Monthly Archives: July 2011
jQuery API
Fashion designer finds her calling in death wear
Fashion designer finds her calling in death wear
The idea that you would be buried with a garment made of polyester that would outlast your own decomposition, so that you would end up as a skeleton in this weird polyester nightie or something seems a bit contradictory, she said.
WebPagetest – Comparison Test
ADVANCED STYLE
A Manifesto for User Experience Design (Austin Govella at Thinking and Making)
A Manifesto for User Experience Design (Austin Govella at Thinking and Making)
‘Designers dont design anything. Organizations design everything. That one person in your organization who doesnt get it creates a drag on every product or service you produce (just as your best thinker is an accelerator). To create better experiences, you have to create better organizations. You have to improve your organizations design literacy.’
A 5-minute framework for fostering better conversations in comments sections | Poynter.
Brilliantly Sarcastic Responses To Completely Well-Meaning Signs | Happy Place
Kngnve: A Reference Of Female-Fronted Punk Rock: 1977-89 (Part 1)
Kngnve: A Reference Of Female-Fronted Punk Rock: 1977-89 (Part 1)
Homemade compilations. Love.
Female Fronted Heavy Metal: 1976 – 1989
athletic body diversity reference for artists intergalactic messages
milk punch | smitten kitchen
Joho the Blog A term we should already have had
Joho the Blog A term we should already have had
Sure theres a way to herd cats, someone said. Move their food.
The Peekaboo Paradox
In the vernacular of stand-up, the Great Zucchini was killing…
You wanted a banana but you got a gorilla holding the banana The Endeavour
You wanted a banana but you got a gorilla holding the banana The Endeavour
I love metaphors for object structure so much.
International Usability: Big Stuff the Same, Details Differ (Jakob Nielsen’s Alertbox)
International Usability: Big Stuff the Same, Details Differ (Jakob Nielsen’s Alertbox)
“The usual guideline when designing application components such as dialog boxes is to leave room for labels and hints to grow by at least 50% if the app will be translated from English into other languages. “
Getting the Right Stakeholder Feedback at the Right Time :: UXmatters
Getting the Right Stakeholder Feedback at the Right Time :: UXmatters
Maybe this is the magic diagram that explains the importance of choosing an interface paradigm before finalizing the font colours.
Chosen – a JavaScript plugin for jQuery and Prototype – makes select boxes better
Building a Content Strategy Methodology in Several Thousand Easy Steps Eating Elephant: A Content Strategy Blog
Meh, content strategy methodologies. But thank you for this phrase: “Your Methodology Sucks For Everyone But You.”
Design Solutions for New Log In Problems | Bagcheck
Design Solutions for New Log In Problems | Bagcheck
“Just how bad was it? User Interface Engineering’s analysis of a major online retailer found that 45% of all customers had multiple registrations in the system, 160,000 people requested passwords per day, and 75% of these people never completed the purchase they started once they requested their password. Ouch.”
LukeW | Web App Masters: Mobile & UX A Perfect Storm
LukeW | Web App Masters: Mobile & UX A Perfect Storm
* The market maturity cycle: starting with technology, going to features, and then heading to experience. This is a recurring pattern. * Market maturity is also driving toward an increased focus on experiences and design. As markets mature, overall experience becomes more important than new capabilities and features.
Panopticlick
Hand waving and the “real work” of design – confectious
Hand waving and the “real work” of design – confectious
“One of the provocative implications of taking on Goffman’s notion of performed selves is that in hand waving products into existence, designers are also performing themselves as interaction designers into a stable identity as well. What’s being stabilized by all that talking and pointing is not just the system to be built, but also the relationships and identities of the people making it. “If that’s so, then more skillful hand waving benefits not just individual projects but interaction design as a profession.”