http://www.sapdesignguild.org/rss/ SAP Design Guild News en-us (c) SAP AG, Germany Tue, 18 June 2013 14:00:00 GMT http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification Tue, 18 June 2013 14:00:00 GMT Today, we added a new article to our UI Design Blinks column, namely Another Sneak Preview into the Book amification at Work. http://www.sapdesignguild.org/community/blinks/ui_blinks_gw_04.asp#gamification_book Fri, 14 Jun 2013 12:30:00 GMT Do you want to learn more about gamification? How it belongs in the workplace? And the design best practices that can increase the efficacy of enterprise gamification efforts? Then stay tuned because here will you get a sneak peek, prepared by Rikke Friis Dam from IDF, into the insightful and powerful book " Gamification at Work: Designing Engaging Business Software " , written by Janaki Kumar and Mario Herger, who help you learn how to answer these questions. http://www.sapdesignguild.org/community/book_people/review_gamification_at_work.asp Thu, 13 June 2013 11:30:00 GMT Since May until today, we added three new book presentation to our Books & People page: (1) Harri Oinas-Kukkonen and Henry Oinas-Kukkonen (2013). Humanizing the Web: Change and Social Innovation, (2) Colin Ware (2012), Information Visualization, Third Edition: Perception for Design. (3) Janaki Mythily Kumar and Mario Herger (2013). Gamification at Work: Designing Engaging Business Software The books have also been included in our book list. http://www.sapdesignguild.org/community/book_people/book_people.asp#booke Tue, 11 June 2013 09:30:00 GMT Today, we added a new article to our UI Design Blinks column, namely A Few Books and Links for Familiarizing Oneself with Charts and Dashboards (Data Visualization) http://www.sapdesignguild.org/community/blinks/ui_blinks_gw_04.asp#dashboard Fri, 7 June 2013 13:00:00 GMT Today, we added a new article to our UI Design Blinks column, namely Some Books and Links for Familiarizing Oneself with Information Visualization http://www.sapdesignguild.org/community/blinks/ui_blinks_gw_04.asp#info_vis Thu, 6 June 2013 09:30:00 GMT Today, we added a new article to our UI Design Blinks column, namely Design Guidelines with a Backup in Research - Are there Any? http://www.sapdesignguild.org/community/blinks/ui_blinks_gw_04.asp#rbwdug Wed, 29 May 2013 11:00:00 GMT Today, we added a new article to our UI Design Blinks column, namely Modern Technology Is so Fast! At least, in Principle... http://www.sapdesignguild.org/community/blinks/ui_blinks_gw_04.asp#speed Thu, 23 May 2013 09:00:00 GMT Today, we added a new article to our UI Design Blinks column, namely Human Memory is Fallible. http://www.sapdesignguild.org/community/blinks/ui_blinks_gw_04.asp#memory Wed, 22 May 2013 09:00:00 GMT Read about our new user experience strategy in an article by Esther Blankenship, User Experience Evangelist at SAP. You can also download a short brochure describing the strategy, which consists of the three pillars: new, renew, and enable. http://www.sapdesignguild.org/community/readers/reader_ux_strategy.asp Tue, 21 Mar 2013 15:30:00 GMT We live in a world, which, on the one hand, has been shaped by natural forces and according to natural laws but which, on the other hand, has been shaped through human activity to such a degree that, as the authors of The Design Way write, " scientists have begun to label the present epoch as the Anthropocene era. " They explain that " as human beings, we continuously create things that help reshape the reality and essence of the world as we know it. When we create new things ... we engage in design. " The authors, however, bemoan the fact that " design has remained surprisingly invisible and unrecognized in the world at large. " They point out that their book, The Design Way, is an attempt to change this, making the case for design as its own tradition by " delivering what has been missing, namely " writing a book about the philosophy of design " and " formulating its fundamental core of ideas. " http://www.sapdesignguild.org/community/book_people/review_design_way.asp Thu, 2 May 2013 08:00:00 GMT We are required to use an increasing number of user names, passwords and PINs in our daily lives. We use them for logging on to computers and networks, specific applications and websites, bank cards, mobile phones and even entry door systems. In this article, Rikke Friis Dam from IDF explains what you should take into account when designing password input forms. http://sapdesignguild.org/community/design/pwd_usab.asp Thu, 2 May 2013 08:00:00 GMT In this short article, Rikke Friis Dam from IDF explains that making customers register before they checkout is a barrier to purchase – and provides some evidence for it. http://sapdesignguild.org/community/design/online_sales.asp Fri, 26 Apr 2013 13:00:00 GMT Today, we published a German translation of the System Usability Scale (SUS) in our Resources section. http://www.sapdesignguild.org/resources/sus.asp Tue, 23 Apr 2013 09:30:00 GMT How can you best provide a lot of information without overloading the user? One possible answer to this question is Progressive disclosure. In her article, Rikke Friis Dam not only explains this technique from the very beginnings of graphical users interfaces, she also points out that mobile has breathed new life into it. http://www.sapdesignguild.org/community/design/prog_disc.asp Tue, 23 Apr 2013 09:30:00 GMT In his 2013 spring editorial, our author provides a brief overview of SAP's activities in the UI design and usability field this year, such as conference activities, usability testing activities at user group events, as well as the sponsorship for the Interaction Design Foundation (IDF). http://www.sapdesignguild.org/community/editorials/editorial_01_2013.asp Fri, 19 Apr 2013 09:30:00 GMT Recently, we added a new article to our UI Design Blinks column, namely Spring Awakened My iPad - and Old Questions. http://www.sapdesignguild.org/community/blinks/ui_blinks_gw_04.asp#awake_ipad Tue, 09 Apr 2013 08:30:00 GMT The extensive challenge designers and vendors of interactive products face is that " Experience or User Experience " is not about good industrial design, multi-touch, or fancy interfaces. It is about transcending the material. It is about creating an experience through a device " , states Marc Hassenzahl in his book on " User Experience and Experience Design " in the Interaction Design Foundation's (IDF) encyclopedia. Rikke Friis Dam's article is a condensed version of some of Marc's points – focusing on his simple conceptual model of Why, What, and How as a starting point for the Experience Designer. http://www.sapdesignguild.org/community/design/ux_ed.asp Tue, 05 Apr 2013 09:30:00 GMT SAP Sponsorship Provides Free Textbooks that Enable Better Software Design Recently, it has been announced that SAP has become prime sponsor of the Interaction Design Foundation (IDF). The IDF executive board, authors and foundation members are among the top and most influential professionals in the global User Experience community. http://www.sapdesignguild.org/community/readers/reader_idf.asp Wed, 03 Apr 2013 08:00:00 GMT Recently, we added a new article to our UI Design Blinks column, namely SAP Sponsors the Interaction Design Foundation (IDF). http://www.sapdesignguild.org/community/blinks/ui_blinks_gw_04.asp#idf Thu, 21 Mar 2013 16:00:00 GMT Today, we added a new article to our UI Design Blinks column, namely More on Multiple Skyline Graphs. http://www.sapdesignguild.org/community/blinks/ui_blinks_gw_04.asp#skyline4 Fri, 15 Mar 2013 09:00:00 GMT We compiled the glossaries from the appendices of two book reviews, Analyzing Social Media Networks with NodeXL and Net Smart, into one glossary page in the Goodies section to make them more accessible to our readers. Both areas are not covered exhaustively though - the selection of terms is based on the topics discussed in both books http://www.sapdesignguild.org//goodies/glossary_net.asp Wed, 13 Mar 2013 11:30:00 GMT When our author decided to review Howard Rheingold's book Net Smart: How to Thrive Online and asked for a review copy, he did not think all that much about the consequences. However, as soon as he started reading, doubts arose in his mind about whether he was the right person for the job. After all, he had closed his Facebook account after a very short time - having never really used it - he have never twittered, and he do not use a smart phone. All in all, he lacks experience in the fundamental ingredients of today's online life. He pondered for a while and, having promised to write a review, finally came to the conclusion that - despite these obvious and serious gaps - there were still enough parallels between Rheingold's online life and his to allow him to understand the issues Rheingold discusses. So here comes the review. http://www.sapdesignguild.org/community/book_people/review_net_smart.asp Tue, 12 Feb 2013 10:00:00 GMT Today, we added a new article to our UI Design Blinks column, namely Is the iPad - or Any Other Tablet Computer - a Productivity Tool?. http://www.sapdesignguild.org/community/blinks/ui_blinks_gw_04.asp#productivity Fri, 1 Feb 2013 15:00:00 GMT Today, we added a new article to our UI Design Blinks column, namely Bill Caemmerer on Multiple Skyline Graphs. http://www.sapdesignguild.org/community/blinks/ui_blinks_gw_04.asp#skyline3 Tue, 22 Jan 2013 14:30:00 GMT Today, we published the second part of new desktop motives showing mostly natural patterns. http://www.sapdesignguild.org/goodies/desktop/desktop_18.asp Tue, 22 Jan 2013 14:30:00 GMT Today, we published the first part of new desktop motives showing mostly natural patterns. http://www.sapdesignguild.org/goodies/desktop/desktop_17.asp Tue, 15 Jan 2013 14:30:00 GMT Today, we added a new article to our UI Design Blinks column, namely A New Approach to Gamification of Websites - Find the Relevant Content. http://www.sapdesignguild.org/community/blinks/ui_blinks_gw_04.asp#noise Fri, 11 Jan 2013 11:00:00 GMT We added one more new book presentation to our Books & People page: Milan Guenther: Intersection - How Enterprise Design Bridges the Gap between Business, Technology, and People. The book has also been included in our book list. http://www.sapdesignguild.org/community/book_people/book_people.asp#booke