We often discuss the benefits of rapid app development and prototyping. How and when you prototype, along with how and when you test in general are important aspects of validating and building your apps. Two kinds of testing you can use to support your efforts are User Testing and Usability Testing. Both types are often referenced together, but each has a different goal and purpose. When you employ them in your process differs.

What? When? Where? Why? How? Who?

These are all seemingly simple questions with complicated answers. These are also questions at the core of UX, at the core of creating effective user experiences.

I was asked to be interviewed as part of an ongoing research project about trends in IoT, and specifically any I saw with how they intersect with design.

These are the emerging and continuing trends I see for this year: