Contents tagged with UX
Windows 7 Powered Turntables
NOTE: This post was originally published on June 1, but due to a database error. It was lost. I’m am reposting it for posterity (and it’s pretty cool technology). It used to be that all you needed was two turntables and a microphone, but now you get all that old school DJ’ing goodness onto one …
Special Event for the DC Silverlight SIG!
Just in case you didn’t get the newsletter, here’s what we sent out last Thursday. Perhaps, soon we will lift the covers on what we will be talking about. Hint: You’re going to be really excited about it! Caparea.net Silverlight Special Interest GroupCaparea.Net Silverlight SIG …
Secrets of Agile UX
Here’s an interesting slide deck I found on SlideShare about Agile UX. Agile UX – How To Avoid Big Design Up Front By Pretending Not To Do Big Design Up Front View more presentations from sparrk
Chicken or the Egg. UX or UI
Despite the mistranslation of “Anno Domini,” this is a great video illustrating the differences between UX (User Experience) and the UI (User Interface). Chicken and Egg from Kai Brunner on Vimeo.
Designing for Bears
Here’s an interesting slide deck on “Designing for Bears” that should help reboot the way you approach user experience design. Designing for Bears View more presentations from Lucy Spence
What UX Can Learn from the Intelligence Community
Here’s an interesting and thought provoking slide deck I came across on SlideShare. What UX can learn from the intelligence community View more presentations from Lucy Spence
Edward Tufte Shows Us How to Present Data
Here’s a great slide deck I found on SlideShare that shows the data visualization design ethic of Edward Tufte and brings it to PowerPoint. MCJ Edward Tufte Notes View more presentations from McGarrah Jessee
The Secret to Designing a Great Smartphone Font
Steve Matteson designs fonts for mobile devices. He’s the designer behind the Segoe font. In this interview, he talks about his thoughts on Apple’s use of Helvetica for iOS devices and his work on the Kindle, Android, Xbox and Windows Phone. Watch the video and read more about his work for Xbox, …
Adventures in Windows 8: UX Considerations When Migrating from Windows Phone 7
For my first real Windows Metro style app, I decided to port my Area Code Look Up app from the phone over to Windows Metro.
The word “port” is somewhat misleading: there’s not really a lot of code sharing: the phone version is Silverlight and the Metro version is JavaScript. Yes, …
Adventures in Windows 8: Another Look at the Area Code Look Up App UX
One of the places designers found inspiration for the Metro design language is transportation graphics.
Taking a look at my Area Code Look Up app, I needed the key piece of content to stand out in a big way.
Fortunately, I found a great example on the Metro design language WikiPedia page.
Take a …
Four Great Secrets of Graphic Design
Lesa Snider has put together a great course on graphic design for everyone. She’s also put the contents of her course on YouTube. Watch it below.