June 21st, 2009 by Rein Groot
Here a short post to tell you that I’m supporting the IxD organization with getting the funding together for a kickass community site. So if you are a User Experience designer of any sort (or you see the relevance of this community), chipin!
Kind regards,
Rein
June 15th, 2008 by Rein Groot
Last week I ran into the redesigned website of the NS (Dutch Railways). At first glans I must say it’s very nicely done. The style is kept pretty much the same as the former design. But it appears that some updates have been done in the area of usability. Since unfortunately I don’t have any screen shots of the older design I’ll have to do this by head. But what I seem to find changed are the following:
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November 4th, 2007 by Rein Groot
In reaction to the comment Jullius Huijnk (from www.makingthesite.com) placed to my former article, I have written this new article in an attempt to answer his question.
Hi Julius,
very interesting how you came to be the first and ever fastest writer on my blog
But welcome and thanks for the extensive reaction. I will try and give feedback as fully as I can. Read the rest of this entry »
October 28th, 2007 by Rein Groot
This post is on Interaction Design. Or more exact: Web Situated Interaction Design.
Why this distinction? Well for the time that I have been involved in the area of Interaction Design (which is about 4 years now) I have come know at least one thing for sure. There is still a lot of uncertainty about what Interaction Design really is.
During my Interaction Design study for instance at the Higher School of the Arts in Utrecht there have been lots of discussions about what you would be doing or would have to know if you were an Interaction Designer. Read the rest of this entry »
October 28th, 2006 by Rein Groot
This is were you will soon find my thoughts, experiences and opinions on the field of digital media. I first want to have the site in order and filled with some startup content. So for this reason it is not yet on my root URL.
So if you want to know more, check it out. And don’t forget to check back for when the blog is really live!