Category Archives: User Experience

Links for 6/1 – 6/5

Posted on June 8, 2009 by Brad

TweetHow to Create A Style Guide With Ease – Great tips on how to great a style guide that is both thorough and understandable. Oldie but goodie: When I’m asked to design a bridge … – Dave Malouf offers some … Continue reading →

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Relationships With Technology

Posted on June 5, 2009 by Brad

TweetAs technology becomes more interactive and personable, people will begin to establish deeper and more meaningful relationships with it. This is a key aspect that Microsoft wanted to get across during their announcement of Project Natal given during E3 last … Continue reading →

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Links for 5/11 – 5/22

Posted on May 18, 2009 by Brad

TweetTwitter’s Most Moronic Change: Removing @ Reply Settings – Twitter community outrage on recent change to their @ Reply system. About Challenges and Authentic Experiences: An Interview with Bill DeRouchey – Great interview looking at the history of Interaction Design, … Continue reading →

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Links for 4/27 – 5/1

Posted on May 4, 2009 by Brad

TweetYou Can’t NOT Afford Good User Experience -  Great resource for anyone looking for ammo to sell UX internally. Stated so simply it is amazing that some people still don’t get it.

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Do you network or compute?

Posted on April 30, 2009 by Brad

TweetDo you consider your interactions on sites like Facebook and Twitter to be computing? Are you working with someone in tandem in order to accomplish a task ? Or are you just chatting about last weekends BBQ and how burnt … Continue reading →

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Links for 4/20 – 4/24

Posted on April 25, 2009 by Brad

TweetInterview With Designer and Blogger Steven Snell – Another great interview that deals with how blogging and pumping out content is able to help you professionally. Real Fonts on the Web: Interview with The Font Bureau’s David Berlow -Interesting discussion … Continue reading →

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Flickr – Mindmap Feeding Ground

Posted on April 22, 2009 by Brad

TweetRecently, I was asked to help our visual designer to brainstorm ideas on what some of our icons should represent. The challenge with these icons were they represented fairly abstract concepts, like services and aggregate. Not only were the concepts … Continue reading →

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IA Summit 2009: Business Centered Design

Posted on April 10, 2009 by Brad

TweetIt is standard for a User Experience Designer to have a passion for the people, but occasionally they forget about the business that serves them. Christina Wodtke (twitter) gave the attendees of the IA Summit a reminder of why keeping … Continue reading →

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IA Summit 2009: Personas and Politics

Posted on April 10, 2009 by Brad

TweetPersonas are one of my favorite tools in the user experience tackle box. They can be used to drive the design of a project from start to finish, and also answer many pesky design problems. Adrienne Massanari (blog) pointed out … Continue reading →

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IA Summit 2009: Experience Themes

Posted on April 10, 2009 by Brad

TweetCindy Chastain (twitter) started an amazing conversation with her presentation at this years IA Summit in Memphis. It is common practice for authors and playwrights to use themes when creating a new story. Cindy, through real world practice, has discovered … Continue reading →

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