Here are the slides from my talk at Interaction 12 in Dublin. If this content resonates with you, feel free to download and use my deck to teach these principles to others (and please drop me a tweet to tell me how it went)
Also, for those interested: I plan to have the matching poster out by IA Summit time. So stay tuned for news on that.

Abby – this is a great set of rules of thumb. I look forward to seeing the poster. Thanks
Interaction 12, Dublin…
I was fortunate enough to spend three days at the IxDA‘s Interaction 12 conference in Dublin’s swanky new Convention Centre this past week. When you’re more used to attending Linux/free/open-source-type gigs, it’s always a bit o…
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