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Stop the stopwatch, UXers!
Recently, I watched a series of people observe informal usability tests. Two of the observers have recently graduated with Masters degrees in HCI or an adjacent field. Both recent graduates used a watch to record time-on-task and completion of the … Continue reading
My 2.5 days in San Francisco: MX 2010
Saturday PM: Sunshine! I actually began to sweat under my blazer from the warm sun shining brightly through the window. I had arrived in San Francisco a little early on Saturday, dropped my suitcase off at the Intercontinental Hotel, and … Continue reading
How WordPress falters as a CMS: Multiple content fields
WordPress is amazing and keeps getting better, but I want to be clear about an inherent limitation that WordPress has as a content management system (CMS). That limitation is that WordPress doesn’t handle multiple content regions on web pages. Too … Continue reading
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Tagged blog, covenanteyes, information architecture, information design, linkedin, UX, web development, WordPress
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Experience theme for Covenant Eyes
Cindy Chastain’s article, “Experience Themes,” at Boxes and Arrows outlines a neat way to package the concepts that help user experience designers put creative work into context. When I was leading many design/development projects at a time, I’d write a … Continue reading
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Tagged covenanteyes, experiencethemes, linkedin, UX, work
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Seams between systems and the Vignelli NYC subway map
I just read “Mr. Vignelli’s Map” by Michael Bierut over at Design Observer. In the post, Bierut remembers and analyzes why the public rejected Vignelli’s map of the New York City subway system. (Here’s the Vignelli subway map.) The Vignelli … Continue reading
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Tagged bierut, design, information design, linkedin, seams, UX, vignelli
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