or target a new audience by offering it cheaper. You could also capitalize on a luxury market by charging more
Argentina is Stepping-Up as a Country of Web Developers
Because of the country’s harsh economic past, the population has learned to become self-starters. Many young people with experience in web design have launched their own businesses or offer their services on a freelance basis. Argentinian culture is undeniably entrepreneurial. Talented
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Why Frames Suck (Most of the Time)
Frames are also useful for "meta-pages" that comment on other pages. For example, a web design styleguide may need to mix discussions of design principles with live examples of entire pages that follow (or break) the rules. In these cases, the embedded page should be treated as an embedded image
Site Map Usability, 1st study
I have often predicted that Internet Explorer version 8 will be the first decent Web browser. One feature request for version 8 is better navigation support by offering a visualization feature that would pull the site map out of the website and make it a standardized browser element. Unfortunately
Beyond Blue Links: Making Clickable Elements Recognizable
With that said, the flat-design trend (a style of interface design that emphasizes 2-D flat illustrations and is well exemplified by iOS 7 and Windows 8) has some website designers taking the minimalist approach to the extreme. The idea behind flat design is to simplify the interface. However
