Yesterday I presented at UX Thursday in Chicago. My 20-minute talk was on The Touchable Desktop – When Responsive Won’t Fly. It looked at design considerations for websites targeting desktop computers and tablets when responsive web design is not an…
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The Touchable Desktop
Tagged with: iPad, Mobile
Posted in Conferences, Interaction Design, Mobile, Usability, User Experience
Posted in Conferences, Interaction Design, Mobile, Usability, User Experience
Jared Spool’s Prototype Camp Chicago 2012 Keynote
Jared Spool gave the keynote talk on the power of prototyping at yesterday’s Prototype Camp Chicago 2012. Here are my notes: Prototyping is not just about designing products, it’s really about exploring the problems you are trying to solve. When…
Prototype Camp Chicago 2012
I’ll be presenting a session today at Prototype Camp Chicago 2012 on mobile prototyping with Axure RP. It will be my first conference presentation and a great opportunity to share what I’ve learned about mobile prototyping with the local UX…
Wikipedia Redefined Project
A co-worker recently made me aware of a project by design agency New! that was a two-month exercise to redefine and redesign Wikipedia, one of the world’s most popular websites. If only we all had the time for such an…
Why Outlook.com is Good For Email
Microsoft launched a preview of its replacement for Hotmail this week (rebranded as Outlook.com) and this could be a good thing for all web-based email users. While I’m not normally impressed by the user experience of Microsoft products, my first…
Tagged with: Gmail, Google, Microsoft, Yahoo
Posted in Interaction Design, Product Management, Usability, User Experience
Posted in Interaction Design, Product Management, Usability, User Experience
The Value of Flexible Prototyping
I recently experienced firsthand the power of flexible prototyping — and it is powerful. I was doing in-lab, moderated usability testing of a mobile website experience and had reached that point where after a few participants you know you have…
Tap Targets Should Be Sized Appropriately
It seems so obvious that tap targets on mobile devices should be discreet tappable regions on the screen. But sadly that’s not always the case, even on mobile websites and apps from major content creators. One of the main uses…
HCI 530: Usability Issues for Handheld Devices
I just completed my latest DePaul University graduate HCI course: Usability Issues for Handheld Devices. I want to share one of the papers I wrote, a brief survey of automotive telematics and the associated usability issues and related regulatory frameworks.…
Tagged with: Mobile, Telematics
Posted in Graduate School, Interaction Design, Mobile, Research, Usability
Posted in Graduate School, Interaction Design, Mobile, Research, Usability
Jeff Gothelf on Lean UX
This week I attended the UX Immersion 2012 conference. Jeff Gothelf’s featured talk looked at Lean UX and how he used it at The Ladders. Here are my notes: On Lean UX When converting from Waterfall Development to Lean UX,…
Tagged with: Agile, Design
Posted in Conferences, Interaction Design, Lean UX, Sketching, Usability, User Experience
Posted in Conferences, Interaction Design, Lean UX, Sketching, Usability, User Experience
Great New Features in Axure 6.5 Beta
The beta version of Axure 6.5 was released recently and includes some great new features for mobile prototyping, especially simulating iOS apps. Some features I’ve already explored: A home screen icon for iOS can be imported into a project as…
Posted in Prototyping, Usability
