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“Aesthetics are subjective, behavior is not.” – Bokardo

12.17.09 | Permalink | Comment?

http://bokardo.com/archives/what-metric-are-you-designing-to-improve-today/ I keep going back to this post by Josh Porter about metrics to design to, rather than focusing on aesthetics and appearance, clear design values, meet that need when the time is right, but most importantly design to solve a problem, find a solution, make an improvement, set a metric, a goal and look [...]

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Twitter’s Redesign and “The Mark”

07.31.09 | Permalink | 4 Comments

An interesting review of Twitter’s new site design – from the perspective of a content provider of “tweets”: http://ritubpant.com/why-twitters-new-design-totally-misses-the-mark/ His points are valid, that in Twitter’s new design the core function of social network is overshadowed by the emerging core function of search (clearly dependent on the successful social network use and content provision). But [...]

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Mmmm, to work at Netflix….

07.30.09 | Permalink | 3 Comments

http://jobs.netflix.com/DetailFlix.asp?flix2998 “Netflix is looking for an outstanding user interface designer to join our small but amazing team. If you are as passionate about designing great experiences as you are about helping a successful business reach even higher heights, then we would love to talk to you. We are a close-knit team, so our ideal candidate [...]

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Jared Spool’s Denver UIE Roadshow

07.08.09 | Permalink | 1 Comment

I was thankful to be able to attend Jared’s Denver UIE Roadshow and was encouraged to keep pursuing solid UX processes and design solutions. Here are a few thoughts and hope to follow up a bit on some more. Successful Experience Design is at the intersection of the User and the Business – Jared did [...]

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Web Form Design, Luke W.

05.26.09 | Permalink | Comment?

Just finished reading through Luke W.’s great resource on web form design, Web Form Design: Filling in the Blanks. It’s a great overview, deep dive, and a must read for any UX/Web DesignerFront End Developer who’s interested in serving the user and building in quality efficiencies into a web form experience. I loved the thoroughness, [...]

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