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UI Design Dissection: Jack in the Box Self Order Machine

Posted: Aug 8th, 2009 | 3 Comments
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. And thus began my customer experience. ...
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UI Design Lessons: Are You Driving Your Application Usability Off A Cliff?

Posted: Jul 4th, 2008 | 1 Comment
If I had a million dollars for every time a client asked me to add more features, or more appropriately stuff and jam more features into an already bulging application, I would have published a book, bought a mansion, and maybe a small island somewhere in the South Pacific....
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Design Lessons: Should You Rush Your Design To Market or Stall it for Great Design?

Posted: Apr 9th, 2008 | No Comments
What makes a good design? Is it the process of creating the design, the aesthetic, or the usability? Does increasing a complex process for design force it to be good, or hinder a web application’s creative possibilities? The House that Jack Built…Is Crumbling Down Let’s say you...
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Features In The Front Usability Get To The Back

Posted: Feb 15th, 2008 | No Comments
Almost daily I face this this challenge. In fact it is infuriating about how many times in the day a usability concern is locked into the backseat. New features almost always seem to win versus making a new product better simply by improving the usability of an application. Think of it like Jenga....
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User Experience Design in an Agile Development Cycle

Posted: Mar 30th, 2007 | No Comments
The title pretty much says it all. After working for a while now in an agile development model. I’ve discovered several disturbing things that really cause a loss of sanity. The agile development cycle is quite fast. Depending on your team it has different lengths. Most iterations seem to be...
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Why Did My Design Fail Miserably and Other Not Nice Things?

Posted: Mar 28th, 2007 | No Comments
So as I was laying here sick in bed and thinking about design stuff. That’s the great thing or a curse about having a design based job. Even while you are sick you can’t always turn off your brain. So unless asleep or staring at the tv you are always thinking. ...
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The Haves, Have Nots & Feature Bloated User Experience.

Posted: Mar 24th, 2007 | No Comments
Imagine with me a minute that you have just identified in your Book Keeper 2.0 web application that too much information and functionality is jammed into the “add new book” page. The business analysts insist that everything needs to be available to the user. They “need” to...
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Blog Respose: Bowman Leaves Google This topic has been blowing up all over the design world online. For the full blog post from Bowman Lead Visual Designer at Google visit his blog. The quick summary is this. He left because of design V.S. engineering issues. The article goes on to talk about the almost obsessive need to validate... Mar 20th, 2009 | no responses
Blog Response: IE 6 The Devil Not In Disguise The other day I came across an interesting article “Stop Developing for Internet Explorer 6” .  My initial thought was great I finally can stop developing for IE 6. Of course, that was just a pipedream. On many of my applications I still have a large captive IE 6 audience.... Feb 12th, 2009 | no responses
SXSW Interactive 2008 – Day 1 March 7, 2008 There were only a few book discussions today. The first one really touched on some principles regarding social reputation and managing social reps online. Since these were simply book discussions the conversation never really answerd any questions. It’s kind of like you have to buy the book... Mar 8th, 2008 | no responses

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