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, [...]

Jared’s thoughts on Patterns and Frameworks. Components, Patterns, and Frameworks! Oh My! He gives a good overview of the use and value, particularly for smaller teams, to establish libraries of interface patterns, components for reusable code, and frameworks. Setting the foundation of a solution on previous uses allows the designer/team to then customize and to [...]

I’ve started to read through the Designing Web Interfaces book and find it interesting and validating – a good touch point for reference when talking to or sharing patterns and uses with other people. The main pattern “values”: Make it direct Keep it lightweight Stay on the page Provide invitations Use transitions React immediately I [...]

Very interesting take on “naturally” gestural, interactive objects. Mini tabletop surface like interaction but with mini blocks with LCD screens. Simple and intuitive, but intricate enough for complex uses and interactions. Pretty sweet stuff – wouldn’t want my two year old throwing my $50 (???)  Siftable block across the room though I like the idea [...]

Inspired by the Green Patriot Poster project. I whipped together this mashup over lunch… Credit goes to the original illustrator and designer of “Me travel? …not this summer!” I submitted it, but I don’t expect it to go live, since I heavily borrowed from the past poster – Mashups Free the World!