Author Archives: Brad

The Importance of Failure for Designers – Part 2

Posted on October 22, 2009 by Brad

TweetIn Part 1, I showcased the first two methods for dealing with failure and learning from it. Part 2 will focus on activities that can be during a retrospective, or stand alone. These next two methods have a certain risk … Continue reading →

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Adventures of Loki and Tristan

Posted on October 15, 2009 by Brad

TweetIt’s been just about 3 months since Tristan has joined our world, and everyone in our household is finally getting settled down with the new addition. My wife and I made it through the transition fairly well, and I can … Continue reading →

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The Importance of Failure for Designers – Part 1

Posted on October 12, 2009 by Brad

TweetI’ve recently been working on a framework to help designers deal with failure. Failure can occur many times over the course of a project, and knowing how to use that failure effectively helps a team continue to work without losing … Continue reading →

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Advanced Prototyping Using Blend 3

Posted on September 29, 2009 by Brad

TweetThe key to any advanced prototypes using Blend 3 w/ Skecthflow is using the SketchFlow Animation Panel, the more advanced States panel, or by adding common interactive behavior to controls. Now, if you happen to have any Flash background, setting … Continue reading →

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Prototyping with Blend 3 and Sketchflow

Posted on September 1, 2009 by Brad

TweetMy first introduction to Blend wasn’t a pleasant one, so bad that when Blend2 came out I promptly ignored it. However, while attending the Day of .Net Conference I sat in on a demo of Blend 3 with Sketchflow. It … Continue reading →

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User Experience Doesn’t Equal User Interface – Presentation

Posted on September 1, 2009 by Brad

TweetI know the majority of my readers are UX designers, so most of this will preaching to the choir. But, I promised the attendees an online version of my slides with what I  wanted to say during the presentation. For … Continue reading →

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SMCSTL – Evolution of the Web – A Panel

Posted on August 13, 2009 by Brad

TweetThe Social Media Club of St. Louis is meeting on August 20th to discuss how IT has had to deal with the changes of the web over the course of the past 10 years. With the raise of Web 2.0 … Continue reading →

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How do you learn from failing?

Posted on August 12, 2009 by Brad

TweetThe art of designing is one filled with failing early and failing often. These iterations allow a designer to learn from their mistakes to get to a proper solution. Learning from your failures is real challenge though, especially if there … Continue reading →

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What would you share with a room full of developers?

Posted on July 28, 2009 by Brad

TweetLater this month I will be speaking at Day of .Net, a local developer conference here in St. Louis. The topic of my presentation is ‘UX != User Interface’. I hope to clear the room on what User Experience is … Continue reading →

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Links 7/1 – 7/10

Posted on July 10, 2009 by Brad

TweetSeeing Things Differently – It is always best to keep in mind the people that always need a little help. Designing A Unified Experience – Kim Goodwin gives an outstanding overview of design. Great video to check out. Todd Zaki … Continue reading →

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