A UX Manifesto – Presented
This last Friday I had the honor of presenting the keynote for the Tulsa TechFest 2012. Very well-organized event considering its size–good job to all the organizers and volunteers! My talk was a...
View ArticleInstalling Nest in a 100-Year-Old House with Radiator Heating: A Guide/Review
Just thought I’d share my experience with a great product–the Nest Learning Thermostat. Given that I own an over 100-year-old house with radiator heating (and no central air), I was dubious about this...
View ArticleFlatland? No Thanks
“When you launch an app on your mobile device, the device essentially becomes that app.” via Max Rudberg – ✎ Flat UI is not the only way forward This is a great, keen observation, and it correlates to...
View ArticleNativist Nonsense and Idiotic Idealism
I very much appreciate, understand, and value design aesthetics and well built technology. I’m also an amateur philosopher in my free time, so I can appreciate ideas, ideals, and ideologies in...
View ArticleIt Feels Good to Know and Do Things
Every so often another article appears somewhere advocating creating prototypes by coding. There are many drawbacks in doing that, not the least of which is simply wasted time–time spent dorking...
View ArticleAdobe Tools Are Not UX Designer Tools
If you’re looking to hire a competent UX professional, do not ask for “Experience with Adobe Tools” in your job description. Especially don’t ask for PhotoShop. Even visual designers are waking up to...
View ArticleIs Responsive Web Design a Lie?
I’ve previously written about the importance of keeping a focus on users when thinking about responsive Web design. I’ve also written about ways to think about responsive Web design in the context of...
View ArticleWhen to Listen to Customers
A colleague recently shared this article saying that Steve Jobs never listened to his customers. That, IMO, is a bit off. I am fairly sure it is not accurate to say that of Steve Jobs, but more...
View ArticleDesigners and Artists, and Hiring
A colleague pointed me to this good piece on “how to hire designers” today. Lots of good stuff there. My favorite line was this: Great art workers, great graphic artists, certainly. But not designers....
View ArticleDesign Does Not Mean Sitting in a Room
With Q&A, however, Microsoft “started with just a pure design view,” Netz said. That meant the design team sat in a room for weeks and thought about how to make the user experience as simple and...
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