Thoughts on Digital Media, User Experience, User Interface and Mobile

Have you ever wondered when to use a microsite, a website, a landing page or  a facebook (Social) page. Here is a comparison table to help you decide. Criteria Main Website Microsite Landing Page Social Media Page Perception Central, official and permanent source Timely Short-term use Official and permanent user generated content. Communication Focus Broad and [...]

apple, blackberry, android. nokia, windows mobile, sony ericsson, more… http://www.simonwhatley.co.uk/user-interface-guidelines-for-mobile-and-tablet-devices

Conducting a competitive analysis is an important part of the job if you’re a usability engineer or information architect. A good competitive analysis not only produces usability metrics but also aids decision makers in their strategic goal-setting and planning. Done right, a good competitive analysis can steer a Web development project in the right direction.

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What if you had a nickle for every time you heard: “I have the perfect idea for a great application!“? It’s the buzz on the street. The iPhone has created unprecedented excitement and innovation from people both inside and outside the software development community. Still for those outside the development world, the process is a [...]

Apple don’t have any comprehensive pre-built GUI resources for app development, making it very hard to match the uniformed style of the iPhone or the iPad. You will need to create your own. To help streamline your iPhone app design and development, we have put together a fairly comprehensive collection of iPhone & iPad GUI [...]

By Cameron Chapman Information architecture can be a daunting subject for designers who’ve never tried it before. Also, creating successful infographics and visualizations takes skill and practice, along with some advance planning. But anyone with graphic design skills can learn to create infographics that are effective and get data across in a user-friendly manner. Below [...]

10 User Interface Design Fundamentals It’s no great mystery that truly great user interfaces are the ones that are engineered to stay out of the way. ‘Staying out of the way’ means not distracting your users. Rather, good UIs let your users complete goals. The result? A reduction in training and support costs, and happier, [...]

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Visio – Visualize, explore, and communicate complex information. OmniGraffle Pro – Create diagrams, process charts, quick page layouts and website mockups Axure RP Pro – Rapidly create wireframes, prototypes and specifications for applications and web sites. iRise Pro Pencil – Free sketching & GUI prototyping tool, can be installed as a Firefox add-on or as [...]