Time to read: 3 minutes I just had a weird conversation with a colleague in our standup meeting. We have a new developer who joined recently and is specialised in working on a particular platform. My colleague argues that if we send the dev my UX wireframes for the improvements, which are made in the sketchy style of balsamiq, he […] continue reading »
Category: UX & Design
User eXperience and Design. Tips, tricks, or just snippets of my online finds, both praise for a job well done and gripes for shameful behaviour.
I discovered UX (User eXperience) as a discipline in 2002. I had been working with its principles in mind for more than ten years already, and it was a revelation to be told “look, there are books for how you think!”. Since then, I have been constantly learning, working, and expanding on the topic of UX in every aspect of work and life
Exploring ideas of increasing complexity for an #agile #dashboard #ux #design #dataviz #visualisation #information #fingerTuesday #tweet #e13
Time to read: < 1 minute Exploring ideas of increasing complexity for an #agile #dashboard #ux #design #dataviz #visualisation #information #fingerTuesday #tweet #e13 via Instagram http://ift.tt/1ONwp7J […] continue reading »
why asking “where are you from” is getting old. And periods.
Time to read: < 1 minute [View the story “why “where are you from” is the worse question to ask me.” on Storify] […] continue reading »
“an Agile user story is ready when…” definitions (comic strip version!)
Time to read: 4 minutes In my most recent job, we are working in Agile. This is something I am unfamiliar with and am having fun learning about. Possibly too much fun. Today, we had people stopping on their way to places just to look at our team’s definitions of “ready”. The chipmunk (I attempted a kitten) asking for comments […] continue reading »
documenting responsive web design for CMS authors
Time to read: < 1 minute This is a page out of a series of specs I wrote for a particular set of websites that use RWD (Responsive Web Design). It was created for the CMS authors and for the devs. It illustrates the behaviour of the title-text-image-moreButton block on various screen sizes, after it was built on a CMS with […] continue reading »
how I used UX principles to organise my wardrobe
Time to read: 5 minutes The basis of User Experience is “who is the user” and “what do they need”. I have applied these principles to my wardrobe. Here’s how. primary wardrobe usage: getting dressed for what the day holds I use my wardrobe for getting dressed in the mornings, and for putting clothes away in the evenings (or after […] continue reading »
heuristics of giving and receiving gifts
Time to read: 6 minutes I love giving gifts. I also love receiving them. Over the years, I have discovered a few basic rules about gifts. Good gifts. Both the giving and receiving. December is upon us, so I am sharing them in case someone finds them helpful. Getting the right thing, seeing the reaction of surprise, delight and happiness. […] continue reading »
how I fixed Vogue’s Fashion Night Out #FNO
Time to read: 6 minutes Ok, so I didn’t fix it. I just did something slightly OCD only for me. My friend saw what I’d done, loved it, and encouraged me to tell the story and the vision of what FNO could, some day, have. what is FNO? A few weeks ago was the much-anticipated Vogue’s Fashion Night Out. The […] continue reading »
why I call myself a “UX Architect”.
Time to read: 2 minutes People with my skills have been called UI designers, business analysts, information architects, interaction designers and a few other things besides. This is confusing and tiring. I have chosen “UX Architect”, and I have a reason. Firstly, “UX” stands for user experience, and is an offshoot of Human-Computer Interaction. My choice of “UX Architect” is […] continue reading »
from 7 clicks to 3: optimising regional choices
Time to read: < 1 minute I was once tasked with improving the web experience of a large asset management company, who will remain nameless. Spending enough time exploring the site, being curious and multilingual, I also poked around the various regional options when opening the site. That was when I noticed that every time you wanted to access a local […] continue reading »