December 2009
18 posts
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“In the web world, user experience is sometimes conflated with usability,...”
– User experience design on Wikipedia
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It's a wonderful life →
Watched this for the first time last night. There’s a reason it’s a classic; excellent movie!
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Facebook mobile fail
Just used facebook mobile for the first time. When I click “older posts,” facebook loads posts that are already displayed. It’s pathetic this issue hasn’t been resolved yet; should be a quick fix.
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Why the claim "the Web undermines reading" is bunk
This note is in response to Darryl Jonckheer’s post “Does the Web Undermine Reading”.
I’ll be publishing a blog and portfolio in the spring and plan to critically address this topic. For now, here are a few cursory thoughts:
“I’ve been reading posts like this all over the Web [e.g. Does the Web undermine reading?], but none of the authors seem to take the time to...
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Good example of user experience portfolio (PDF) →
Jason Robb is a user experience designer at Language International. His digital portfolio provides a brief and focused resume and annotated examples of his design work in user experience design, visual and UI design, and front-end development.
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Why wireframe with InDesign? →
Nathan Curtis wrote a few months ago about why his team (EightShapes) uses InDesign to produce sophisticated wireframes and annotated deliverables.
Key points for using InDesign:
cross platform (Visio/Omnigraffle are not)
highly modular compared to counterparts
style options that mimic CSS
annotated documents (unlike Illustrator or Fireworks)
advanced tools for grids and vector-based...
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“Movies will never be the same after Avatar. Like the iPhone in the mobile world,...”
– Michael Arrington, “Avatar is like the iPhone of movies” for TechCrunch.com on The Washington Post
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“Many young web designers view their craft the way I used to view pop culture....”
– Jeffrey Zeldman, “Style versus design” on Adobe Dialog Box
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WatchI can see how such a digital magazine delivering dynamic content would be very immersive. Brilliant UX design. Would beat the pants off Kindle.
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“Dear Stewart, Thank you for your gift of USD 10.00 to the Wikimedia Foundation,...”
– Donate and support Wikipedia
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Watch(via Darryl Jonckheere)
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My thoughts on the new LinkedIn User Interface
I was immediately struck by the breathing room. Pages no longer feel as cluttered and claustrophobic. The white space is very welcome.
I don’t believe LinkedIn “broke” the navigation. It’s very conventional and only took me 30 seconds to figure out “new routes” to my routinely visited information.
I’m disappointed the “build your network”...
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Dog and Pony Show Design →
“Multiple design options are what you visit in your design process on your way toward a solution. What you present to your client must be the most effective result of your exhaustive efforts. Nothing less.” - Andy Rutledge
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The Rhetorical Nature of Interaction Design →
A designer does not simply create an object. The importance of understanding the long term dialogue that occurs with a product focuses around the cultural methods of use and misuse that a person engages in with this object. Indeed, long term dialogue may be exponentially more important than short term usability. Consider a teddy bear. The bear becomes worn, loved, the nose bitten off, the seams...
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“In western civilization, the artifact is continuing to diminish in relevance and...”
– Jon Kolko from “Our Misguided focus on brand and user experience” in Johnny Holland Magazine
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“Homophobia is like racism and anti-Semitism and other forms of bigotry in that...”
– Coretta Scott King (via jesseboy) (via 827) (via quillium)
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“In the early years, we take our marriages to be vehicles for wish fulfillment:...”
– Elizabeth Weil