To See “The Big Picture”, Sometimes You Need To Draw A Big Picture
To truly understand and design the best possible information architecture for an app or website, find the biggest whiteboard in your office and start drawing.
Category: Software Development
What Is Responsive Web Design?
Responsive Web Design is designing and coding the front-end of a website or app so that the layout “responds” or automatically adjusts (using CSS) to a layout that is optimized for user’s display size.
The ROI of User Experience (Video)
This is a great video from Susan Weinschenk (Chief of UX Strategy at HFI), which illustrates what many of us UX professionals preach on a regular basis—the value of User Experience.
Facebook Iterates Their Design. So Should You.
I just revisited a tweet I posted 300+ days ago, which points out a design flaws with Facebook’s use of redundant comment buttons. They have since removed the buttons.
Redesigning a Shopping Cart Teaches The Importance of Learning From Your Users
IDEO knows the importance of researching the user before beginning to design the product in their quest to redesign the shopping cart.
Less Really Does Equal More (Users)
It seems almost impossible for most software and website companies to resist the urge to add the kitchen sink of features and functions to their products. To this, I say, “Stop the madness!”
“Go Slow, To Go Fast” When Building Software
The concept is simple enough: Take the time to do something right the first time and you will inevitably complete the task faster and better than if you rushed it to “just get it done”.
UX Myths, Misconceptions and Quotes
So much research. So many rules. So many misinformed clients and designers.
How To Overcome The “Opinion Factor”
Opinions are always hard to overcome because everyone has one. Here are some helpful tips for getting a design to be driven less by what people “think” and more by proven methods and test results.
Drawing Ideas to Get Them out of Your Head
Twitter Co-Founder Jack Dorsey shares his thoughts about the importance of drawing ideas to get them out of the mind and into a form where they can be tinkered with and shared.
Focus Groups Vs Usability Testing
Focus Groups and Usability Tests are often mistaken as being the same thing when in reality they really could not be more different.
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