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 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...
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...
AVG’s new Windows 8 style UI (formerly known as Metro). Tobias Komischke / Wed, Sep 19, 2012 AVG is an anti-virus software. In anticipation of the upcoming Windows 8, they’ve just modernized their UI to look like Windows 8 style UI – what was formerly known as Metro. It used to look like...
Secondary and Primary user Actions Jeffrey Smith / Tue, Sep 4, 2012 One quick and easy way of making any application or website more usable is to identify primary actions and secondary actions. Primary actions are the most frequently used that guide the user along an...
Poor UX and Service Designs are Out There jsalvador / Fri, Aug 31, 2012 Inspite of the efforts made in establishing a working definition, Service Design is still quite difficult to define let alone convince others that it's real and that there are really poor interaction...
Remote usability testing: preparing for the worst-case scenario Miao Wang / Fri, Aug 31, 2012 One project I’ve been working on lately has involved a remote usability testing session that accommodates all the challenging resources: multiple channels (live screen tracking + audio recording + a test...
Envisioning the Future of UX: WebVisions NYC 2012 Miao Wang / Wed, Feb 22, 2012 How will business, design and technology be perfectly coordinated in the future? Strategists, designers and developers gathered in New York for the WebVisions 2012 Convention to share their visions and...
UX service consulting: It’s all about motivation! Miao Wang / Tue, Jan 3, 2012 Since my consulting work started in UX Service group, I was questioned quite often about my job definition, specifically referring to its similarity to the position of “Interaction Designer” in Product...
Infragistics Services built the official 9/11 Memorial Guide on Windows Phone 7 Tobias Komischke / Thu, Dec 29, 2011 On September 11, 2011 – 10 years after the attacks of 9/11 – the National September 11 Memorial opened at Ground Zero in New York City. Infragistics Services developed the official Windows Phone app that...