The Stroop Effect and its Implications in UX Design Darian O'Reilly / Mon, Feb 8, 2016 What happens when your brain is trying to process conflicting streams of information? Let’s find out. Read this list of colors to yourself: Red Green Blue Purple Black Brown Yellow Red...
A Frank Lloyd Wright Approach to Digital Design Kent Eisenhuth / Fri, Jan 9, 2015 Frank Lloyd Wright was a pioneer, an Avant-Garde architect who broke free of the design traditions of his era. His ideals are still used in architecture today, and his buildings have stood the test of...
Ensuring Business Innovation – SxSW Interactive 2015 Kevin Richardson, Ph.D. / Tue, Aug 12, 2014 Friends – I’ve submitted a talk to the 2015 SxSW Interactive conference. If you like my concept and my video, please take a moment to follow the link ( http://panelpicker.sxsw.com/vote/31967 ) and vote...
The Off-Season Kevin Richardson, Ph.D. / Mon, Apr 28, 2014 In the user experience profession, as in sports and school, there is often a time “between”… between projects, between seasons, between semesters. Call it down-time, the local minima between the peaks...
Amazon's Wish List Problem Jim Ross / Fri, Dec 20, 2013 Someone gave me Quicken 2014 for Christmas. Don’t get me wrong, it was a good gift, a very practical gift, I needed it, and I’ll definitely use it, but compared to the other things on my Amazon wish...
What’s new in iOS 7? Neither features nor functions, but user experience! Miao Wang / Tue, Jul 30, 2013 On June 10, 2013 Apple announced its new mobile operating system – iOS 7 . It gained a lot of attention with its new visual style but was also controversial. Many people felt uncomfortable with the...
Sticky Navigation Pattern Solves Usability and Design Issues Marshal Datkowitz / Thu, Jun 13, 2013 Good website navigation is about good wayfinding. Wayfinding describes how we best orient ourselves by the use of signs and landmarks. So good navigation should clearly inform us as to where we are and...
Are You Design-Driven? Probably Not. Kevin Richardson, Ph.D. / Fri, Jan 18, 2013 The phrase “design-driven” seems to be used a lot these days. From design blogs to books on building corporate culture to marketing campaigns, everyone either thinks they are “design-driven” or need to...
First Impression of BlackBerry 10’s New Design Miao Wang / Thu, Jan 3, 2013 Besides the big release of Microsoft Windows 8 OS , another potential hit at the beginning of 2013 must be BlackBerry 10 . With glimpses at some of their key features from developer previews, I've tried...
Object Lesson: Form Design Tobias Komischke / Mon, Nov 26, 2012 I was doing research for a project recently where I needed to calculate quarterback ratings off from 35-year old scanned in records. The records were produced with type writers back then, just trying...