UK tech/business news outlet The Register recently wrote a piece (http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/03/06/arrays_too_expensive_for_cloud/) about Haylix’s recently-launched cloud storage application, and had the following to say about the user interface I designed for the company:
Another differentiation is a user interface which, in a demonstration to The Register, appeared rather more user-friendly than that offered by Amazon Web Services.
Dat’s right.
Sign up for a free account to see it for yourself (haylix.com), or check out this YouTube video for a preview.
“The best way to get approval is not to need it. This is equally true in art and business. And love. And sex. And just about everything else worth having.” — Cartoonist Hugh MacLeod and other thinkers on how to find your purpose and do what you love. (via explore-blog)
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National Geographic- Trees Cocooned in Spider Webs After Flood)
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 year-round — not just on my birthday! And, if I’m especially lucky (read: if my designs are well thought-out and users, fellow designers clients, and tech are on board), these wishes are granted, and the digital space is all the better for it.
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Start-ups Fund Wall St. Protest
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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).