My Podcasts and Webcasts
Wednesday, May 23, 2007 9:59 PM
| Title | The Architecture of User Experience |
| Publication Date | January 2007 |
| Location | ARCast with Ron Jacobs |
| Summary | Sure user experience (UX) is important but what does an architect need to know about it? How do you think about making it better and what are some of the key mistakes we need to avoid? In this episode we are joined by Simon Guest who makes it abundantly clear. |
| URL | http://channel9.msdn.com/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=275794 |
| Title | Simon Guest on the people side of SOA |
| Publication Date | September 2006 |
| Location | TheServerSide.net podcast |
| Summary | Software architects are busy these days thinking about service-oriented architecture (SOA) and Web services - important things, no doubt. But if they want users to connect to their applications on an emotional level, architects need to start paying more attention to the user experience, according to Simon Guest, group program manager for architecture strategy at Microsoft. |
| URL | http://www.theserverside.net/tt/articles/showarticle.tss?id=GuestPodcast |
| Title | Putting the User back into Architecture |
| Publication Date | April 2006 |
| Location | ARCast with Ron Jacobs |
| Summary | For the past few years the focus of Architecture in the IT industry has been largely around data centers, back end systems and services. As these IT architectures mature, it’s time to return the focus of architecture to where it can have the biggest impact and greatest value for business, the user. |
| URL | http://channel9.msdn.com/showpost.aspx?postid=194239 |
| Title | User Experience [Context] |
| Publication Date | February 2006 |
| Location | ARCast with Ron Jacobs |
| Summary | Have you ever considered how context affects meaning? In certain contexts a word can mean one thing while in another it has a totally different meaning. In other words context impacts comprehension. In this episode Simon discusses what you need to understand about context. |
| URL | http://channel9.msdn.com/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=279771 |
| Title | User Experience [Foundation] |
| Publication Date | February 2006 |
| Location | ARCast with Ron Jacobs |
| Summary | Sure concepts are great but sooner or later you actually have to do something. In this episode Simon and Ron discuss the foundations of a great user experience by considering the tools of the trade. |
| URL | http://channel9.msdn.com/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=278742 |
| Title | User Experience [Visualization] |
| Publication Date | February 2006 |
| Location | ARCast with Ron Jacobs |
| Summary | As humans we perceive the world primarily through our eyes. The ability to visualize data therefore is critical to building a great user experience. In this episode Simon Guest lays out principles for building visualizations that work. |
| URL | http://channel9.msdn.com/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=277409 |
| Title | Mainframe Interoperability using Avalon (WPF) |
| Publication Date | August 2005 |
| Location | Channel 9 Interview with Robert Scoble |
| Summary | Karsten Januszewski and Robert Scoble heard that Simon Guest had built an app, using Microsoft's new Avalon technology, that works with mainframes. Hmmm, a shiny frontend for a mainframe app? Well, there's more to it, as Simon tells us. |
| URL | http://channel9.msdn.com/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=69427#69427 |