UX Blog

In January of 2012, I wrote an article titled "Why I Chose Droid Vs iPhone". Well, I recently became eligible for an upgrade - so I thought I'd write an article on why I am completely reversing my decision by choosing an iPhone this time.

Like most jobs, UX designers need to posses certain skills in order to do their job effectively but there are also certain personality traits that can help someone make the leap from a good UX designer to a great UX designer. Those traits are self-doubt and empathy.

For developers and manufacturers, the advantages of creating usable products far outweigh the costs. The rule of thumb: Every dollar invested in ease of use returns $10 to $100. - IBM

Responsive Web Design is designing and coding the front-end of a website or app so that the layout "responds" or automatically adjusts (using CSS) to a layout that is optimized for user's display size.

A web application’s design and usability is just as important as that application’s functionality. If users can’t immediately figure out how to use a web application, then we haven’t done our job correctly.

The concept is simple enough: Take the time to do something right the first time and you will inevitably complete the task faster and better than if you rushed it to “just get it done”.

The Blur Test is an old art school technique used to reveal a design’s focal point and visual hierarchy. Let’s see how Go Daddy holds up to The Blur Test.

Focus Groups and Usability Tests are often mistaken as being the same thing when in reality they really could not be more different.

This is a great video from Susan Weinschenk (Chief of UX Strategy at HFI), which illustrates what many of us UX professionals preach on a regular basis—the value of User Experience.

Over the years I've interviewed a lot of talented User Experience Designers and, in doing so, I've also heard a lot of interesting quotes come out of these interviews.