The Magic is in the Details: The Beauty of Well Designed Micro-interactions and the Horror of Badly Designed Ones Diane Spengel / Fri, Jul 31, 2015 What are microinteractions? Microinteractions are the tiny details of a process that create the flow from beginning to completion. Dan Saffler defines Microinteractions as single moments within a use...
Ensuring Innovation with User Experience Design Kevin Richardson, Ph.D. / Thu, Sep 5, 2013 The Innovation Problem Business tends to believe that innovation means “one big idea”. It also tends to believe that innovation erupts from the minds of a chosen few “creative” individuals. And finally...
Evaluating the New Pinterest Megan Isaak / Mon, Jul 15, 2013 Yes, Its true. I'm a Pinterest Addict. I spend my free time browsing everything from Photography to new recipes and UI patterns to cute outfits. The site already has millions of users and a great design...
UX of Responsive Web Design Marshal Datkowitz / Wed, Jan 23, 2013 What is Responsive Web Design? Ethan Marcotte first used the term Responsive Web Design in his article in A List Apart in May of 2010. Marcotte explains that designing for every screen size and device...
Are You Design-Driven? Probably Not. Kevin Richardson, Ph.D. / Fri, Jan 18, 2013 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...
First Impression of BlackBerry 10’s New Design Miao Wang / Thu, Jan 3, 2013 Besides the big release of Microsoft Windows 8 OS , another potential hit at the beginning of 2013 must be BlackBerry 10 . With glimpses at some of their key features from developer previews, I've tried...
Dyson Air Blade & Thorough Design Tobias Komischke / Thu, Sep 13, 2012 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...
Remote usability testing: preparing for the worst-case scenario Miao Wang / Fri, Aug 31, 2012 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...
Notes from Interaction12 Conference in Dublin, Ireland Tobias Komischke / Wed, Feb 29, 2012 Several folks from Infragistics attended this year’s Interaction Conference which this time took place in Dublin, Ireland between 2/1-2/4/2012. Here are my notes Opening remarks from the Mayor of...
UX at this year's Web 2.0 NYC Conference jsalvador / Sun, Nov 27, 2011 As you may have noticed, 'UX' is a hot topic these days so it's no surprise that most sessions in this year's Web 2.0 conference in New York City revolved around User Experience and applying its principles...