by mark | Nov 5, 2016 | Cost Cutting, Uncategorized
User testing is an integral part of tuning the user experience but if you are not careful it can also be the most expensive part. Just like user testing being an art and a science in itself so is knowing how and when to do it to save money. Do you need user testing?...
by mark | Oct 30, 2014 | Branding the UX, Uncategorized
There are many ways best practices in UX can be defined down to a prescribed list. It makes for a great way to save money: write down a checklist of best practices into a pattern library and go over the list every time you are reviewing a new design. Don’t get...
by mark | Oct 18, 2014 | Book Review, Uncategorized
Anyone doing UX in businesses will sooner or later need to work on an agile team. This book is kind of the standard for this topic in this area. Projects at my work had switched over to the Agile process but never really adjusted the UX process to accommodate this. If...
by mark | Oct 10, 2014 | Book Review, Uncategorized
This book is dense. I originally got the digital version; big mistake. I ended buying a hard bound version. This is a book where the diagrams must be studied at length to understand the subject matter. It really depends on what you need the book for. If you are trying...
by mark | Sep 22, 2014 | Book Review, Uncategorized
This book is kind of a cross between the history of User Interface, Apple, and Dr. Raskins experience of building the CAT. It mixes in some some of the principals of psychology but I would not read this book if you are looking for information on that topic. There are...
by mark | Sep 12, 2014 | Book Review, Uncategorized
I got this book as a gift. I gotta say it is one of the better ones out there. It covers design like a dictionary would. Just page after page of terms and concepts being broken down. This may sound boring but if you are into the psychology behind design this will be...
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