January 2009

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  UX vs. XD – what’s the difference?

  01.19.09 | Permalink | Comment?

  I’ve been wrestling with the use of XD (Experience Design) within our organization instead of the term UX (User Experience Design, or UXD). For some reason the differences seem significant to me and I’m talking a bit of time here to dig into why that might be. The context of my inquiry and work is [...]

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  “What makes a User Experience expert”? from InsideRIA

  01.12.09 | Permalink | Comment?

  I posted a comment on RJ Owen’s question and post in December and have been tracking the comments. A great thread and thought to post my comment here and linkback to the InsideRIA post from RJ:

  http://www.insideria.com/2008/12/what-makes-a-user-experience-e.html
  My Comment:
  RJ_
  Great primer for UX input and defining, especially in the this context of RIA’s.
  Your points are valid and I [...]

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  Jeffrey Zeldman’s New Web Standards App/Plugin

  01.12.09 | Permalink | Comment?

  Jeffrey Zeldman’s come up with a pretty sweet plugin for Dreamweaver.
  Jeffrey Zeldman’s Web Standards Advisor
  http://www.zeldman.com/2009/01/12/jeffrey-zeldmans-web-standards-advisor/
  From the way he talks about the concept, it “whispering in your ear” (Can I select the ‘Anna British accent voice’ option, Mr. Zeldman), it seems like an interesting tool. Whether it whispers or not, I think that my and [...]

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