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Goodbye to 8 Design Elements Whose Time has Come

Adobe, Adobe Flash, Android, Apple, Apple iOS, Consumer products, Customer Experience, Design, Development, Facebook, Gestures, Google, HTML5, Interaction Design, Interface and Navigation Design, iPad, iPhone, Mobile Technology, New and Emerging Technologies, Personal and Professional Development, Product design, Ruby on Rails, Tablet, Technology, Usability

A survey of eight design elements that are going away or gone points the way to a smoother and more unified canvas for experience designers to work on.

Article by John McKinney

January 14, 2014

6 min read

Unlocking the Power of Data-Driven Design

Analytics and Tracking, Business Value and ROI, Data visualization, Design, Design Tools and Software, Facebook, Google, Human factors, iPad, Mobile Technology, New and Emerging Technologies, Product design, Project Management, Research Methods and Techniques, Research Tools and Software, Ruby on Rails, Tablet, Technology, Vendor-Client Relationships, Working With Stakeholders

Realizing the need for a reference tool that could validate design decisions with stakeholders, the team at ZURB created Quips, a growing vault of quotable statistics.

Article by Ryan Riddle

December 10, 2013

4 min read

Learning Programming by Persuasion

Design, Design Theory, Design Tools and Software, Development, Facebook, Flow and Immersion, Healthcare, Interaction Design, Interface and Navigation Design, Marketing and Brand, Persuasive Design, Psychology and Human Behavior, Ruby on Rails, Twitter, User Reported Feedback

How the traits of persuasive technology can make learning Ruby more engaging for students.

Article by Anu Ramaswamy, Aakash Dharmadhikari

April 1, 2013

6 min read

Ditch Traditional Wireframes

Design, Design Tools and Software, Development, HTML5, Interface and Navigation Design, Mobile Applications, Mobile Technology, Product design, Research Methods and Techniques, Research Tools and Software, Ruby on Rails, Tablet, Twitter, User Reported Feedback, Wireframes

Building wireframes in HTML and CSS gives you tremendous flexibility when testing and coding your product.

Article by Sergio Nouvel

October 24, 2012

10 min read

Less is Better

Business Value and ROI, Development, Interviews, Open source, Product design, Ruby on Rails, Simplicity, Software as a Service, Strategy, User Acceptance Testing, Web

A fascinating conversation with 37Signals’ David Heinemeier Hansson.

Article by Brad Umbaugh, David Heinemeier Hansson

November 30, 2009

32 min read

Failing Fast: Getting Projects Out of the Lab

Adobe, Adobe AIR, Adobe Flash, Adobe Flex, Facebook, Google, Interviews, Marketing and Brand, New and Emerging Technologies, Rich Internet applications, Ruby on Rails, Strategy, Team Dynamics, The Business of UX, Twitter, User Acceptance Testing, User Adoption, Web, Web 2.0

A discussion amongst thought leaders from eBay, Discovery Channel, Google, and Adobe.

Article by Ryan Stewart, Alan Lewis, Scott Green, Randy Rieland, Tony Hillerson

November 23, 2009

12 min read

Ruby on Rails

Goodbye to 8 Design Elements Whose Time has Come