46″ is just not big enough for our living room. We moved the couch forward, but that wasn’t a satisfying answer. I wanted more screen real estate. Here are some of my findings: Buying Experience I purchased from Best Buy even though I could get it for $100 cheaper from Amazon. I just wanted to…
User Experience is bad without User Interface is drop-downs and pop-ups and menus and icons and accordions, etc. It is important, but will be bad without Information Architecture is the arrangement of data and controls so that they are easy to find and manipulate. It is important, but will be bad without Graphic Design is…
I recently had to fill out a “Self-Review” for work. Evaluate yourself for the year and write down what you think. The hard part is deciding how much to stick your chest out and how much to pick on your weaknesses. If you write it too “puff-piece” then the management will not trust your point…
There has been alot of movement in “responsive HTML” over the last 2 years. Basically, responsive means that the page will morph as the screen gets smaller. It changes to use the available space more effectively. All the way down to the phone browser level, it changes fonts, image sizes, padding, etc etc. All to…
I am hiring multiple UX Designers here at Marketo. First, I do a short phone screen for candidates. Then, if they pass, a 3-4 hour interview with lots of people. Maybe this is cheating, but here are some tips to help you do well with me on the phone. Let Me Hear You I can’t…
sa·cred cowAn idea, custom, or institution held, esp. unreasonably, to be above criticism. In UX circles, testing is above reproach. It is a self-evident good. Anyone who doesn’t test is a moron. Test early, test often, test even more, test all the time. Killing a sacred cow is a time-honored practice. It gives you the…