Yesterday I attended the Float Mobile Symposium at Techweek 2012 and heard a few interesting speakers. Here are my notes: Designing for Device Independence Size on-screen elements using physical units (points), and not pixels. Differences in pixel density make pixel-based…
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HoverBar for iPad
Some tech products just look so sexy. That’s how I feel about HoverBar from Twelve South, a really sharp add-on that uses a clamp to attach your iPad to an iMac, another external monitor, or a table top. I first…
Adobe Shadow Device Mirroring
I recently started using a new tool for testing website designs across different mobile device screens without the hassle of having to refresh each browser I’m using. Adobe Shadow is a free tool from Adobe that allows you to mirror…
Jared Spool’s UX Immersion 2012 Keynote
This week I attended the UX Immersion 2012 conference. Jared Spool’s keynote addressed why it’s a great time to be a designer. Here are my notes: It’s a Great Time for Extraordinary Design More than ever companies are realizing that…
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
Luke Wroblewski on Mobile Inputs
This week I attended Luke Wroblewski’s day-long workshop on Mobile Inputs at the UX Immersion 2012 conference. Here are my notes: Mobile Input Controls New mobile inputs are not just disruptive — They introduce completely new ways of doing things…
Tagged with: Design, Mobile, Usability
Posted in Conferences, Gestural Interfaces, Interaction Design, Lean UX, Mobile, Prototyping, Sketching, User Experience
Posted in Conferences, Gestural Interfaces, Interaction Design, Lean UX, Mobile, Prototyping, Sketching, User Experience
Mobile UX Design With Rachel Hinman
This week I attended Rachel Hinman’s day-long workshop on The Mobile Frontier at the UX Immersion 2012 conference. The conference, a new gathering arranged by User Interface Enginnering, featured deep dives on mobile and agile development. Here are my notes:…
Tagged with: Design, Mobile, Usability
Posted in Conferences, Gestural Interfaces, Interaction Design, Lean UX, Mobile, Prototyping, Sketching, User Experience
Posted in Conferences, Gestural Interfaces, Interaction Design, Lean UX, Mobile, Prototyping, Sketching, User Experience
Target Brand On Target Across Platforms
A recent discussion at work about how responsive web design could lead to brand consistency across platforms by repurposing and restyling shared content in a device-appropriate way got me thinking about how companies ensure common brand treatments in our multi-device…
Sketchcamp Chicago
Work faster, not harder. That was the message last week at the inaugural Sketchcamp Chicago conference. The one-day event, attended by about 75 UX architects, designers, and strategists, focused on tips and techniques for using sketching as a lightweight tool…
Safari Reader Improves Mobile Browsing
One of the little-mentioned features in Apple’s new iOS 5 is the addition of Reader in Mobile Safari. Reader, which was introduced in desktop Safari last year, allows a user to click a button in the browser address bar to…
Tagged with: Apple, Design, iPhone, Mobile, Usability
Posted in Interaction Design, Mobile, Usability, User Experience
Posted in Interaction Design, Mobile, Usability, User Experience
