Product research & design
Sid research computing environment access flows
Work in progress on a new entry point to high-performance research compting at Harvard. Version 1 streamlined access to batch and interactive applications. Version 2 will use templates for single-click access to the most common resources, on 2 environments (shown). Looking beyond, Sid will faciliatate access to multiple enviroments, configurable storage, and shared data.
Dataverse software UX & UI improvements
Templates in development to improve usability, scaleability, responsiveness, and accessibility of Dataverse data repository software, including adopting the DataTags system for identifying sensitive data.
Story map to plan the integration of DataTags and other new features.
Product design for political social media startup reASSEMBLE.co
I worked with two startup founders, an entrepreneur and a law professor, to define, design, and launch a web application designed to promote civil discourse on divisive topics.
Teaching
Interactive Information Design 2
Students learn observation and modeling techniques to understand and design for multi-channel systems.
Shown: "MFan" concept for enhancing a visit to Boston's MFA, by Matt Salerno
Designing Infographics
Students learn to analyze and work with datasets, and apply methods for giving form to information to design visual data stories.
Shown: "Explaining Henry: A 46 Year Quest to Produce a Male Heir" by Gil Pocaterra, "Evolution of Female Participation in the Summer Olympics" by Natasha Taylor
Interaction Design 1
Students learn and apply user-centered research and design principles through project work. They conduct research, develop prototypes, apply visual design to user interfaces, and code and test a basic responsive web site.
Shown: Memory Box by Tia Thompson
Publications & talks
Visual Usability
Morgan Kaufman, 2013, with Deborah Levinson
This book helps web application developers understand and improve visual interfaces. It provides a framework and criteria for making design decisions that are appealing and communicate clearly. Published in English and Chinese. doi.org/10.1016/C2012-0-00687-4 | Goodreads | Amazon
Debby and I ran workshops based on the principles in the book at the International UXPA conference and Boston CHI.
The Pandemic: Science and Society
Presentation and panel discussion for the course at Washington University in St. Louis. The presentation introduces basic tenets for successful health communication, and shows work in progress for icons for a Harvard contact tracing app. August 2020
"Make me think! How might we create appropriate barriers for responsible interactions in Dataverse?"
Provocation for the
Information Architects Academics and Practitioners Roundtable. May 2020
Forthcoming. In The 3rd International Workshop on Practical Reproducible Evaluation of Systems (P-RECS). A. Trisovic, P. Durbin, T. Schlatter, G. Durand, S. Barbosa, D. Brooke, M. Crosas
The paper explains the current situation for researchers, and how we address it in Dataverse software.
Decipher Vol. 1., 2019, by Jessica Barness and Amy Papaelias with Tania Schlatter
Speculative essay on design research repositories, resulting from the AIGA Design Educator's workshop.
Archived Nimble Partners blog with essays, news, presentations, and portfolio posts from 2008-2014.
