Posts Tagged ‘UX’

When discussing great data presentation, Edward Tufte is often cited, with good reason. Good data presentation has always been important. It is especially necessary to achieve the potential with Big Data, uniting Information Management and Experience Design. I’m indebted to Perficient colleague Brian Dudley for introducing me to Hans Rosling and his inspiring way of presenting data. Rosling […]

Jared Spool presented “The Secret Lives of Links” as the closing keynote at Big Design 2012. Links do not get enough of our attention and too often are viewed as “just a way to connect stuff.” The fact that websites still have links with “click here” and “learn more” (first and second place for worst links, […]

Axure, an interactive prototyping tool, allows you to publish prototypes online at AxShare. I tried it out today and overall, it is a nice tool and provides a quick, simple way to share clickable prototypes with others.  AxShare isn’t a new tool – Molly Malsam had mentioned it in as a “Collaboration Tools I Wouldn’t Want to Live […]

I had the privilege to present at Big Design 2012 in Dallas, TX. I’ve wanted to go to Big Design since it hit the scene a few years ago as I’d heard many wonderful things from friends and peers that have gone. During my visit, I was able to meet up with old friends, find […]

Earlier this month I presented “Resizing User Experience” at Midwest UX down in Columbus, OH. No, I didn’t talk about how to fit a website on a wristwatch—I addressed a persistent challenge faced by those who work at a design agency: how to adjust process and scale your efforts appropriately when the scope of projects […]

In my last post, I wrote about the importance of changing the thinking about accessible design and how design itself is a powerful tool for change. Designing for change was a second strong theme at Big Design 2012, continuing from Big Design and UPA last year. Several sessions explored using design to bring about change, […]

Microsoft made a big splash with the unveiling of their long-awaited Surface Tablet yesterday.  Never mind the interesting choice of branding (anyone familiar with the previous Microsoft Surface will be surprised they took the name from the world’s coolest cocktail table and applied it to a slate), the big question in our secret mountaintop command […]

I had the pleasure of attending the Big Design conference again this year. The theme that emerged for me was accessibility, both for several insightful sessions on the topic and for the effort that the conference organizers put into making this excellent regional conference as accessible as possible.

The last month at Perficient has seen me working on various social intranet projects both here in the Midwest, and outside of my usual stomping grounds.  On a project in Philadelphia, I was treated to a close-up sight of that city’s beautiful City Hall every day, and it got me thinking about architecture, culture, and […]

Google has been pushing Responsive Web Design hard lately. In April they posted Responsive design – harnessing the power of media queries, which went into Google’s best practices for web development (spoiler alert: they like Responsive Web Design, a lot). There’s even a high-level tutorial for making your own site responsive.

When was the last time you saw a floppy disk (outside of a museum, or your friendly IT guy’s stash)? In all likelihood it’s been a while. There may very well be some of you reading this who have never actually held a floppy disk, let alone used one. Oh man, that makes me feel […]

A comment was recently posted to one of my older blogs looking for more than text.  “Words, words, words,” the commentor said, quoting Shakespeare’s Hamlet– “Are there visual examples of SharePoint Designer done right?” As it happens, there are.  Of course, we need to be clear that not all SharePoint visuals are conceived through SharePoint Designer.  And […]