June 2009 06
Behavior: hard-wired or soft-aware?
Posted By : Adrian Chan

Josh Porter has a nice post out this week on the importance of taking user behaviors into account in social experience design. In Behavior First, Design Second, he makes use of an example I often

June 2009 03
Users: which is which, and who is who?
Posted By : Adrian Chan

Who knows?On the phone yesterday with friend and colleague John Cass (SNCR), he happened upon an interesting topic. One for social media professionals of all kinds: designers, builders, funders, pundits. The question came up: doesn’t

May 2009 04
Slideshow presented at SNCR NewComm Forum 09
Posted By : Adrian Chan

Days late and somewhat hurriedly I’ve finally uploaded my NewComm Forum 09 slideshow to slideshare.net. My talk was an overview of social interaction design, a framework and approach to social media that I’ve been developing

April 2009 10
The Inmates Have Requested Asylum
Posted By : Adrian Chan

I spent much of yesterday afternoon listening to podcasts from a conference I wish I had attended: the IA Summit. The podcasts are up on Boxes and Arrows (thank you Chris Baum!) and are well