Sorry about the crazy layout when I first posted this... I had some hickup posting it directly from MS Live Writer.

Some of the UX design principles are practically eternal and will never change. That’s those who are rooted in our characteristics as humans: our capabilities and limitations. These Human Factors are important design constraints that have to be considered during system design. Gestalt laws are among the…

I like my steak bloody with the last "moo" still a recent memory for the hapless cow. And I like my conferences packed with cutting edge info on software design and development best practices. I was satiated on both counts at the recent Heartland Developers Conference (HDC), held last week (September 8-10) in Omaha, Nebraska.

Many of the participants were either based in Omaha or within a 50 mile radius of…

If your a developer you may often over look design but there are some techniques you can use that take a small effort but produce big benefits. Here I'm going to show you how to use a Content Control to Create a Bevel Effect for your headers in your Silverlight or WPF Application. Lets get Started!

In Blend Add a Content Control where you would like your text to be.

 Now Edit The template of your Content Control by…