Nomad Chique: Visual Experience Design

It’s shoulder season! What’s that you ask? It’s one of those times of the year when you can travel for less cost and avoid the crowds because the peak summer season has ended… and the airlines and hotels really need to get butts in seats and fill those rooms, respectively. So in honor of shoulder [...]

Where do you find the time? It’s a question I’m asked weekly. Three nights a week I attend a web professionals meeting, social media chat, or local networking event. I watch at least two webinars every week (my friends call me a “webinar-holic.”). As a volunteer leader for two professional groups, I help plan and [...]

Social Networking has been a vital part of business strategies for the past few years. The use of Social Networking for marketing purposes, known as Social Media, has many different definitions depending on who you ask. I’ve included a link to a list of 50 definitions for your review. Social Media is vital to today’s [...]

I had the honor of interviewing Dr. Susan Weinschenk regarding her new book 100 Things Every Designer Needs to Know About People. Susan is Chief of User Experience Strategy at Human Factors International, which is where we first met (Susan was instrumental in landing me my first job at HFI!). In her latest book, Susan [...]

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…

We all have our favorite web apps we use for our business and even everyday life. Here is a list of mine that I think are essential tools for small businesses. Notice that most of these tools are free, which is always nice for your bottom line.