AI is in desperate need of designers–in part, because machine learning products often originate in the world of research, where design principles are rarely applied. Closing the gap between researchers and designers is the goal of Google’s People + AI Research (PAIR) initiative, which launched earlier this summer. PAIR aims to establish design principles for AI systems and build tools for designers and developers as AI moves quickly from the research lab into the products we use every day. At PAIR’s first conference in Cambridge, Massachusetts, this week, researchers from Google, MIT, Carnegie Mellon, and the University of Illinois presented their ideas on machine learning systems that have human needs at their core. Based on their comments, here are three problems AI is currently facing–and how the right design could help.
https://www.fastcodesign.com/90144510/3-problems-with-ai-only-designers-can-solve/
Do you collect user or customer feedback? If so, how are you using it to improve your website or online business? Reaching out to your visitors and asking them how they like your site and areas for improvement is one of the best ways to better your product or business.
http://www.addthis.com/blog/2015/09/29/5-ways-to-collect-user-feedback-and-improve-your-website/#.Wv1xt0iFPIV/
“We know this solution is more usable based on the feedback the usability tests provide us with, but it’s just a bit boring,” was the heartbreaking feedback the agency received from their client. “There’s no way our users wouldn’t know what that interface control means.”
You might think that the arrogance of speaking on behalf of users without ever having met one – or, worse still, ignoring user feedback if it doesn’t suit – represents a luxuriant hubris for the tiny minority of organisations so successful and with such desirable products that their users will take what they are given. However, this author’s experience suggests that this outlook is more prevalent than it should be, based on what we know about the close relationship between how organisations treat their customers online and commercial success.
https://www.siliconrepublic.com/companies/ux-design-advice-tips/
It’s time for our February Employee in the Spotlight! This month we’re putting the spotlight on one of our newest team members, our Front-End Developer and ‘website extraordinaire’ Yannick Post.
https://mopinion.com/employee-in-the-spotlight-yannick-post/
If you’re using WordPress to power your site, the good news is there’s a number of clever techniques and tools you can use to generate customer feedback.
Collecting customer feedback on your website is one of the most effective means of quickly identifying areas of your site which need improvement, with the goal of increasing traffic levels, sales and repeat visitation across your site.
https://cyberchimps.com/use-customer-feedback-improve-wordpress-site/
Technology has produced huge breakthroughs in design. A product can be ideated, prototyped and finalized with little more than a keyboard and code. But the ingenuity of modern design often leads to product teams neglecting the basics.
https://techcrunch.com/2017/01/20/in-a-tech-saturated-world-customer-feedback-is-everything/
We’re very excited to announce that the Mopinion website (previously only in English) is now available in four new languages: French, German, Spanish and Dutch. The addition of these new languages reflects the increasing demand for digital feedback solutions abroad as well as Mopinion’s rapidly growing customer base.
https://mopinion.com/mopinion-launches-website-in-four-new-languages/
2015 was a tremendous year for Mopinion, we signed many new and exciting clients; such as TomTom, Generali and Microsoft, we doubled our sales team and added many new features to our platform. With all these exciting developments we also decided to launch a new Mopinion website.
https://mopinion.com/mopinion-launches-new-website-2/
In this rapidly changing digital world, a company website functions as a calling card and is often the primary channel for customer relations. As a digital marketeer, you are constantly coming up with new ways to satisfy your online customers. After a few years, your website may no longer meet requirements and you will need to develop a new website. What role can feedback play in this respect?
https://mopinion.com/new-website-5-reasons-to-start-with-customer-feedback-right-away/
Once you’ve built your prototypes based on the ideas you and your team generated, it’s time to gather feedback from the people on whom you are testing these. Optimising how you gather feedback — and, therefore, learn from your prototypes and users — is essential to help you save time and resources in the Prototype and Test stages of the Design Thinking process – and in any other human-centred design process. Being quick and efficient allows you to move rapidly from creating a prototype, to putting it out to test it, to gathering feedback, and finally to creating a new and improved iteration of your ideas. To maximise learning from your tests, we will share six best practice tips on how to gather feedback, as well as three methods (with downloadable templates!) on how you can organise your feedback.
https://www.interaction-design.org/literature/article/test-your-prototypes-how-to-gather-feedback-and-maximise-learning/
