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...Agile UI Design: A Fundamental Miscalcul...
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...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....SXSW Day 3 – Wrap Up
Wow, day 3 was incredible. Two of the panels were fantastic. One was beyond fantastic. Of course, if you were at the conference you know I”m talking about the panel “UX team of one.”A UX...SXSW 2009 – Day 2
Last night was my little get together of UI Designers. It was smaller than I had hoped but there was still a lot of interesting conversation. This morning I was working in the hall when I stopped Robert...SXSW 2009 – Has Begun!
Well I arrived here after drivine 4 hours through some really crappy weather. Then I could not find parking close to the convention center, and then the line. The line was about 3 times longer than last...SXSW Interactive 2009 – Let The Fl...
SXSW is nearly upon us. This year I plan to keep track of my ideas, brainstorms, visions, goals, and whatever else pops into my head over on my discussion forums. You can feel free to read or submit ideas or...UI Design Challenge: A Table or Grid Wit...
I hope to post at least one article in this series a week. The goal is to get your brain thinking about real UI design issues and problems. How would you solve these scenarios? I would love to hear your...SXSW 2009 Interactive – Survival G...
This will be my 3rd year attending SXW and every year is different experience. There is just so much information to gain you will be exhausted. If you aren’t exhausted. You are doing something wrong....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.
