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First encounter with a laser cutter

During a recent course in interaction design research at Aalborg University Department of Architecture Design and Media Technology, I had my first encounter with a laser cutter. Here I was introduced to some of the many possibilities offered by this relatively simple technology. In essence, a laser cutter is a high-power laser burning melting the […]

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PhD Fellow Life Usability UX Design

Using design cards to facilitate redesign: initial findings

When developing new design concepts and redesigning existing ones the idea of using design cards to facilitate the process and creativity has been explored in several different fields. The idea of using design cards as part of design workshops has been explored when developing new design concepts such as game designs [7], “playful experiences” [6], […]

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Free Wireframe GUI Toolkit From GUIToolkits

GUIToolkits is currently offering a free wireframe GUI Toolkit for Keynote, PowerPoint, Visio, OmniGraffle, Illustrator and Fireworks. The package contains hundreds of wireframe GUI components for iPhone, iPad, Android, Blackberry, Windows Phone, Facebook, The Web, Mac OS X, and Windows. To download the toolkit a predefined Twitter message must be posted from your Twitter account […]

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Free Keynote Mockup Templates from Keynotopia

Keynotopia is currently offering free Keynote mockup templates for mobile, web and desktop apps. In return a predefined Twitter message (called “free with a tweet”) must be posted so for those that have yet to join in on the Twitter vibe it might be possible to alley with a friend or colleague having one of those Twitter accounts. […]