1. UI Conferences: The Big D Design Conference 2010
Tomorrow kicks off the two day conference event here in Dallas. This will be the second year of the Big D Design Conference. A host of speakers and tracks are available covering several tracks on social media, social strategy, user experience design, and coding and development. This year also brings back the workshop track which is my personal...
2. UI Design Book Review: “Designing for the Greater Good”
I recently received a preview copy of “Designing for the Greater Good.” by Peleg Top & Jonathan Cleveland. This is a hard bound coffee table size book full of non-profit design examples. Often, the world of non-profit design is viewed as second rate and a burden or after thought. This book helps to show that just...
3. SXSW 2010 – Day 4
Seductive Interactions: The day has started and it’s been a crazy morning. Stephen Anderson a local Dallas person, is ready to speak. I’ve seen the presentation online. I think it’s much better in person the nuances you get from the live version is well worth it. Stephen will be speaking at Big D in may. Usability? Meh....
4. SXSW 2010: Live Stream Day 2 From SXSW 2010
Today my schedule is jam packed. I’ll be attending several workshops to explore some new approaches to rapid design. You can follow me on twitter to get a ton of new resources and supplemental information. Re-Inventing the Wheel: Sketching your own IA Process Speaker: Chris Fahey “It’s the start of a new project. You’ve got...
SXSW 2010: Live Stream From SXSW 2010
I’ve arrived at SXSW for year 4 of coverage. You never know what I’ll be posting next. . This year I may actually introduce some video interviews, and some other fun items. Stay tuned for pictures...
UI Design Patterns: Exploration of Data ...
I was recently examining some interesting articles on Engadget and noticed how the web site has been experimenting with different visual representations of data. As many know, Engadget is a high traffic tech...
Book Review: “The Visual Miscellan...
I recently received a review copy of The Visual Miscellaneum A colorful guide to the world’s most consequential trivia. This was a great book from the author of Information is Beautiful. The books is...
UI Design Lessons: A UI Designer in an ...
When I travel to conferences and speak with people about their agile UX experiences I come across a lot of repeat questions. Most of these pleas for help are about time management, rapid design sketching,...
Developing an Effective Corporate Social...
So let’s talk a bit about effective corporate communities. Social network and social connectivity is all the rage. So much so that it has become the first “thing” some businesses look at when...
UI Design News: Vote For My Agile UX Pan...
Hello Everyone: Greetings to all my readers and fans. I recently submitted a panel for the 2010 SXSW interactive conference. There are over 2000+ panels up for voting this year and only about 300 will be...
UI Design Dissection: Jack in the Box Se...
Today for lunch I decided to swing by Jack in the Box. Little did I know I was about to have a unique UI experience. Upon arriving we were introduced to the brand new (at least in this area) self order system....
Blog Response: What’s Your Design ...
This morning I came across a great article on Overdesign for IPHONE applications. While the article focuses primarily on new IPHONE design the same holds true for all aspects of UI Design. Consistency is...UI Design Guide Twitter
- Awesome article on application metric tracking - http://bit.ly/ahrBad - by Ryan Carson
- My favorite desktop backgrounds - I switch out every month - http://bit.ly/ak9Th1 - Smashing Has A New user created set each month.
- @mikepratt Nice intro to buddy press - definitely want to try and find some more time to spend with designing for it. #ocdfw
- shout-out to the team from @cpanel - they were very friendly and it was great talking and sharing resources with you.
- #ocdfw an article I wrote on simple application design #ux. http://bit.ly/bmu329
- @chrispirillo profound. "you are are a walking venn diagram.". Interests follow u
- @TreyRatcliff I shall find you after chris, in same room up front left at tables in rem shirt Have a few questions if you have a moment
- #ocdfw browsershots.org. For testing different browser platforms
- #ocdfw fontsquirrel.com. Make sure your font is open source.
- #ocdfw for those that want more info on CSS 3 buttons. This is a button creator http://gradients.glrzad.com/
About Me
The idea for this design blog first came about two years ago at SXSW Interactive. Currently UI Design guide is in its fourth redesign. This site takes quite a bit of time to maintain as well as write the content. Just like UI Design, this site is a passion that keeps evolving.
Inside, I cover articles on many topics icluding: lessons, prototyping methods, agile UX methods, design reviews, design challenges, application features, and of course design experiences, just to name a few.
With all the blogs out there you may be asking yourself who are you to give advice? That's a fair question. If you have a moment feel free to read about my design history.
