Jesse James Garrett

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Jesse James Garrett (* 1950 in Ottawa ) is a Canadian designer and co-founder of the strategy and design consultancy "Adaptive Path" , which is based in San Francisco, California.

He started his career in the web design community in the early 2000s with his diagram, The Elements of User Experience , which was later published as a book. In a 2005 article, Garrett coined the term Ajax while working on the Describes the asynchronous technology behind new services like Google Maps and Google Suggest and the resulting user experience that made it possible to surf without interruption by avoiding the reloading of the entire page.

biography

Jesse James Garrett studied at the University of Florida and in 2001 co-founded Adaptive Path , a user experience strategy and design company, and the Information Architecture Institute . His essays have appeared in New Architect , Boxes and Arrows , and Digital Web Magazine . Jesse attended the University of Florida.

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Garrett is the author of "The Elements of User Experience," a conceptual model of user-centric design that was first published as a diagram in 2000 and a book in 2002. A second edition of the book was published in 2010. Although it was originally for use in web design was intended, the Elements model was adopted in other areas such as software development and industrial design. He also created the first standardized notation for interaction design , called the visual vocabulary. Garrett's work includes "ia / recon," an essay on the development of the Area of ​​information architecture, and "The Nine Pillars of Successful Web Teams" , a conceptual model similar to Elements for team structures and processes. In his best-known work, Garrett coined the term Ajax in February 2005 by describing the information behind asynchronous Javascript and XML . Though he wasn't the only one working on the development of this technology, Garrett thought of the term under the shower when he realized the need for a short term to represent the set of technologies he was proposing to a client.

In 2008 Garrett designed the Aurora concept for a future web browser for the Mozilla Corporation . Garrett's final keynote address at the 2009 Information Architecture Summit (IA Summit 2009), known as the "Memphis Plenary," sparked controversy and debate in the user experience community.

Garrett's "iWitness" project was one of the winners of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation's "Knight News Challenge 2011" media innovation competition .

Awards

In May 2006, Garrett was awarded the "Rave Award" of Wired Magazine awarded in the field of technology.

Private life

Garrett was born in Ottawa , Ontario , Canada and grew up in Florida . He lived in Los Angeles for 5 years before moving to San Francisco in 1999 . He was married to Rebecca Blood from 2001 to 2014 and they have one child together.

bibliography

  • The Elements of User Experience

Web links

Commons : Jesse James Garrett  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ VIAF
  2. ↑ https://techcrunch.com/2014/10/02/adaptive-path-acquired-by-capital-one/
  3. ↑ http://www.jjg.net/elements/pdf/elements.pdf
  4. ↑ https://adaptivepath.com
  5. ↑ https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB113098635587487074
  6. ↑ https://techcrunch.com/2014/10/02/adaptive-path-acquired-by-capital-one/
  7. ↑ https://www.drdobbs.com/all-those-opposed/184411634
  8. ↑ https://boxesandarrows.com/author/jessejamesgarrett/
  9. ↑ http://www.digital-web.com/articles/the_psychology_of_navigation/
  10. ^ Garrett, Jesse James (October 21, 2002). The Elements of User Experience: User-Centered Design for the Web and Beyond (Voices That Matter). New Riders Press. ISBN 978-0321683687
  11. ↑ https://people.well.com/conf/inkwell.vue/topics/186/Jesse-James-Garrett-The-Elements-page01.html#post3
  12. ^ The Visual Vocabulary Three Years Later: An Interview with Jesse James Garrett - Boxes and Arrows: The design behind the design Archived 2010-07-10 at the Wayback Machine
  13. ↑ http://www.jjg.net/ia/visvocab
  14. ↑ http://www.jjg.net/ia/recon/
  15. ↑ https://adaptivepath.com
  16. ↑ https://adaptivepath.com
  17. ↑ https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB113098635587487074
  18. ↑ https://adaptivepath.com
  19. ↑ http://www.jjg.net/ia/memphis/
  20. ↑ JJG's IA Summit 2009 Keynote | IxDA Archived 2012-09-03 at Archive.today
  21. ↑ Knight Foundation media innovation contest announces 2011 winners Archived 2011-08-01 at the Wayback Machine
  22. ↑ https://www.wired.com/2006/06/ajax/
  23. ↑ http://www.jjg.net/about/
personal data
SURNAME Garrett, Jesse James
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian designer and entrepreneur
DATE OF BIRTH 1950
PLACE OF BIRTH Ottawa