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Book Review: “The Visual Miscellaneum” – Explore The Design World of Infographics In Only A Few Moments

Posted: Nov 19th, 2009 | No Comments

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 a visual exploration of information and contains numerous examples of how to rethink ways...

Book Reviews: Neuro Web Design What Makes Them Click.

Posted: May 12th, 2009 | 2 Comments

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. ...

Book Reviews: “Web Form Design Filling in the Blanks”

Posted: Feb 4th, 2009 | No Comments

I highly recommend Luke Wroblewski’s book “Web Form Design Filling in the Blanks.” I first came across this book many months back and since then it has retained a coveted spot on my reference shelf. ...

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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 Hoekman to say hi. I figure I should, since in about 1 hour I’m heading off to his panel... Mar 14th, 2009 | no responses

User Experience Design in an Agile Development Cycle 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... Mar 30th, 2007 | no responses

When is it the Right Time to Use Icons? When is it appropriate to use icons in your application? This is a decision I always have to make when creating a complex application. There are several key factors that you can use to support your reasoning for utilizing icons. It’s important to know why to use icons over some other method.... Apr 2nd, 2008 | no responses

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