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I make your social media work better for people. Social Interaction Design (SxD) is user-centric approach to social media design, implementation, and strategy that accounts for how different kinds of users engage with social media, and how sites and application design and execution lead to emergent social practices. It applies to user experience design (UX), interaction design (IxD), user interface design (UI), and information architecture (IA). It draws on insights from psychology, sociology, anthropology, communication theory, and media theory. I am available for consulting to design agencies, social media agencies, startups, and social media campaign managers.
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Founder, SxdSalon, a group blog
Monthly Archives: February 2006
Skype’s role as a presencing system
I heard recently that Skype can shorten a hard drive’s life span: A more serious drawback lies in Skype’s software. By accessing the hard drive multiple times per minute, the program prevents it from entering sleep or idle modes. If … Continue reading
Skype, conference chats, and transactional analysis
I recently had my first experience with a skype IM conference chat. This wasn’t my first group chat, but it’s been a while. IRC chats were so much faster! The chat started off as a group but I had to … Continue reading
MySpace case study on Gravity7
Social Interaction Design Case Studies In an attempt to flesh out the issues and approaches particular to social interaction design, I’m undertaking several case studies of popular social software systems. As each system has its particular theme (dating, social networking, … Continue reading
