Adapting to Technology and New Designs.

How can a bright individual move forward in this ever-evolving tech-savvy world of social media. How can data and analytics give your company the leg up in the marketplace. In trying to study the integration of the new patterns and designs and how they take shape utilizing technology, it is important to remember the human experience.  It often feels to me like there is this disconnect when incorporating digital media and new technology into a user-friendly experience. How do we adapt?

I came across a magazine that features this concept, integrating out needs with technolgy and becoming more compatible with creative innovations. UX MAG attempts to be a resource for this dilemma. The primary goal of UX Magazine to foster communication between groups that are typically siloed but who must collaborate effectively for good UX outcomes to be achieved. For example: between designers and engineers, clients and vendors, stakeholders and production teams, design and business strategy, and so on.

I like this article Stop Explaining UX and Start Doing UX. It sort of reiterates the internal and external motivations for why we do things. I utilized this model years ago when I was building programming for an acting and improvisation class I taught. In my mind, innovation is all about being able to implement ideas.

In just a few short decades, the way we utilize and integrate technology changes to rapidly that It boggles my mind to think of it. A few days ago, Iread an article that highlighted Science and Technology, year in review for 2012. It featured some amazing advancements, some that we were aware of, some went by without too much notice in the noise of information and media. The Most Futuristic Predictions That Came True in 2012, by io9.