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...
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...
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...
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...
Infragistics speaking at New York City Windows Phone User Group Tobias Komischke / Thu, Nov 17, 2011 On Monday, 11/21/11, I'll give a talk about UX design considerations for Windows Phone 7. Designing for smart phones is not the same as designing for desktop or web applications. While many fundamental...
Microsoft Expression Encoder: A Very Underrated Tool jsalvador / Wed, Sep 7, 2011 Having experienced the positive results during a big project several months ago, a blog on this topic is overdue. Although it wasn't the one I originally intended on exploring this month, thanks to a...
User Experience Design Soon to be a Flooded Industry? Jeffrey Smith / Tue, Jul 5, 2011 Being trained traditionally as a Graphic Designer, I have noticed a field that has evolved from Art departments without a single computer to a variety of disciplines in web, print, application, and...