November 2011
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Refined Taste? Wise beyond my years??
I just went into Google Ads Preferences to investigate how much I can tweak the ads I see while trolling around the Internets. The answer? A bit. But MORE IMPORTANTLY, I discovered that Google has inferred that I’m between the ages of 35-44 based on the websites I visit.
I am, in fact, quite comfortably within the 25-34 bracket. So what does this say about me and my life choices??
October 2011
9 posts
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What I ♥ about UX design: #1 - I make wish lists
UX designers are really lucky. Designs are essentially end-users’ product/app/interface wish lists, whether they know it or not.
“If I was a frequent user, it’d be awesome if I could do x from y.”
“Based on what we know about these customers, I think they’d really like to be able to x their ys…”
So, I effectively get to write wish lists all...
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Start-ups Fund Wall St. Protest →
They’re protesting big banks and corporations, so which start-ups are Occupy Wall Street looking to for collecting donations and financing a new media endeavor?
The Occupy Wall Street…
Love of Control Has Made Tablets Indispensable →
Musings for the Introspective Designer →
Not yet a fan of the new Delicious design and interaction model, but I just created a “stack” through a way-too-clunky interface that’s dedicated to introspective designers (a.k.a. all designers).
What must it be like to work at MySpace?
Is it hard to care about a product that’s shrinking so rapidly in popularity?
Does the environment kill UX designers’ and product owners’ drive?
Do meetings end in “whatever, that’s fine, I don’t even know why we’re still working on this site?”
Just curious.
The Cool Hunter - Amazing Places To Experience... →
Cheap flights Australia: Jetstar, Tiger Airways,... →
The Psychologist’s View of UX Design | UX Magazine →
August 2011
2 posts
betteruxportfolios →
July 2011
4 posts
The UX of Co-Design: Experience Principles for... →
Ads should help to build trust in a company...
Would you trust this company with your investments?? Because I wouldn’t. This banner ad appeared on Wikinvest.com (great tool) when I was checking up on my portfolio. The fact SPDR is using animated gifs created in MS Paint makes me seriously question their integrity, values, and fiscal responsibility.
Usability News →
A UCD Story →
A nice read about Scott Faranello’s design process and shared best practices. In his own words:
What follows is a roadmap for a project in which I utilized much of my user experience background. Within this roadmap as well are real-world examples of my thought processes around design decisions that led to a successful outcome of this large-scale project.
June 2011
2 posts
25 Rules for a Perfect Brainstorm |... →
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N SKY C →
Simple idea, beautiful execution. Short description from the site:
The average color of the New York City sky, updated every 5 minutes
May 2011
5 posts
Gamification Encyclopedia | Game Mechanics... →
ROME →
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Mobile UI Patterns › Activity Feeds →
My go-to when I need to quickly put together a mobile competitive landscape.
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Little Big Details →
This tumblelog has become my of-the-moment daily source of UI inspiration.
Stanford Social Innovation Review: Ideas for... →
April 2011
7 posts
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Human-Centered Design Toolkit | IDEO →
SIX →
A bit smitten with the concept of design thinking to solve social problems. SIX is a tremendous resource to keep abreast of what’s going on in the social innovation industry.
“Somehow flowcharting and wireframing with a Muji pen makes me feel like a more...”
– Impromptu confession
Stephen recommended an article : For Xanadu Mall... →
What IS that thing??
Metro Design Language of Windows Phone 7 |... →
Glad Microsoft finally realized the importance of good design. Hope the Metro language will translate to future versions of desktop Windows.
March 2011
9 posts
Stephen recommended an article : A Digital... →
Don’t let a for-profit company monopolize knowledge. Create a public — and free — online collection of our books.
Good opinion piece, and something I’ve thought about from time to time. I do love Google, but in no way is a monopoly ever a positive thing. A monopoly of information, something society has yet to experience but is becoming more and more possible with advancing technology,...
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Digitalkoot: Crowdsourcing and Game Mechanics for... →
Must check out this link. Digitalkoot is using game mechanics to crowdsource ‘editors’ to help discover and correct errors that occur during the process of indexing the Library of Finland’s archives.
From the website:
Digitalkoot is a joint project run by the National Library of Finland and Microtask. Our goal is to index the library’s enormous archives so that they...
Esri's Japan Incident Map / #tsunami... →
Geolocation company Esri has put together a map detailing the earthquake and tsunami’s damage radius, latest news, and individuals’ shared YouTube videos, Flickr images, and tweets. The result is a truly powerful account of the devastation that the country is experiencing, as seen from the eyes of the Japanese people.
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Typekit →
Nice. [When I actually learn to code] I plan on using typekit fonts on my next website.
Tough Sell: Selling User Experience -... →
Highly recommended read. Luckily, I haven’t had the challenge of having to “sell” UX in a traditional, by-the-numbers way. But you can bet that if I ever do, I’ll approach it as a UX problem just like Misha Vaughan did.
Stephen recommended an article : Nine Afghan Boys... →
Horrifying.
So You Wanna Build a Library, Eh? - Boxes and... →
Very timely article. Was just playing around with the idea of building a library with a coworker for a particularly pattern-heavy project workstream. Still undecided if the end result is truly worth the effort both upfront and from a maintenance standpoint in this case.
February 2011
3 posts
Dror / Home →
Cool design studio. Just read a piece about the QuaDror (http://www.quadror.com/) — a strong, lightweight building system they created that has the potential to revolutionize architecture.
Home - Dark Patterns →
Stephen recommended an article : In Astoria’s... →
The protests in Cairo that have drawn tens of thousands of young Egyptians are also resonating among the younger generation of Egyptian-Americans in Queens.
January 2011
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December 2010
3 posts
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My childhood hero, Shigeru Miyamoto: part game...
The profile describes Miyamoto’s (creator of Mario/Zelda/DK, all around awesome dude) background, process, and inspiration, and touches on theories of what makes games compelling. An especially interesting portion is on the importance Miyamoto sees in sharing “kyokan” with users:
“What we demand in development is sharing the common feeling.”…“Suppose someone is talking about his children,”...
Improve your site maps with page archetypes |... →
September 2010
7 posts
InsidePiet →
Nussbaum: China, India, Mexico, and Brazil Embrace... →
While that’s not going to happen here in the U.S., it is already happening in NODES. Carlos says that “NODES is a network of design experts connecting global design expertise with local design…
Condé Nast Digital Custom Solutions Site →