http://www.uidesignguide.com Exploring The World Of Web Application Interface Design By Design Examples, Lessons, And Real Project Design Examples." Fri, 26 Jun 2009 21:45:30 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Recently, I received a copy of  Flair Builder , a new wire-frame, mock and interactive prototyping tool.  As many of my readers know, I am very much for utilizing paper prototyping for the first few iterations of a design. Of course, when I need to present something to a client ... http://www.uidesignguide.com/2009/06/24/ui-design-software-review-flair-builder-v1-6/ So I am bringing back the UI design challenge and wanted to try this a bit different. I want this to be an interactive experience. If you listen to my audio blog posts: http://boo.fm/b29310. I talked about recent research I was conducting to locate a new house. During the course of ... http://www.uidesignguide.com/2009/06/10/ui-design-challenge-redesign-a-filter-widget/ I've been extremely busy working on a new article series, as well as some more work on agile UI articles.  Beyond that I have added a few things to the web site. The first was linking my TWITTER account directly to the blog. It provides me another way to quickly provide ... http://www.uidesignguide.com/2009/06/05/site-news-the-state-of-the-ui-design-guide-union/ Registration was off to a slow start this morning. After finally getting registered met up with some friends. I have some pictures, this post will be updated through out the day with things I find interesting, exciting, revolutionary, or all around RAD. The keynote is about to start and looks to ... http://www.uidesignguide.com/2009/05/30/big-d-design-conference/ I read a lot of books and in this field it's good to both refresh and improve your skills. The latest book I finished (just this morning) is Neuro Web Design: What Makes Them Click? by Susan M. Weinschenk. The book takes a look at web design from a psychological point of view . Inside Susan ... http://www.uidesignguide.com/2009/05/12/book-reviews-neuro-web-design-what-makes-them-click/ This is just a little note to let you all know I'll be attending the Big D Design Conference in Dallas on May 30th. It's a one day event 9 - 6 p.m. that looks to have a good lineup of speakers.  Admission is $50.00 and $10.00 to get into the ... http://www.uidesignguide.com/2009/05/08/design-conferences-big-d-design-conference-dallas-texas/ Over at one of my favorite blogs Konigi, there was a new article posted regarding a brand new Flickr wireframe group.  The purpose of the Flickr group is to share wireframe photos of all types. There are a lot of great ideas floating around in the group. If you are a UI designer ... http://www.uidesignguide.com/2009/04/27/blog-response-do-you-love-wireframes/ There are some applications I never used or expected to use for more then a few days. And in any given week I try out about 10 - 15 new applications. I do this because I love analyzing and predicting new trends, design patterns, and visualizing work-flows. Usually, I end ... http://www.uidesignguide.com/2009/04/03/ui-design-dissection-google-reader-what-makes-an-application-great/ I've been banging my head against a wall trying to figure this question out for some time now.  Can existing in an agile development cycle truly create the best ui design? I've worked in Agile development environments. I've worked with structured project management. I've worked in locations where I am the project ... http://www.uidesignguide.com/2009/03/25/agile-ui-design-a-fundamental-miscalculation-in-ui-design-excellence/ 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 ... http://www.uidesignguide.com/2009/03/20/blog-respose-bowman-leaves-google-response/