Published in UX Collective·Aug 13, 2020Developing interview questions for in-depth responsesOn the surface, interviews seem very easy to do. You sit down with someone, you ask them questions, they answer, and you have new information. But it’s actually really easy to do interviews badly. …Startup10 min read
Jun 29, 2020Taking Research Notes for UXNote: Many thanks to the professors and mentors I have had that taught me the techniques I describe here, including Shaowen Bardzell, and Barbara Dennis. One of the more challenging tasks for a UX researcher is keeping accurate notes during an observation session. …UX8 min read
Jul 23, 2018A Research Agenda For SpeedrunningHow fast can you beat a game? It might not seem like an important question. In the modern era, when games normally cost $60 each, many people view the amount of time a game takes as a measure of quality. Longer games have more content, and therefore more value. But…Gaming13 min read
Apr 24, 2018Augmented Reality — A Critical Design?In doing some assigned readings today, I dug into some papers on criticality in HCI. Particularly, Bardzell and Bardzell’s “What’s Critical About Critical Design?” I’ve been interested in Critical Design for awhile, since my Master’s degree at least, and I wanted to make an effort to explore the theory for…Augmented Reality5 min read
Feb 28, 2018The need for first wave thinking in Augmented RealityFor a seminar class recently, we were reading an article by Ben Shneiderman from 1983 titled “Direct Manipultion: A Step beyond programming languages (http://doi.org/10.1109/MC.1983.1654471). In the paper, Shneiderman discusses the various recent advancements in interface technology. He promotes the value of seeing “24 to 66 lines of text” (page 57)…Augmented Reality5 min read
Published in UX Collective·Feb 20, 2017Usability testing in Augmented RealityUsability testing is a foundational idea in Human Computer Interaction and UX design(See Don’t Make Me Think and Rocket Surgery Made Easy, by Steve Krug). It’s hard to imagine designing anything without it. The usability test has withstood the test of time, proving itself effective for all kinds of interfaces…Augmented Reality6 min read
Feb 15, 2017The Big QuestionsHello all, my name is Andrew J Hunsucker (people call me Andy). I’m a PhD student at Indiana University studying HCI (Human Computer Interaction). My major focus is design communication, but I’m also doing a lot of work in Augmented Reality right now. I’m straddling two worlds in my studies…Augmented Reality3 min read
