CATALOGING THE ART AND SCIENCE OF USER EXPERIENCE DESIGN
Title: If you see a UI walkthrough, they blew it Context: In a world without labeled controls, the first guy who can manage to guess the correct gesture is king. Synopsis: The natural user interface (or NUI for an acronym … Continued
Title: 5 Reasons Why Metaphors Can Improve the User Experience Context: User experience metaphors are…um…dammit! Why can’t I ever come up with a good metaphor when I need one? Synopsis: You use metaphors everyday to make sense of the world … Continued
Title: 100 Things You Should Know About People: #57 – There Are 4 Types Of Creativity Context: Sure you might be creative…but what type of creative are you? Synopsis: People are born creative. People must work to learn to be … Continued
Title: 9 Rules to Make Your Icons Clear and Intuitive Context: Put down the pirated copy of Photoshop and step away from the iconography. Synopsis: Icons are easy. All you need to do is to make a little picture of … Continued
Title: Unusual Thinking Styles Increase Creativity Context: It’s our job to be creative. Which means it’s our job to think unusual thoughts. I love our job. Synopsis: You know that way you like to work? Yeah, the way where you … Continued