Interface Design Is About Passion and Experience. Don’t Forget To Build With Compassion When Designing Your UI.
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 up with using 0 of these applications after a few months.
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?
Let’s say you are a contractor building a new home for an unknown family. Looking at your deadline you realize you aren’t going to make it on time. It’s time to do something to solve the problems. What can be cut first?
Perhaps you get cheaper wiring, maybe the concrete on your house didn’t dry before the rest of the foundation had set. Because you are behind schedule you feel the only way for you to “catch up” is to cut corners. Cut one corner and you have opened up Pandora’s Box. It’s so easy to cut more and more. You begin a process of jamming things in just to meet the deadline. One year later the house catches fire and you are sued because you cut those corners.
The idea for this design blog first came about two years ago at 
at SXSW Interactive.
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.
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