User Experience & Design
15 Aug 2011
Voting has begun to bring the Texas Content Massacre Panel to the 2012 SXSW Interactive Festival.
Are you as excited about the 2012 SXSW Interactive Festival as we are? We’ve already started counting down the days!
Because we love it so, we’re hoping to bring a little bit of horror,...
2 Apr 2011
The dust has settled from SXSW 2011. I’ve had a chance to catch up on email, get over the conference crud I brought back, and my hearing in my right ear is slowly returning, so I thought now would be a good time to share some of the things that I learned at SXSW with you.
The great news is...
10 Dec 2010
At An Event Apart earlier this year, I saw many examples of CSS3 animations and transitions involving manipulating images and objects over time in exciting ways. Recently I was working on a site and saw an opportunity to possibly include a subtle CSS3 transition in the site’s primary...
10 Dec 2010
In the interactive world everyone has their own opinion and ideas on what makes a pleasant, effective user experience. Usually that leads to the exclusion of the real question, “what do users want /need?” When done correctly, A/B Testing can settle the argument, giving the...
9 Dec 2010
We see it all over the Web: a beautifully designed site, but where’s the content? Many sites take an “If you build it, they will come” attitude towards content, as if it will magically appear. Social media sites can get away with that, because they don’t create their own...
3 Aug 2010
On a recent project, the internal project team found success in documenting functional specifications in a Google Document, as show below:
The benefits of this process included:
Detailed functional specifications that 1) can be implemented, 2) provide a positive user experience, and 3) will...
27 May 2010
I woke up this morning with a kink in my neck. The kind of kink that can't be cured. No amount of massaging, twisting, or rolling will get it back in line. And so my head is tilting slightly to the left today. I figure if I rest my chin on my hand, I'll just look like I'm in deep thought, like I'm...
30 Apr 2010
Nicely-cropped images help any web site look more credible and finished. Unfortunately, not everyone has access to fancy, schmancy photo-editing software like Adobe Photoshop. But don't despair. Beautifully-cropped photos can be yours with a few simple steps.
Software
I recommend using Picnik.com...
7 Mar 2010
As humans, we are visual creatures. We understand information best when presented visually (versus verbally). Below we discuss and share examples of how trends have shifted over time in the quest to communicate data effectively.
First there was Edward Tufte who revolutionized how information (...
16 Feb 2010
On January 23, Forum One sponsored UXCampDC, an unconference focused on all things user experience-related attracting close to 100 practitioners from the DC metro area. From Forum One, we had Suzanne Rainey, Brian Verhoeven, Courtney Clark, Matt Humphrey, Kate Bogh and myself. The...
