An idealistic vision can lift people up and engage them, but it also needs to be approached in a way that acknowledges the reality of the challenge. Great leaders are able to work both agendas simultaneously in a compelling way. From the Harvard Business Review post The Power of Idealistic-Realism:
A great user experience is rooted in your attention to detail Apple’s iOS Human Interface Guidelines Image source: www.flickr.com/photos/funch/4679422945
Late last summer .net Magazine asked me if I’d like to write an opinion piece for them and I happily said yes. Today my piece was published.
[Update] Quite a few blogs have picked up this post and to correct any misquoting saying I called it a “Publicity stunt” etc. I have not. As I write below I am not opposed to the idea. Just what the first curator tweeted, particularly during his first day. Since then
The other week I had the “privilege” of going to Ikea twice. As a live-abroad Swede Ikea holds a special place in my heart, but even for me two days in a row is a bit much. However, no matter where in the world I am walking into an Ikea will
This video from Microsoft is the latest one of the “future-concept” videos that are doing the rounds on the internet. It’s got some nice executions in it. Some lovely interface designs and ideas of simple and seamless connectedness.
Pretending that you can’t is sort of like pretending that a retailer that once sold primarily via catalogue can’t and shouldn’t sell via the internet too. From the Ecounsultancy article Native apps versus mobile website: three simple rules A great read on why this isn’t an ‘Either-or’ matter, what you
[youtube id=”5535Ts-iOP0″ width=”475″] A nice little analogy video about what matters with your browser Image source: www.flickr.com/photos/jdhancock/3383629917
The first episode of this season’s Horizon, a BBC science documentary, was titled ‘Do you see what I see’. It was about the science of colour, how we perceive and are affected by them.
As I start to write this post I’m sat on the tube. My MacBook Air is safe in its sleeve in my bag. My iPhone is what I’m writing this on. My iPad is at home in the living room. Next to the bed lies my iPod nano and in
This post has been brewing for a while, in fact ever since I started freelancing back in February this year.
The site doesn’t normally look like this. I wish I could blame it on Inspector Gadget’s unfortunate commands but I’m afraid the fault is all mine.
The major takeaway for app developers is that they must provide an experience that goes above and beyond the Web in order to give users an incentive to use an app over the web equivalent. From the UX Magazine article Five lessons from a year of tablet research on how
If you ask your users what they want and what they don’t want and develop there after, you won’t be innovating but only producing what everyone else is already doing.
So I joined Google+. My second reaction (first one being “Interesting…”) after having had a look at it is “Yet another social network to build up”, trawling through and adding people who I’ve already added and organised on other networks. Do I really have to do it again?
Yesterday I went to This Happened London where three guys spoke; James Wheare about Twitshift, Campbell Orme about Making Future Magic and Tom Taylor about Noticings.
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Every time you redesign… God kills a kitten. Tweeted by @louisrosenfeld. See his UX London presentation on Slideshare Image source: www.flickr.com/photos/matterphotography/2739799786
When developing apps across mobile platforms, there should be no devices left with a poorer user experience. From the UX Magazine post App Equality: The same experience who ever you are Image source: www.flickr.com/photos/giovanni_novara1/5817898537
You have this great idea behind a website or app. Perhaps it’s the launch of something new or it’s an update to an already existing site or app. You’ve (hopefully) analysed what you want to include in terms of functionality and why. Both from the user’s and the business’ point