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- Thinking Inside a Smaller Box
Title 2: One strategy for becoming a better designer Crafting truly inspired user interface designs is hard. Any schmoe can slap a listbox and a couple of buttons on a ...
Article - Mike Heydlauf - September 14, 2011 - 8 comments - 0 attachments
- Financial Services In A Connected Age
DX is a new series of single-day conferences and workshops dedicated to designing experiences across industries, topics and technologies. The first installment of DX features a mix of case studies and presentations that will prepare those who wor ...
Event - Alex Laven - September 13, 2011 - 0 comments - 0 attachments
- Why Persuasive Design Should Be Your Next Skill Set
The UX discipline has been busy. In the last two decades, it has formalized the practices of information architecture , experience design, content strategy , and interaction design . Thanks to the insatiable drive of UX practitioners to improve ...
Article - Loren Baxter - June 07, 2011 - 19 comments - 0 attachments
- Elevator Logic Applied To Web and Mobile Design
What holds attention determines action. - William James Have you ever been standing in an elevator waiting for the doors to close when someone down the hall calls out “hold the elevator?” What did you do? If you’ ...
Article - Cassandra Moore - January 20, 2011 - 7 comments - 0 attachments
- Pleasant Things Work Better
Evolutionary psychology tells us that humans are programmed to prefer bright colors, sweet flavors, and roundness of shapes. We are attuned to these things for survival: awareness of danger or safety, sources of energy, and choosing a healthy mate. ...
Article - Dana Chisnell - January 25, 2011 - 9 comments - 0 attachments
- The News Feed
Title 2: The ideal model for presenting news and information online The organization of corporate news and information websites is remarkably consistent, and has been f ...
Article - Andrew Turrell - December 30, 2010 - 5 comments - 0 attachments
- Is the Sitemap Losing Its Client-Facing Steam?
Lately, I have found myself questioning the effectiveness of the traditional sitemap as a stakeholder-facing deliverable. The main goal of a site map is to provide a holistic look at a site’s (or application’s) structure—that is, to answer the big quest ...
Article - Vincent Au - December 22, 2010 - 5 comments - 0 attachments
- Getting More From Analysis
Analysis is a crucial part of any design process. Without it, it’s impossible to know if the right problem is being solved and if it is being solved in the right way. It’s also a part of the design process that tends to be neglected or ignored. When int ...
Article - Jared Lewandowski, John Dilworth - December 16, 2010 - 3 comments - 0 attachments
- Is Multiscreen Enough? Why 'Write Once' Shouldn't be the Goal
Another of Adobe’s annual MAX events has come and gone, and I took quite a bit away from my time in Los Angeles. The clear message from Adobe CTO Kevin Lynch during the first day’s keynote was that the company’s immediate focus is on enabling so ...
Article - Kevin Suttle - December 13, 2010 - 2 comments - 0 attachments
- 10 Surefire Ways to Screw Up Your iPhone App
So you want to build the next smash hit iPhone app? Extraordinary design is key to getting the attention of users and of Apple, so if an app exudes a stench of mediocrity, Apple won’t feature it and app shoppers probably won’t download it (even if they ...
Article - Jeremy Olson - December 09, 2010 - 7 comments - 0 attachments