Month: February 2013

  • The UX of WeBuilder 2014

    I originally typed my HTML in Notepad on my 75 MHz Windows 95 desktop.  It wasn’t very helpful, but then again, HTML wasn’t that sophisticated at the time.  This was in 1995.  Very shortly after that, I discovered Homesite, a program by Nick Bradbury.  Homesite was better than anything else and stayed that way for a long…

  • SkyDrive Word App – AutoSave

    I like Microsoft’s new service SkyDrive.  It’s like Google Apps and Google Drive.  Inexpensive, tightly integrated with MS Office 2013.  All-in-all, very satisfactory.  However, I have one gripe. In the Word web app, it doesn’t autosave.  The Excel one autosaves.  The PowerPoint and One Note apps autosave.  Even the Excel Survey app autosaves.  Why the…

  • Hiring UX Designers 2013

    I manage a team of 4 designers at Marketo.  The company is doing quite well and UX Designer here is a central function.  We are looking to add another member or two to the team.  If you are interested (or know someone), please apply as a UX Designer. Designer Characteristics: Creative. Can come up with new…

  • Designers require a positive attitude

    The reality is that everyone has negative feedback about any design.  It doesn’t mean that it’s all stupid feedback, although much of it is exactly that.  However, it does mean that a designer is constantly bombarded with negative critique from design peers, management and executives, engineering and product management.  It is crucial to maintain a…