Nomad Chique: Visual Experience Design

A new year always brings a new set of predictions on the technological outlook for the near future. Below are some of my UX predictions for 2011 that gives you a glimpse of what’s in store. If you have some predictions of your own, I’d love to hear them!

I use a 50-question scorecard that rates the effectiveness of a site based on usability best practices and specific role-based scenario(s). The process of using this kind of scorecard is often called a “heuristic review.” Read on…

Feeling like you’re in a design funk? Here’s a few methods you can use to spark your creativity.

You just put up a website. Now what? How do you get people to come to your website? Should you do nothing, and expect to be on page one of Google? Unless you have a product that nobody else has in a place that nobody else serves, I’m afraid you’re going to have to work [...]

Visual Design comes last in the elements of user experience. This component, if done right, reinforces the framework. Check out the details of what it is and how it relates to the user experience.

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.

Here’s a short video on how to install a new theme on WordPress.

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!

Some of my clients have been asking questions about how to do certain things in Wordpress so I figured this would be a good opportunity to start creating some simple 2 minute Wordpress how-to videos or Wordpress tutorial videos.