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UI Design Dissection: Google Reader What Makes an Application Great?

Posted: Apr 3rd, 2009 | No Comments

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...

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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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

Agile UI Design Series: UI Design in an Agile Project Cycle Part 1 Welcome to my three part series (so far), delving into real world UI experiences in relation to Agile Development Methodologies. In these three parts I will explore solutions, problems, and suggestions for dealing with the various phases of an agile development cycle. More importantly, this... Feb 25th, 2009 | no responses

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

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Because it's always a good idea to have a x - compatible browser testing place - http://bit.ly/6bGQGc 2010/01/25
Excellent look at realism and deconstruction of iconic imagery as it pertains to UI DESIGN - http://bit.ly/6vbIC9) 2010/01/22
Great article for when clients say just jam that content togehter more: - Whitespace is your friend - http://bit.ly/8R1Qro 2010/01/12
A comical look at the frustrating world of PRINTERS- but very true: http://bit.ly/6MsdIi) 2010/01/12
Very good read on the eternal debate of horizontal / vertical site navigation - http://bit.ly/7avxaO - As always examine both sides. 2010/01/11
Social News - Twitter and Linked In - partner: What does this really mean? - 2010/01/11
a nice breakdown of A/B testing - http://bit.ly/5JMEvR 2010/01/11
who wil be attending #SXSW interactive this year - I am going to schedule a UI Design meetup group later this month for when in Austin 2010/01/09

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.