Coining 'Ajax' and Seeing the Future
Craig Shoemaker talks with co-founder and president of Adaptive Path Jesse James Garrett about his experiences in creating the Elements of User Experience, the Visual Vocabulary and coining the term "Ajax".
Jesse and his team have worked with some of the most recognizable properties on the web. Companies such as Flickr, Blogger, BitTorrent, Microsoft and Intel have all leaned on Adaptive Path’s strength in crafting user interaction.
While many recent innovations have largely surrounded advancements in software, Jesse tells us about Adaptive Path’s curiosity into the new hardware that's making waves in computing to take user experiences to the next level.
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Resources
- Ajax: A New Approach to Web Applications - the whitepaper that ushered in the Ajax craze
- Visual Vocabulary for Information Architecture
Read Jesse's book, "The Elements of User Experience":
Phillips Ambient window
During the show we talk about some of the advances in hardware and the impact we see in the market in light of these changes. Below is a demonstration of the Phillips "ambient window" that gives you total control to the light mood of a room. The below video is just under 4 minutes long and worth every second of your time.
Congratulations!
First of all, congrats to Infragistics' own Devin & Kathleen Rader who recently welcomed baby boy Kyle Rader to the family! We all wish you the best and hope you enjoy every moment with your new baby.
To make life even sweeter, Devin's book was selling at the #5 spot this week out of all the books sold at Amazon.com!
Here's a screen shot of the Amazon.com Top 100 Books taken on the afternoon of May 6th (the list is updated hourly).
Way to go Bill, Scott and Devin!
Thanks to Jason Beres for the image.
Announcements
Here's a few announcements from Infragistics worth checking out:
- TestAdvantage for Windows Forms (for IBM Rational Functional Tester)
- Silverlight 2.0 line-of-business application: faceOut. There aren't many real-world SL 2.0 LOB apps out there right now you know ;)
Disclosure: Craig Shoemaker is employed by Infragistics as a New Media Evangelist
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