McMansion Problems - Don’t Design for the Extras Darian O'Reilly / Mon, Oct 24, 2016 There is a blog that I love called McMansion Hell – you know those crazy monster houses built in bulk starting in the 1980’s? They are usually found in great clusters and sometimes on very small pieces...
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...
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...
Designing for Any Device Kevin Richardson, Ph.D. / Mon, Nov 4, 2013 What follows is a primer for the professional who has been tasked with creating a web site or application that may be accessed via multiple devices (aka responsive design). Whether you are a product manager...
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...
UX @ DevWeek 2013 Tobias Komischke / Thu, Mar 7, 2013 It’s DevWeek! The London Barbican Centre hosts the UK’s largest developer conference. Close to 600 developers are here - and so are we. Infragistics is represented with a booth and we’ve had a lot of...
User Experience Research & Motorcycle Racing Kevin Richardson, Ph.D. / Mon, Jan 28, 2013 I race motorcycles. I’m also a 20+ year veteran of user experience research. Believe it or not there are similarities. When I race, I have my knee on the ground as I lean the bike through the turns 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...
More proof that UX matters Marshal Datkowitz / Thu, Jun 21, 2012 I found this article in the New York Times that highlights the detrimental effect of bad user interfaces on the user experience and as a consequence on the rating of Ford. Executive summary: • In...
Notes from Interaction12 Conference in Dublin, Ireland Tobias Komischke / Wed, Feb 29, 2012 Several folks from Infragistics attended this year’s Interaction Conference which this time took place in Dublin, Ireland between 2/1-2/4/2012. Here are my notes Opening remarks from the Mayor of...