Tag Archives: Interaction Design

The Philosophy of Function

Posted on April 27, 2010 by Brad

TweetAs I mentioned in my previous post, I recently was reminded of papers I wrote back in college for some philosophy courses that oddly deal directly with my professional life as a User Experience Designer. This next paper really resonated … 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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What kind of designer do I aspire to be?

Posted on July 6, 2009 by Brad

TweetGhost in the Pixel is one of my favorite Interaction Design blogs. Last May, Uday Gajendar posted some insightful questions to guide young designers on the path they want to take professionally. I found this helpful in allowing me to … Continue reading →

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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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Links for 5/25 – 5/29

Posted on June 2, 2009 by Brad

TweetWireframe Websites That Wow – I have completely fallen for wireframes. This post highlights some of the best sites out there to help yourself keep on top of them. Selling What We Do – UX is hard to sell, hands … 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 5/4 – 5/8

Posted on May 9, 2009 by Brad

TweetWeb Do’s and Don’ts – Great resource for patterns and anti-patterns. You Are Not A Designer If – It would be very interesting to see a follow up to this called ‘You Are A Designer If’. Boxes and Arrows Interactions … Continue reading →

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Should Interaction Design Control Behavior?

Posted on May 6, 2009 by Brad

TweetThere seems to be two schools of thought in the IxDA community regarding how a design should influence a user behavior. On one side there are designers who simply try to support existing behavior patterns, on the other hand designers … 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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