Nomad Chique: Visual Experience Design

In my recent travels to Southeast Asia this summer, I realized, while walking through the Suvarnabhumi Airport (Bangkok), that the airport is a great example of the user experience. Read on to find out why.

As a user experience designer I always like to do new-fangled things and go to novel places to keep my experiences fresh, which translates to more creative and innovative designs in my work. Next stop Mindshare LA. Check out the sharing of minds that took place at this event.

Last Saturday, I participated at another excellent iPhone/iPad huddle, the Hello Universe Seminar, hosted at Co-Working Fullerton by Rutger Hensel. It was a 1-day meetup to learn, share and connect – specifically, it was geared toward developers, product & graphic designers, UI designers, UX designers, business strategists, legal counsel, and current & future iPhone/iPad entrepreneurs. Check out what happened!

Recently the documentary film “Food Inc.” came out on DVD and I finally was able to watch it today. It’s ironic that I’ve also recently been working on a logo design for new client, a cook in fact, with deep roots in the farm way of life. In my research of what’s out in the [...]

Today I was reading an article WebsiteMagazine.com about “Linkbait” and found this great little section on Hooks. As a designer, I often turn to (and highly recommend) professional writers to do the master work of creating great content for sites I create. Writers know how to be economical yet super engaging in how they say [...]

It took me a couple weeks to come up for air to recap, but I finally got a chance to write today. I learned a lot and found several usefully new tools and resources. Here’s the highlights! 1. Camera Raw Rocks My World. I vow to never again edit my photos as just straight JPEGs…unless [...]

http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2009/06/23/10-ui-design-patterns-you-should-be-paying-attention-to/ 1. Lazy Registration 2. Progressive Disclosure 3. Forgiving Format 4. Clear Primary Actions 5. Breadcrumbs 6. Account Registration 7. Required Field Marker 8. Steps Left 9. Subscription plans 10. Hover Controls

From Google to youtube, from craigslist to flickr – how some of today’s biggest sites looked back in the early days of their existence.

Unlock the Secrets of Successful Websites–Social Media Marketing–Entreprenur.com Posted using ShareThis

Ready or Not, Here Comes Enterprise 2.0 “As people embrace social media in their private lives, they naturally expect to use similar tools within the enterprise. This is especially true for younger workers who use these tools in everyday life. Open communication, collaboration, and content generation are as much a part of their standard toolkit [...]