• My Dr. Dobbs article on multi-touch, multi-user, gesture-based design

    A few weeks ago Dr. Dobbs published a pretty lengthy (and informative) article of mine titled “Designing for Multi-Touch, Multi-User, and Gesture-Based Systems.”

     

    In my opinion, it’s very easy to get caught up in new technologies, new features, etc to the point of forgetting that the systems we design need to first and foremost be about helping people accomplish things; i.e. any visual or interaction “aesthetics…

    • Mon, Apr 27 2009
  • Quince on the iPhone!

    Okay, before you get all giddy, no, it’s not the full Quince exploration and participation experience you get on devices that support Silverlight 2.  BUT, we did recently add a plain ol’ HTML entry point to get you to all the great Quince UX design pattern content on the iPhone (and other mobile Web devices).

    If you approach Quince and say “hi” on a device that does not have Silverlight installed, you’ll see…

    • Thu, Apr 9 2009
  • UX Dreams

    I awake from the dream excited. Finally, that dazzling opening paragraph, the catchy series of well-crafted phrases that will entice readers to follow my blog for evermore has arrived via a dream. It is perfect. I quickly open the blog writer on my laptop positioned strategically next to the bed, ready for this moment of insight because I knew it would come, it had to come. I begin to type quickly for I must record my…

    • Thu, Apr 9 2009
  • Win7 Design Cutting Floor and IE8 Improvement

    I guess I’m a little late to the game on this one, but it just came across my email via Tobias.  Some Windows 7 designs that didn’t make the cut.  I always like seeing how designs evolved and the rationale behind the evolution.  Although the rationale given is minimal, it’s still interesting. 

    Also today, I blathered about a new experience in IE8 that is a big improvement over other alternatives I’ve seen…

    • Fri, Apr 3 2009