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Key UX Strategy Methods, Tools, and Deliverables | Communicating UX Strategy
UXmatters20 May 2013 | 3:14 amBy Janet M. Six Published: May 20, 2013 Send your questions to Ask UXmatters and get answers from some of the top professionals in UX. In this edition of Ask UXmatters, our experts discuss key methods, tools, and deliverables of user experience strategy, as well as the best way to communicate UX strategy to an organization’s stakeholders. In my monthly column, Ask UXmatters, our panel of UX experts answers our readers’ questions about a variety of user experience matters. To get answers to your own questions about UX strategy, design, user research, or any other topic of interest to UX… -
Start of a new chapter
All About Agile | Agile Development Made Easy!19 May 2013 | 1:37 amHi everyone, Yesterday was my last day at ThoughtWorks. ThoughtWorks is an amazing company with some fantastic people, so I feel very privileged to have worked for them and very grateful that they gave me and my family the opportunity to live in Australia, which was a wonderful experience. However we’re back in the UK [...] -
Design Studio: Building Design Consensus Early in Your Process – Our June 20 Virtual Seminar
UIE Brain Sparks20 May 2013 | 11:00 amJoin us on June 20, when Adam Connor presents Design Studio: Building Design Consensus Early in Your Process. Design reviews can result in conflicting lists of stakeholder feedback and out-of-scope ideas about what the design should be. Bruised egos, longer timelines, and higher budgets are often par for the course. Adam Connor builds design consensus naturally by running a Studio, which structures team brainstorming early in the process, then uses sketching, presentation, and critique activities to get everyone moving toward a shared vision. Before long, you’ll be running faster among a… -
Here comes the thinner, lighter iPad?
CNET News20 May 2013 | 9:05 pmAfter two generations of relatively hefty 9.7-inch iPads, Apple may finally be ready to ship a lighter "iPad 5." [Read more]
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This week's sponsor: Igloo Software
20 May 2013 | 10:00 amIf SharePoint and Facebook had a baby, it would look a lot like Igloo (without the recessive balding or oversharing tendencies). Hosted, managed and with a major release every 90 days, Igloo is a whitelabel content platform built for today’s needs. We also have Sandwich Video. -
Matt Mullenweg on Yahoo-Tumblr
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MapBox Develops an Open Source Vector Format for Maps
13 May 2013 | 1:13 pm» MapBox Develops an Open Source Vector Format for MapsMapBox's new vector-based map tiles are more stable, more scalable, and customizable to an amazing degree. -
Paul Irish on Chrome Moving to Blink
13 May 2013 | 8:43 amI know you’ve been asked this plenty of times already, but: no new vendor prefixes, right? Right? Nope, none! They’re great in theory but turns out they fail in practice, so we’re joining Mozilla and the W3C CSS WG and moving away them. There’s a few parts to this. Firstly, we won’t be migrating the existing -webkit- prefixed properties to a -chrome- or -blink- prefix, that’d just make extra work for everyone. Secondly, we inherited some existing properties that are prefixed. Some, like -webkit-transform, are standards track and we work with the CSS WG to move ahead those… -
W3C to Publish Encrypted Media Extensions Specification
10 May 2013 | 8:25 am» W3C to Publish Encrypted Media Extensions SpecificationThe W3C announced today that it intends to publish the controversial Encrypted Media Extensions extension specification despite highly outspoken resistance, paving the way for native web DRM.
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Key UX Strategy Methods, Tools, and Deliverables | Communicating UX Strategy
20 May 2013 | 3:14 amBy Janet M. Six Published: May 20, 2013 Send your questions to Ask UXmatters and get answers from some of the top professionals in UX. In this edition of Ask UXmatters, our experts discuss key methods, tools, and deliverables of user experience strategy, as well as the best way to communicate UX strategy to an organization’s stakeholders. In my monthly column, Ask UXmatters, our panel of UX experts answers our readers’ questions about a variety of user experience matters. To get answers to your own questions about UX strategy, design, user research, or any other topic of interest to UX… -
Interview: Paul Bryan and UX STRAT 2013
20 May 2013 | 3:10 amBy Pabini Gabriel-Petit Published: May 20, 2013 “Paul Bryan has played a key role in developing UX strategy as a profession—first by establishing the UX Strategy and Planning group on LinkedIn, now by organizing the UX STRAT 2013 conference….” For many years, UX strategy has been an important part of my work, so I’ve observed the evolution and recent expansion of the profession of UX strategy with interest. Paul Bryan, who is shown in Figure 1, has played a key role in developing UX strategy as a profession—first by establishing the UX Strategy and Planning group on LinkedIn, now… -
Service Design + Lean UX + Disruptive Design = UX Strategy?
20 May 2013 | 3:08 amBy Mona Patel Published: May 20, 2013 “A UX strategy needs to be alive and current to be valuable.” If you were moving to New York City, what would get you excited? You might say the nightlife or the food. But for the geek in me, it was getting Verizon FiOS (Fiber Optic Service). I mean, who wouldn’t want blazing fast Internet speeds? My new condo is FiOS-ready, so I thought it would be easy. I called Verizon weeks before the move, so I would have Internet access on Day 1. But there was a snag: after about two hours on the phone, trying to figure out why we kept getting an error, the… -
UX Strategy and the Age of Alignment
20 May 2013 | 3:06 amBy Tim Loo Published: May 20, 2013 “Many of the challenges, issues, and pain points that I talk about in this article reflect my immersion in very large multinational organizations.” As a UX strategist and business consultant, I work with big business. My clients are primarily global brands with heritages that predate the digital revolution. These companies have tens of thousands of staff spread across multiple locations and countries. Many of the challenges, issues, and pain points that I talk about in this article reflect my immersion in very large multinational organizations. I talk… -
How Your Product Development Model Impacts UX Strategy
20 May 2013 | 3:03 amBy Mark Schraad Published: May 20, 2013 “Putting together a cohesive and successful product development process requires some thought about how much you plan to involve customers. This, in turn, drives your team’s level of commitment to user experience….” Putting together a cohesive and successful product development process requires some thought about how much you plan to involve customers. This, in turn, drives your team’s level of commitment to user experience, and how you’ll shape your approach to user experience. In this article, I’ll identify, describe, and discuss the…
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Start of a new chapter
19 May 2013 | 1:37 amHi everyone, Yesterday was my last day at ThoughtWorks. ThoughtWorks is an amazing company with some fantastic people, so I feel very privileged to have worked for them and very grateful that they gave me and my family the opportunity to live in Australia, which was a wonderful experience. However we’re back in the UK [...] -
Agile Without Social Engineering
16 May 2013 | 8:25 pmIn 2006, Ivor Jacobson famously summarized, "Most important, agile is about social engineering." And indeed one of the things that makes so many agilists so darned loveable is that we are, as a friend of mine put it yesterday, "the kind of people who want to create a work place where you can go and still be a human being." Not a "resource," not an "FTE," but a human! It's an inspiring dream! -
The Rules of Scrum: Every Sprint is Four Weeks or Less in Duration
16 May 2013 | 4:56 amThe length of a Sprint determines how quickly a Scrum Team can “inspect and adapt” to changing circumstances and learning. Scrum, as a tool for product development, sets an upper limit to the duration of a Sprint. In other words, … Continue reading → -
Estimation as Hypothesis
12 May 2013 | 6:07 pmExperimentation is a powerful learning tool. When I was young, I performed scientific experiments by mixing chemicals together to see what they would do. I learned that most random concoctions from my chemistry set would make a brown liquid that was often hard to clean out of a test tube. I learned that sometimes they [...] -
Happy Fibonacci Day!
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Design Studio: Building Design Consensus Early in Your Process – Our June 20 Virtual Seminar
20 May 2013 | 11:00 amJoin us on June 20, when Adam Connor presents Design Studio: Building Design Consensus Early in Your Process. Design reviews can result in conflicting lists of stakeholder feedback and out-of-scope ideas about what the design should be. Bruised egos, longer timelines, and higher budgets are often par for the course. Adam Connor builds design consensus naturally by running a Studio, which structures team brainstorming early in the process, then uses sketching, presentation, and critique activities to get everyone moving toward a shared vision. Before long, you’ll be running faster among a… -
What is innovation in UX design?
17 May 2013 | 10:10 amSo here’s the thing: Innovation isn’t a bad word. Overused? Perhaps. But not bad. How do I know this? Because cheese in bread, cookie dough in ice cream, and Genius Bars inside Apple stores are AMAZING. These are just a few examples of innovation that create great user experiences. They’re creative ways of putting existing things together in new ways that add real value to users’ lives. So that’s what our fabulous lineup of presenters will be focusing on at UI18. They’ll tackle innovation in UX design from a variety of angles. Scott Berkun will talk about what it takes to enable… -
UIEtips: How Content Strategy Can Help
14 May 2013 | 12:36 pmIn this week’s UIEtips, Margot Bloomstein discusses the strategies content producers should take to optimize their writing. Here’s an excerpt from the article: But with the opportunities of publishing come immense challenges. Don’t just write; write well. Don’t just blog once; maintain a schedule. Don’t just launch an app; ensure your content is appropriate for the many contexts and devices through which it may appear. And goodness, don’t just curate content by choosing keywords and automating aggregation; hone your perspective on the topic and continually revisit your… -
Controlling the Pace of UX with Content Strategy – Our 5/30 Virtual Seminar
13 May 2013 | 7:45 amWhat happens when we slow our pace, enjoy the ride, or look around while waiting in line? Well, if there’s content to engage us, our experiences will be richer and more memorable—and our typical frustrations from “waiting” are more likely to vanish, too. That’s the power of good content that guides us, helps us focus, and encourages us to explore: it helps us make better choices and have more positive memories of an experience. Margot Bloomstein knows which companies use content to control and focus users’ attention. In Controlling the Pace of UX with Content Strategy,… -
UIE Book Corner: Margot Bloomstein’s “Content Strategy at Work”
10 May 2013 | 12:31 pm[ Transcript Available ] Here at UIE we’ve amassed quite a library, and we’re adding to it all the time. One of the more recent additions is Margot Bloomstein’s book Content Strategy at Work. Margot is a fixture at conferences like Confab and the IA Summit. She’s also a veteran of our Virtual Seminar program having presented Combining Curation with Your Content Strategy and returning May 30 with Controlling the Pace of UX with Content Strategy. The subtitle of Margot’s book is “Real-World Stories to Strengthen Every Interactive Project” and in keeping with that idea, it is chock…
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Here comes the thinner, lighter iPad?
20 May 2013 | 9:05 pmAfter two generations of relatively hefty 9.7-inch iPads, Apple may finally be ready to ship a lighter "iPad 5." [Read more] -
Customers not as happy with iPhone as they were last year
20 May 2013 | 9:01 pmThe American Customer Satisfaction Index shows Apple remains on top, but it's declining while Motorola, Nokia, and Samsung are rising. [Read more] -
Guantanamo Wi-Fi shuttered after Anonymous hacking threat
20 May 2013 | 7:45 pmIn unity with the prison's inmates, the hacking group pledges to disrupt online activities at Guantanamo -- prompting the U.S. military to shut down the base's Wi-Fi. [Read more] -
Spot expands lineup with satellite-powered Global Phone
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Flickr's 1TB for photos is great, but how about a smart shoebox?
20 May 2013 | 7:26 pmcommentary More space for online photo storage is a welcome move, but it's also like having a bigger "shoebox" where more of your photos get lost. How about an increase in organization? [Read more]
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Be Open to Inspiration
10 May 2013 | 8:41 amI’ve been in a bit of a fog the last week or so. Nothing worth talking about, really. Depression stuff. But then it lifted. What’s interesting to me is how I found my footing and how I got back on track, and so there are two items I want to share with you from this: the actual learning, and more importantly, the realization of what got me there. Be Open to Inspiration Humans have this way they deal with too much information. They discard tons of inputs and keep what they feel is important. This is necessary, by the way. Can you imagine how busy your brain would be if you thought… -
Do Local Businesses Deserve Your Money?
7 May 2013 | 1:38 pmI sat at the counter at my local restaurant the other day and waited for over 7 minutes without anyone bothering to acknowledge that I was there. And then I walked out. And so did my money. For good. In fact, I drove to McDonalds, got some scrambled eggs and an iced coffee, and was in and out of the system within the same 7 minutes. (You can save your comments with disdain for McDonalds. If you’re a parent, you go there, unless you don’t. Either way. It’s not the point.) Now, before you try to defend this other place, no, it wasn’t busy. Yes, at least two employees had seen me, and… -
Why Use These Outlier Social Media Tools?
30 Apr 2013 | 4:21 pmWhy should you bother using tools like Vine and Instagram, and the like? That question was asked to me by Pam Vitaz, and she asked it somewhat in this context (my words not hers): Vine’s interesting, but you basically just shot a funny video. Why do that? Here’s the video she meant: Can’t see the video? Click Here. Can’t hear sound? Hover over it and click the little sound thingy. On the surface, it’s the kind of question you can answer with “why not?” But that’s not good enough. Why Use These Outlier Social Media Tools? First, it’s your… -
Can You Work at Being Fearless?
29 Apr 2013 | 7:03 amFear is at the heart of most of our worst choices. I read this facebook post by James Altucher and it really punched me in the stomach. But that’s just one punch in a series, because every time I question how I ended up somewhere, the real answer (underneath all the bull answers) is fear. It’s why most stupid things happen, why all bad things happen (when humans are involved), and is even worse than you think. I’m afraid of a weird collection of things. I’m afraid of sharks (ever since seeing Jaws at a very young age – because I pestered my parents tirelessly til… -
Sponsored Post – Mobile Productivity and the Future
24 Apr 2013 | 4:53 amCan you be productive while on the road? I say yes. In fact, I’m writing this from a hotel room before heading off to a meeting with a client. The following is sponsored by Cloud Powered Work, which is a project with IDG, LinkedIn, and Microsoft’s Office365. Everything in this post is mine, and my opinions are my own. I just produced an episode of my radio show from my hotel room, because I realized that an episode was due and I hadn’t done the work before I took off for the day. Last night, while I waited for my slightly delayed airplane, I cracked open SkyDrive pulled down…
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Former Thief Invents Theft-Proof ATMs From His Cell
21 May 2013 | 2:39 amWho knows security better than a thief? Romanian computer expert Valentin Boanta used to supply thieves with the skimmers they used to gather information to create fake bank cards and then steal cash from ATMs. Boanta, 33, was caught in 2009. And now, six months into his five-year sentence, the former thief has developed a technology that would safeguard ATMs from the very attacks in which he used to participate. "When I got caught, I became happy," Boanta told Reuters. "This liberation opened the way to working for the good side." Skimming is the act of copying a credit or debit card by… -
5 Easy-to-Use Animation Tools for Beginners
21 May 2013 | 2:31 amWhether you're producing a title card for your new company, or just looking to wow your co-workers with a dazzling presentation on the dangers of hydraulic fracking, a little animation is never a bad idea. Things are more interesting when there's a little flare involved, right? Lucky for you, a handful of programs are out there to help you create your own animations. From branding to marketing to entertaining, their purposes are endless, and extremely customizable for whatever it is you're going for. SEE ALSO: 5 YouTube Channels to Learn Amazing Video Effects Check out these five animation… -
Look How Happy Sofia Vergara Is About 'Modern Family' Reruns
21 May 2013 | 1:38 amSofia Vergara, whose role as the passionate and funny Gloria on ABC's Modern Family has earned her three Golden Globe nominations and three Emmy nods, wasn't lost when she appeared at a rival network's red carpet event this month. In fact, the carpet was blue and rolled out for her and other stars by USA Network executives, which had just announced they would begin airing Modern Family reruns on Sept. 24 The announcement at USA's upfront presentation to advertisers in New York City somewhat surprisingly attracted Vergara and castmates Ty Burrell and Eric Stonestreet Networks typically tout… -
Teen Creator of 'Clouds' Viral Music Video Dies of Cancer
21 May 2013 | 12:17 amZach Sobiech, creator of the "Clouds" song that became a viral YouTube hit, died of cancer on Monday. He was 18. "Zach was at home and at peace with those he loved most," the Children's Cancer Research Fund said in a statement announcing Sobiech's death. "Zach's life ended just as he lived, embraced by the love of his family, friends, grace and music." Sobiech had been fighting osteosarcoma, a rare bone cancer, for the past four years after his diagnosis at age 14. Last May, after treatment options ran out, doctors told the Minnesotan teen that he had up to a year left to live Since his… -
Facebook Group Helps Tornado Victims Get Their Belongings Back
20 May 2013 | 11:42 pmA Facebook group is helping the victims of the massive Oklahoma tornado, which killed 51 people and left many homeless, get their belongings back On its trail of destruction, the tornado has blown debris from houses — including people's personal belongings and important documents — many miles away. The Facebook group asks members to post photos of any items or documents that were blown into their yard, so that they can be returned to the rightful owners SEE ALSO: Terrifying Eyewitness Videos of Oklahoma Tornado Go Viral "I'm just trying to help. I couldn't imagine losing my kids'…
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'Toilet of the future' solves big issues
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Recharge your cellphone in 20 seconds
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The real-world etiquette for Google Glass
20 May 2013 | 11:32 amIn recent weeks, Google Glass has been distributed to its first group of beta testers outside Google and in the real world. As the pool of new smart-glass wearers grows, they are feeling out the etiquette of using the new technology. -
The etiquette of Google Glass
20 May 2013 | 11:28 amIn recent weeks, Google Glass has been distributed to its first group of beta testers outside Google and in the real world. As the pool of new smart-glass wearers grows, they are feeling out the etiquette of using the new technology. -
What you should know about Tumblr
20 May 2013 | 11:25 amYahoo's purchase of hot blogging platform Tumblr, which it announced Monday, was big news for the hundreds of millions of folks who already post to the site or check in to follow those who do.
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Case Study: Typographic Design Patterns And Current Practices (2013 Edition)
16 May 2013 | 7:25 pmGood typography has always been a defining aspect of effective Web design, and this holds true especially for websites in which the emphasis is on presenting a large amount of content — specifically, articles, news and stories. Whether for a magazine or international newspaper, the designer of any website that distributes a lot of content has always had to consider typographic details as seriously and thoroughly as a print designer would. In 2009, we conducted a survey of then current typographic practices. Since then, responsive design techniques have clearly gained… -
A Beginner's Guide: Migrating A Website To WordPress Is Easier Than You Think
15 May 2013 | 1:33 amNow powering over 17% of the Web, WordPress is increasingly becoming the content management system (CMS) of choice for the average user. But what about websites built with an outdated CMS or without a CMS at all? Does moving to WordPress mean starting over and losing all the time, energy and money put into the current website? Nope! Migrating a website (including the design) over to WordPress is actually easier than you might think. In this guide, we’ll outline the migration process and work through the steps with a sample project. We’ll also cover some of the challenges you… -
A Client- And Server-Side Approach: Providing The Best Mobile User Experience Possible
14 May 2013 | 5:53 amNow and again, I hit the swimming pool. It’s a good way to exercise, but also to relax after a long day in front of my PC. I can do quite a few laps in my front crawl, but only because I don’t use my legs much. I kick steadily to ensure that my legs stay lifted and don’t slow me down. I don’t use my legs much for forward propulsion. An instructor once explained to me that legs can definitely help with propulsion in the front crawl, but only at the cost of much higher energy consumption. He also explained that champions use their legs a lot. Their hearts are powerful, and… -
Fables, Myths And Narratives: Converting Our Stories Into Multi-Screen Experiences
13 May 2013 | 5:24 amStorytelling takes many forms. In the past, stories were told orally, with people telling and retelling myths, fables and even histories. As writing technology became more prevalent, we began to record our stories, and we told them in the pages of books. Now, our society is awash in different devices and technologies, and those traditions of spoken stories and printed stories are blurring. Multi-screen narratives are being told across all kinds of platforms, pages and devices, making for truly immersive experiences. We are watching them, tapping them and learning from them. They… -
Keeping The Big Small: How To Avoid Duplicate Downloads In Responsive Images
10 May 2013 | 6:52 amThe <picture> element is a new addition to HTML5 that’s being championed by the W3C’s Responsive Images Community Group (RICG). It is intended to provide a declarative, markup-based solution to enable responsive images without the need of JavaScript libraries or complicated server-side detection. The <picture> element supports a number of different types of fallback content, but the current implementation of these fallbacks is problematic. In this article, we’ll explore how the fallbacks work, how they fail and what can be done about it. The <picture>…
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Comment on jQuery 2.0 Released by Carl White
20 May 2013 | 3:14 amEssentially over the years code is added to support/hack/circumvent issues in older deprecated browsers which can be removed which reduces size and improves performance. They do say to continue using the ‘API compatible’ 1.9.x library for websites that *require* support for these older browsers, but some frameworks for app development etc, do not require this so the v2.0.0 framework is smaller, lighter and faster. Hope this helps. -
Comment on Flot, a new plotting plugin for jQuery by Shailesh Singh
19 May 2013 | 11:27 pmThe thing I couldn’t get to work is completely zoom out as to how the graph looked when initially loaded. Does anyone know if this feature will be included in future release? -
Comment on jQuery 2.0 Released by Niccolò Brogi
19 May 2013 | 5:30 pmI don’t fully get how it would make sense to stop supporting 25% of users for 15% in size reduction, with no added benefits. I’m sure I’m missing something. Can somebody illuminate me? Thanks! -
Comment on jQuery 2.0 Released by DigitalZoomStudio
19 May 2013 | 8:00 amHello I have a problem with this ” You can now exclude combinations of 12 different modules to create a custom version that is even smaller.” Why would you do that ? Maybe the client will include a small version of jquery and your plugin requires a module not included. How can you explain him that he needs that specific module and to change the jquery version if he is noob ? I vote for full jquery every time. -
Comment on jQuery 2.0 Released by Fernando
18 May 2013 | 12:49 pmI am happy to see the jQuery team is looking forward and has decided to use jquery’s well deserved influence to push development to take advantage of the new browsers capabilities. I am sure reducing the size of the framework is not the main reason for this decision. More over, support for IE on version 1.x will continue so let’s all look ahead and make de web better. Congratulations!!!!!
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CROSSWORD ANSWERS
15 May 2013 | 1:50 amFeature May 15, 2013 ISSUE 318 ACROSS 1 Postale 5 Ark 7 Jigsaw 9 Yen 10 Ova 12 Lens 13 Script 14 Demi 15 Laura 18 Imdbcover 19 Mindtrap. DOWN 2 Olive 3 Lewis 4 Fry 6 Keeper 7 Jolidrive 8 Ganymede 11 Orsaveit 16 Aesop 17 John. ISSUE 317 ACROSS 1 Private 6 Cox 7 Unload tab 9 Testfor 11 Rap 13 Ole 15 Alienate 16 Hot 17 Pr 19 Tunnel 21 Hi 22 D p i 23 Cashinthe DOWN 2 Router 3 Valet 4 Endurance 5 Yob 6 Carrot 8 Ape 10 Friends 12 Aleph 14 Whyd 15 Attic 18 Rise 20 Lan -
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Addicted2Tablets
26 Apr 2013 | 4:34 amBlog Apr 26, 2013 With tablets predicted to outsell PCs in 2013, a website devoted to the devices is a delicious idea. With tablets predicted to outsell PCs in 2013, a website devoted to the devices is a delicious idea. Addicted2Tablets sells Android, iOS, BlackBerry and Windows 8 tablets from brands including Apple, Samsung and Microsoft, as well as accessories such as cases, chargers and cables. Usefully, you can filter the tablets by screen size, storage space and connectivity, as well as price. There’s also advice about choosing the right tablet and a live-chat facility for further… -
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Flickr Gets the Yahoo Upgrade Treatment With Hi-Res Pics and 1TB Storage
20 May 2013 | 4:12 pmAlongside the Tumblr acquisition, Yahoo is taking off the wraps on one of its earlier acquisitions. Image-sharing service Flickr gets a major hi-resolution makeover with a new app for Android users. Read full story... Follow us on Twitter Join free newsletter View upcoming events Find a new job -
IBM Report: How Social Business Can Help Organizations Succeed
20 May 2013 | 12:38 pm“Social business” has become a popular buzzword, but what are the processes and best practices that successful social businesses use to boost profits, decrease expenses and increase customer satisfaction? A new report from IBM aimed to find out. Read full story... Follow us on Twitter Join free newsletter View upcoming events Find a new job -
Pinterest Unveils Information Pins; Pin It for Mobile
20 May 2013 | 12:23 pmNavigating social media sites can be quite a task, but Pinterest aims to improve how users use the content sharing website with a new feature that will prove useful to brands and companies: information pins. Read full story... Follow us on Twitter Join free newsletter View upcoming events Find a new job -
Atex OneView 1.4 Advertising System Released for Media Companies
20 May 2013 | 12:19 pmTraditional media companies are attempting to transform themselves into digital media companies, but for those who still publish newspapers and print magazines, Atex has updated its OneView advertising system for ads online and on paper. Read full story... Follow us on Twitter Join free newsletter View upcoming events Find a new job -
Oracle: 4 Reasons Why Information Silos Are Hindering Cloud Advantages
20 May 2013 | 11:25 amWhile concerns over cloud deployments are now a thing of the past, the cloud is still proving difficult for many enterprises. In fact, new research form Oracle shows that the dual promise of business efficiency and IT agility is still eluding many enterprises. Read full story... Follow us on Twitter Join free newsletter View upcoming events Find a new job
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The futility of ERP's
17 May 2013 | 8:00 amTime for another story from the Comerford archives. Several years ago I was involved in a global project to implement an ERP system in a multinational pharmaceutical company. This project was huge. It was the biggest thing the company had ever done internally (and this is a company that had developed some of the most well known drugs ever made). At one point we had so many external contractors working on it we were spending over $100,000 per week just on them. It was unsustainable (this was ten or fifteen years ago, too). All we were doing was replacing financial systems worldwide along with… -
It's Just Not Cricket!
23 Apr 2013 | 7:58 amI was sitting over the weekend watching the guys practice their cricketing skills on the local cricket green. (For those of you who want an in-depth explanation of cricket I would recommend this: Or for a more in-depth and less humourous look, this). The exercise was simple. A batter would lob a ball really high into the air and the fielder would have to catch the high ball, immediately throw it back accurately towards the batter who would knock it along the ground. The fielder would then catch the low ball and return it to the batter who would lob another high ball for the next fielder… -
Have the BPM goalposts moved?
29 Mar 2013 | 9:00 amMy last post asked Where is the BPM Market going? and opened the way for discussion (mostly on Twitter) about the changing state of the BPM marketplace. Thanks to Craig, The Process Ninja, we can now look at the latest analysts offerings from Gartner and Forrester in the form of the Forrester Wave for BPM suites and the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Intelligent Business Process Management Software. Wait! Hold-up now. "Intelligent Business Process Management Software", you say? What the hell is that? Gartner has made changes to the classification of BPM solutions by redefining the… -
Where's the BPM market going?
26 Mar 2013 | 9:00 amI remember back in the deep, dark mists of time (about ten years ago, actually), The BPM market used to have several players in it. Gartner's Magic Quadrant had a diverse number of players in each of the quadrants, and it was easy to look at and understand the fragmentation. Things were called 'BPM' and everyone knew where they stood with it - although, in reality, very few people could adequately define 'BPM' as a concept. More recently, though, the market has started to amalgamate. Major companies were purchased by competitors and their products merged together (Metastorm and Provision… -
The Path of Least Resistance
1 Mar 2013 | 8:00 amNot far from where I live, there is a DIY store on an out-of-town trading estate. It is surrounded on all sides by dual carriageway roads and the only, real, access to it is by vehicular transport. However on the opposite side of this dual carriageway is a housing estate. I was waiting at the nearby traffic lights yesterday and noticed that from the fence surrounding the estate there appeared to be the beginnings of a pathway that had been worn by pedestrians across the central grass reservation of the dual carriageway and into a hole in the fence surrounding the DIY store. As I watched…
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CSS-Tricks
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Prepros
20 May 2013 | 7:14 amIs an open-source app modeled after CodeKit. Prepros runs on Windows where CodeKit is Mac only. From people who have tried it, it seems good. Direct Link to Article — Permalink jQuery Conference Portland 2013 has a limited number of regular tickets still available. Two days. Two tracks. Fresh speakers. Jun 13-14. $50 off for members of the jQuery Foundation. Join today and get your first year of fan dues paid for with purchase of both a training and conference ticket. Training provided by Bocoup on Jun 12. Use coupon code CSSTricks25off for $25 off. Prepros is a post from CSS-Tricks -
Chrome’s requestAutocomplete()
20 May 2013 | 7:09 amAuto-filling forms is nice because it saves time and is less prone to user error. Even better is not even needing to see a form in the first place. Direct Link to Article — Permalink jQuery Conference Portland 2013 has a limited number of regular tickets still available. Two days. Two tracks. Fresh speakers. Jun 13-14. $50 off for members of the jQuery Foundation. Join today and get your first year of fan dues paid for with purchase of both a training and conference ticket. Training provided by Bocoup on Jun 12. Use coupon code CSSTricks25off for $25 off. Chrome’s… -
Replace the Image in an with CSS
20 May 2013 | 5:43 amThe following is a guest post by Marcel Shields. Marcel in a difficult place where he needed to change the image on a page but didn't have access to the HTML. Rare, but I'm sure we've all be in weird situations like this. He explains how he managed to replace that image without needing to access the HTML or JavaScript. Also turns out to be a pretty good way to replace anything with an image. I just wanted to share something I found really cool about using CSS box-sizing. Chris wrote a really good introduction a few years back if you're not familiar with the property. It makes things a lot… -
Slider with Sliding Backgrounds
17 May 2013 | 8:14 amAmong the many super nice design features of the Yahoo! Weather app for iOS is the transition between city screens. The background image doesn't just move away as the screen moves from one screen to the next, the background image itself slides. It appears to be hiding some of the "old" screen and revealing more of the "new" screen those closer you have it to being in full view. Let's try and pull it off on the web. The HTML Like any slider, there are three main components: The container that holds everything into shape A sliding container that is as wide as all the slides in a row Each… -
Photo Swivel
15 May 2013 | 5:06 amThe following is a guest post by Alex Young (@the_alexyoung). Alex has created a simple technique to "rotate" the subject of a photo simply by hiding and showing multiple stacked photographs taken at different angles. Enjoy! Web designers and developers have always fascinated us with fun and engaging ways we interact with their websites. I love discovering new techniques that these designers/developers have come up with. One technique in particular that sparked my interest is something that I saw on Warby Parker’s website. They were able to create a cool effect where model follows the…
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UX Magazine
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Make It So: Five Lessons in Interaction Design from Star Trek
16 May 2013 | 2:53 amWith Star Trek Into Darkness opening in theaters this weekend, it seems like a perfect time to survey some of the technological foreshadowing the franchise has bestowed upon us over the years. There are few better sources for that kind of info than Make It So (Rosenfeld), a book by Nathan Shedroff and Christopher Noessel that describes in great detail the interaction design lessons we can take from science fiction. From brain copying in Metropolis (1927) to voluminous projections in Iron Man 2 (2010), the book provides a wide and detailed account of how the tech in SF inspires the glowing… -
The Greatest Secrets of UX Revealed!
15 May 2013 | 3:50 amI’m a big fan of Penn and Teller, and have been for many years. I saw them live for the first time last month and was blown away by their performance. What I really love about Penn and Teller is that they often “pull back the curtain” and reveal how they do their magic. Other magicians produce an air of mysticism and pretense around their craft, but Penn and Teller will have none of that. They know they are playing tricks, fooling the audience, and by letting everyone in on what they are doing they debunk mysticism while also (hopefully) teaching you something. Their attitude towards… -
Create a Better Responsive User Experience
14 May 2013 | 3:12 amThe mobile market is exploding with unprecedented growth, and marketers are no longer hesitating to embrace responsive web design. As more and more businesses choose to adopt this new approach, it has become crucial for anyone in the web industry to understand the implications of creating a responsive user experience. It's become our responsibility as content strategists, information architects, designers, developers, and digital strategists to do more than just squeeze a website onto the mobile screen of a commuter: we have to plan, design, and build a...read more By Nick Switzer -
A Look at Flat Design and Why It's Significant
13 May 2013 | 2:43 amThere has been a growing tidal wave of flat designs on the web, and recent trend reports have confirmed that they're only increasing in popularity. Of course it's easy to dismiss flat design as yet another fleeting aesthetic trend. But further investigation into this new philosophy reveals that flat design is a lot more than "just for looks." What is Flat Design? Flat design can be seen as the more sophisticated and versatile cousin of minimalism. While flat designs look great when made within the restraints of minimalism, they...read more By Luke Clum -
Creating a Successful Information Experience for Your Users
9 May 2013 | 5:27 amIn a world where people of all ages and backgrounds are spending increasingly more and more of their time navigating through software and web and mobile apps, providing an experience that engages and guides users is crucial for the success of the application. While development teams spend countless hours designing the user experience, planning and coding features, and testing the application, they often overlook the importance of the information appearing within the application. While this information is referred to, in its simplest form, as the user interface text, the integration between…
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LukeW | Digital Product Design + Strategy
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An Event Apart: 10 Commandments of Web Design
19 May 2013 | 5:00 pmIn his presentation at An Event Apart in San Diego 2013 Jeffrey Zeldman walked through today's web design principles and how they can make our sites better. Here's my notes from his talk: Ten Commandments of Modern Web Design. Thou Shall Entertain. We spend lots of time thinking about efficiency and usability but we also need to think about being delightful and entertaining people. Set a conversational tone with your body copy. Headlines and visuals play together. Consider how images can add life and clarity to your content pages. Stock photos might not be the best answer, illustrations and… -
An Event Apart: The Map Is Not The Territory
19 May 2013 | 5:00 pmIn his The Map Is Not The Territory presentation at An Event Apart San Diego CA 2013, Ethan Marcotte shared his thoughts about the changing definition of the Web and his philosophy for making broadly accessible experiences. Here's my notes from his talk: Maps capture our understanding of a space. They make us aware of our surroundings and make things feel a little less foreign. Randal developed a new map for New York. 2 out of every 5 buildings in New York were “mapped over”. This system was designed for use to create regularity. His was a system that became beautiful through use. -
An Event Apart: Designing for the Responsive, Retina-Friendly Web
19 May 2013 | 5:00 pmIn her presentation at An Event Apart in San Diego California 2013 Sarah Parmenter talked about the changes responsive Web design requires of Web designers. Here's my notes from her talk on Responsive Design Workflow: Any change is accompanied by drawbacks and discomforts. We're going through this transition right now. Responsive design is new and can be hard. We're used to a fixed canvas when we design but the multi-device Web is filled with many canvases of varying size and shape. We have to think in terms of designing a puzzle vs. designing a single fixed canvas. We need to work in terms… -
Data Monday: Mobile Devices Per Day
19 May 2013 | 5:00 pmLast year, I illustrated the importance of mobile by highlighting how many devices enter the World each day compared to the number of people born per day on our planet. The ratio was striking. Looking at the same figures today is even more sobering. The End of 2011 The total of smartphones entering the World per day was about 1.45M devices compared to 371,124 births. The End of 2012 The total of smartphones entering the World per day was about 3.6M devices again compared to the same 371 thousand births. Hope you've got you multi-device design strategy in order. -
An Event Apart: Billboards & Novels
19 May 2013 | 5:00 pmIn his Billboards & Novels talk at An Event Apart in San Diego, CA 2013 Jon Tan talked about important considerations for font setting and selection on the Web. Here's my notes from his talk: The Web is reading: how can we give them a better experience doing that? Language is human communication through the use of written and spoke word in a structured way. Words are gestures that paint pictures in our mind. A recent study found that “there are important differences between good and poor typography that appear to have little effect on reading speed and comprehension.” People are really…
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Usability Counts
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Six Ways Interaction Designers Should Act More Like A Product Manager
20 May 2013 | 12:29 am“So why should I understand what a product manager does?” It’s because 60 to 70 percent of what Interaction Designers do has a direct correlation in skill set to the Product Management job description. Outside of pricing models and a few other business methodologies, good Interaction designers can easily act as Product Managers in many environments. Great product management and product design is the crossroads of minimizing risk and maximizing value. With the advent of the user experience process, it can be argued that many Interaction Designers are better trained in Product Management… -
David Cole: The Rise of Product Design
16 May 2013 | 11:12 amOne request I made when I started the new job was to include Product Design in the title, because I believe a) you can’t expressly design User Experience, and b) User Experience is everyone’s responsibility. There’s another divergence in UX: in-house versus agency. The goal may be the same (usable product or website), but how you get there varies mainly because how you have to communicate product design. I’ve worked on both sides, and my approach to how I get things done is very, very different. In the agency world, wireframes are deliverables. In the product world,… -
Service Design for UX Designers
13 May 2013 | 11:00 amCathy Wang (@cathycracks) is a designer that I’ve had the pleasure of meeting virtually (hard to pin her down — she’s from Vancouver, lives in Milan, travels a whole lot). She works in the field of Service Design in the real world. As UX Designers, we should pay attention, because this is something that can greatly expand your influence. Read on. Have you tried explaining to people what you do as an User Experience Designer? Now try to imagine what you would have to say if you were a Service Designer. People have often asked me what I mean when I say “I design… -
Mashable: A Facebook Update In Real Life
12 May 2013 | 11:00 amVery, very funny. You just finished reading Mashable: A Facebook Update In Real Life! Consider leaving a comment!Stuff to check out UX Drinking Game | UX Resume and Career Guide -
Silly Saturdays: The User is Drunk
11 May 2013 | 10:39 amYou just finished reading Silly Saturdays: The User is Drunk! Consider leaving a comment!Stuff to check out UX Drinking Game | UX Resume and Career Guide
