Nomad Chique: Visual Experience Design

When you put a bunch of really talented strangers into a space for 2 days, you can come out with some pretty amazing things. Last weekend, I went to the first annual camp here in the So-Cal area, stemmed from the mothership camp in the Bay Area. The camp was a way for web developers, UX professionals including UX designers to get together and share and explore the new realm of the iPad.

I love to read Jakob Nielsen’s alertbox news. Today, there was a cool side-by-side comparison of how quickly media is consumed on your “boob-tube” as my sixth grade science teacher Mrs. Nelson affectionately called it, versus the web. And mobile consumption is of course even faster. On the web, it’s all about instant-gratification according to [...]

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

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 [...]

As a Certified Usability Analyst from Human Factors, Int’l, I get an inside look at the latest scientific and behavioral research on website, web app, and interface designs. I came across a really great article today that’s very relevant to those of you who have an ecommerce site….or are looking into it. This research seems [...]

Men vs. Women: Website Optimization Usability Study – Website Magazine “A recent study on usability found that men prefer fast download speed to easy navigation. Women prefer ease of use, easy navigation, and accessibility.” Clearly we’re different, but these are interesting findings that again iterate the importance of understanding your users.  In a past project [...]