Microsoft’s Max Zilberman interviewed me on the topic of fluid UIs and designing for multiple devices.
In the interview we chat about how different devices with various resolutions and physical sizes represent challenges for designing UIs. We discuss…
There is a lot of data out there today. Spreadsheets upon spreadsheets of data. Presenting this in a meaningful form has, until recently, been the domain of bar charts and line graphs (think MS Excel). This wasn’t necessarily a good thing but at least…
One project I’ve been working on lately has involved a remote usability testing session that accommodates all the challenging resources: multiple channels (live screen tracking + audio recording + a test guideline + few data input paper forms),…
I constantly come across lists of applications for designers and I think "oooh, cool! Let me download that." Then… I never use them. Ever.
This isn't a new topic, I first approached it a few months ago when I was going through different…
My journey is not a common one, but maybe it should be.
Despite being trained as a product designer I am now working in the field of User Experience (UX) Design. While I am not the first designer to find my skillset applicable in another discipline, the…
The heart of User Centered Design (UCD) is to listen to users. By "listen" I don't mean just hearing their words but using all the methods of observation to understand what users want from a product. I need to see what users are doing with a product,…
When I was in college many moons ago, our prof would take us to everyday machines like copy machines, vending machines, elevators, etc. for an ad-hoc design evaluation. Every time I see one of those Dyson Air Blade hand dryers I have to think back and…
AVG is an anti-virus software. In anticipation of the upcoming Windows 8, they’ve just modernized their UI to look like Windows 8 style UI – what was formerly known as Metro.
It used to look like this:
Now it looks like this:
The phrase “design-driven” seems to be used a lot these days. From design blogs to books on building corporate culture to marketing campaigns, everyone either thinks they are “design-driven” or need to be “design-driven.” I think it’s fantastic that the…
What happens when your brain is trying to process conflicting streams of information? Let’s find out.
Read this list of colors to yourself:
Red
Green
Blue
Purple
Black
Brown
Yellow
Pink
Orange
Piece of cake right? You are only concentrating…
I found this article in the New York Times that highlights the detrimental effect of bad user interfaces on the user experience and as a consequence on the rating of Ford.
Executive summary:
• In the J.D. Power & Associates Initial Quality Study, automakers…
I recently read some articles on Customer Journey Mapping, the next step as far as User Experience is concerned.
This was one article worth sharing, I thought.Enjoy !
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