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UX Miracle Farming

UX Miracle Farming

Fri, Jul 15 in Methods and Practice, Presentations, Working better

Slides for my Miracle Farming talk at Big Design, 2011 in Dallas. Overcoming seven barriers to UX at your company.

Site Architecture Stencil for OmniGraffle

Site Architecture Stencil for OmniGraffle

Tue, Oct 19 in Methods and Practice, Publications

Improved site map stencil for OmniGraffle users that's based on EightShapes's Unify deliverable system. You can download it.

Concept is to baby as execution is to bathwater

Mon, Aug 30 in Methods and Practice

Li Ming Hsing's crosswalk sign illustrates the gulf between concept and execution. Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Design is your strategy

Mon, Aug 30 in Methods and Practice

The Medici Group's Frans Johansson talks about strategy and iteration and changing the world for the 99% conference.

Information Architecture: Blueprints for the Web, 2nd ed.

Information Architecture: Blueprints for the Web, 2nd ed.

Tue, May 18 in Methods and Practice, Publications

If you’re looking for the best introduction to user experience, Information Architecture: Blueprints for the Web is the book you should buy.

Target's ClearRX prescription bottle redesign wasn't all that

Sat, Aug 30 in Methods and Practice

Revisiting Target's CleaRX and the tried and true prescription pill bottle: The design that gets built is the only design that matters.

Design research reaps $1.6M in organizational change

Fri, Jun 20 in Methods and Practice

The obvious answer to a problem is not necessarily the correct answer. Research not only saves money, but can reap huge, systemic rewards.

A sample 'Only' statement for the I.A. Institute

A sample 'Only' statement for the I.A. Institute

Thu, Jun 12 in Methods and Practice

A look at how to put an Only statement together, as well as how it works using the I.A. Institute as an example.

The 'Only' statement: focus on your project's key goals

The 'Only' statement: focus on your project's key goals

Thu, Jun 5 in Methods and Practice

An Only statement keeps your team focused on a project's main goal and audience as well as what makes your project special.

Fantastic case study on ATM design

Thu, Jun 5 in Methods and Practice, Process and Theory

Holger Struppek writes a fantastic case study on the new interface design for Wells Fargo ATMs for 'Physical Interface'.

Designing with patterns: Lessons from Yahoo! and Comcast

Designing with patterns: Lessons from Yahoo! and Comcast

Mon, Mar 17 in Conferences & Events, Methods and Practice, Presentations

Come hear Christian Crumlish and I share what we’ve learned, what works, and what we will never ever do again at Comcast and Yahoo!

Lazy Site Map Generator

Sun, Feb 10 in Methods and Practice

Jason Pearce has put together a Lazy Site Map Generator that takes a site architecture in Excel, converts it into a Visio-friendly format, and then creates your sitemap in Visio. I haven’t tried it, but it looks very useful.

How to not boil lobsters: strategy keeps projects on track

How to not boil lobsters: strategy keeps projects on track

Sat, Sep 15 in Methods and Practice, Process and Theory

If your team knows what your strategy is, then they know where you're going, and your less likely to end up somewhere else.

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