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Design Experiences: Don’t Rub Your Product Experience All Over Me.

Posted: Feb 18th, 2009 | 1 Comment

The other day I was pumping some gas at the gas station only to be accosted by the latest in drive by guerilla marketing. Nowadays, it is quite common to find little kiosks setup outside of major business selling everything from makeup to car polisher. It’s as if the strip mall has come...

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SXSW 2008 – Day 3 Summary - Yes I know I’m a day behind, but to truly get the best perspective out I needed time to reflect. Day 3 was interesting. To start of with was the change with time. Move one hour ahead and what watch what happens to those unfortunante souls that stayed up late. They missed out on a tremendous... Mar 13th, 2008 | no responses

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10 must see UI / UX / interaction design videos via - johnny holland http://bit.ly/9cV4Wt 2010/03/01
Article on rich interactions - http://bit.ly/bZttrs 2010/02/13
Great article on the Mega DRop down type menu.... I see a lot more of these lately: http://bit.ly/bXZQMM 2010/02/10
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

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