February 2011
2 posts
iPhone Form Field Design Patterns - Stephen Martin →
Currently working on iPhone form fields and this is a good one from Martin
November 2010
2 posts
WatchGo Fuzzy by David Armano
“The road to comfort is crowded and it rarely gets you there”
– Linchpin by Seth Godin
October 2010
1 post
September 2010
4 posts
Address formats
Recently we have been discussing a lot on US and European address formats. A couple of useful articles / white papers that helped our discussions
http://www.bitboost.com/ref/international-address-formats.html#Formats
http://www.thinkdirect.biz/Presentations/EuropeanAddressFormats.htm
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“Smile, breathe and go slowly”
– Thich Nhat Hanh
August 2010
3 posts
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Tweets for the week
Liz Danzico - Frames: Notes on Improvisation and Design | IxDA: http://bit.ly/cXCGXt via @addthis about 4 hours ago via web
Russia in color, a century ago - The Big Picture - Boston.com shar.es/0bxlE 3:49 PM Aug 23rd via Tweet Button
10 Unusual Places to Get Design Inspiration http://goo.gl/URi9 2:42 PM Aug 17th via web
“Gestalt Principles Applied in Design” http://bit.ly/aiflv1...
Writing Microcopy « Bokardo – Social Design by... →
This is a simple but awesome post for me to refer anytime. Copywriting is Design as my favorite company 37Signals have always stood for. And Joshua puts it clearly with nice examples and what to write when. This is good and a great reference.
In a recent project, I included microcopy into the design and the stakeholders said “Thats not part of the requirement and we don’t know who is...
Gestalt Principles Applied in Design →
July 2010
1 post
The Untold Story: How the iPhone Blew Up the... →
June 2010
5 posts
24 Usability Testing Tools | Useful Usability →
The Absolute Beginner’s Guide To Starting A Small... →
This is simply straight forward and awesome piece of tips. The 5 basic tips works for anyone 1. Focus on what’s important and remove all other clutter - which means stop being super busy 2. Invest in education 3. Ask for help - even though u are an introvert. Reach out! 4. Participate in the community activities 5. Dont quit the day job - I would take this with a grain of salt…but...
WatchSexy Faucet - touchless
“Meet the Team” Pages: Examples and Trends -... →
Wow…Thats a good collection of diverse samples of presenting the Team behind a company
LukeW | The History of Amazon’s Tab Navigation →
Luke has done an amazing job of tracing back the tab navigation in amazon for 12 long years. A good lesson on how design scales up and accomodates as the business grows.
May 2010
21 posts
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Wireframe Showcase →
Many a times I used to wonder how other designers work and how do their crude sketches work. Now this is one good place to discover others’ sketches and learn a lesson or two from their sketches.
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“We do not see things as they are; we see things as we are.”
– The Talmud
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The UX Driven Startup: Crafting an Experience Vision
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Find and replace across multiple files? →
Whenever I work on html or text files(atleast 100 or more), I have this daunting challenge when my customer says this to me: “Can you mask that navigation menu item? We will add it later when we have content”…thud :(….I spend another 45mins to fix it in every single file…
not anymore…I have TextCrawler :):)
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Info Arch - 3rd Level menu
I have been working on this project where we encountered this interesting problem of 3rd level menu items. Problem: Users need a way to navigate to any page in the website at any level. And when they navigate they need to know where they are and how to get back to any other level.
Solution: There are 2 kinds of 3rd level menu items. 1. Menu items with a launch page(homepage for the 3rd level) 2....
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“The time it takes to make a decision increases as the number of alternatives...”
– Hick’s Law on Design
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“I skate to where the puck is going to be, not where it has been.”
– Wayne Gretzky, hockey player
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iPad Usability - First Findings from Nielson
http://www.useit.com/alertbox/ipad.html
A good one from Raluca Budiu and Jakob Nielsen.
Good to know that they are giving away their 93 page research report for free :)
Key takeaways:
1. iPad is cutesy, but not user friendly.
2. Brings in age old usability problems of discoverability and perceived affordance - where can I Click?
3. Users cannot transfer their learning to all applications...
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“My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness”
– Dalai Lama
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WatchNature’s amazing designs
“Live a balanced life – learn some and think some and draw and paint and sing and...”
– Robert Fulghum
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I am recently reading this amazing book...
Rain Drum →
Cool and creative idea out of a mundane product. i just love it….
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“I teach the way that I wish I was taught.”
– Sal Khan, Khan Academy
WatchAnother top class presentation that I always wanted to share with a larger audience…
WatchImproving Interface Design
Finding Flow - 52 Weeks of UX →
This is just an amazing point. key takeaways for me: 1. be inspired from people who have already found flow and understand how they did it 2. try to spend immersive time more regularly and more often than a one off case 3. buy an ipad! :) ….
“‘In the world of identity design, very few designs mean anything when they’re...”
– Michael Bierut in The Mysterious Power of Context
April 2010
11 posts
» UX Book Reviews: May 2010 Johnny Holland – It's... →
Johny Holland is well known in the Blog Circles and in the domain of Interaction Design. This round up is a good one for many of us wondering about the books to read on UX.
“Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.” —Leonardo Da Vinci”
Kill Your To-Do List | Zen Habits →
I am very often caught in this dilemma and anxiety of my ever growing TODO list :( This is a great ZEN article as always…thanks for the great tip…
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Notes on the Synthesis of Form (Harvard... →
“These notes are about the process of design: the process of inventing things which display new physical order, organization, form, in response to function.”
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Google's local ranking factors →
Every business wants to be googled and be found in the first Search results page. Google reveals its secrets. A must read for anyone in the e-commerce business and for anyone looking to optimize for SEO.
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We have met the enemy and it is powerpoint... →
Ineffective powerpoint presentations are everywhere and you see them at the rate of 1 every meeting :)
“A portfolio of work is a curated experience. It’s an applicant’s chance to shape...”
– Liz Danzico with great advice for job applicants.
