Nomad Chique: Visual Experience Design

Last week I wrote a review about the user experience of Southwest Airline’s website specifically discussing the navigation and presentation. This week I end the discussion with a review of the content and interaction design of the website. Content Overall, from what I did see, the organization of the content and copy writing seemed to [...]

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 [...]

I recently attended an event “The New Relationship Marketing” with Mari Smith, the social media guru and “raging extrovert” hosted by Linked OC. She has a new book out called The New Relationship Marketing: How to Build a Large, Loyal, Profitable. I’ve been following Mari in the social networks, reading her blogs and watching her [...]

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 [...]

By Patrick Neeman I travel. A lot. About once a month, I try to get on an airplane somewhere. Anywhere. Last year, I spent 140 days outside of San Francisco. It’s not that I don’t like the city, but I get impatient. I also travel light, so I use my iPhone as my primary device [...]

Are you a small business or organization just getting your presence started on the web? Or do you already have a website and can’t figure out why your visitor traffic is lacking? In either case, here are a couple of essential components that you will need to include on your website to ensure a more [...]

This is a great book review of Designing Web Interfaces by web designer Paul Olyslager. If you’re thinking about making a purchase, read this book review first to find out about the content.

Over the past few months, I’ve been working on a new reference iPhone app for CSS with fellow iOSDevCamper Scott Tran. Check out the video!

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