For a while now, we've been beating the drum of responsive design: sites aren't just viewed on desktops anymore; they're accessed through laptops, tablets, phablets, and smartphones. So far, this…
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There's a really great article today on Boxes and Arrows, discussing the nitty-gritty of running an in-house UX Agency. It goes in-depth to talk about everything from selling the idea…
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An interesting thing happens within companies when it comes to creativity and innovation: some organizations, even those built on those principles, wind up inadvertently stomping it out. Xerox for example,…
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The very nature of insurance means that much of my design work deals with large sets of numbers, trends and complex transactions. As a result, much of my essential function…
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A List Apart published an interesting article about an unorthodox method of securing clients: under-bid them. The example given is that when clients approach you with a $100,000 budget to…
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One of the issues that I've encountered that causes endless frustration is when the owner of a project has a vested interest in making it fail. That is, they worry…
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Smashing Magazine had an excellent article yesterday discussing the power of transitions in user experience. We've already discussed how some animations can make an application appear faster and more responsive,…
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Many of you might have noticed that Google has undergone something or a radical shift in its design over the last two years. As recently as 2011, the company, though…
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One of the challenges we've encountered and attempted to over-come is the perception that User Experience is something that can be added at the end of a project; something that's…
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I came across an article that analyzes some of the design solutions that the App "Oyster" proposes to resolve mobile reading issues. While I disagree that any of them are…
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