Posts Tagged ‘usability’

The four little words that make designers cringe, “make the logo bigger.” We joke about it all the time, sometimes with elaborate internet pranks like the make my logo bigger cream. Yet we get this request fairly often (myself almost every time a produce a design). So why is there this disconnect between designers and companies where [...]

Nobody Gives a Shit About Your Logo

What are Microformats?
Simple data formats designed for humans first and machines second. Pre-defined classes developers can add to their xhtml tags adding semantic data that can be used by multiple applications.

Why you should be using Microformats.
The web is currently in it’s third generation and Web 3.0 is all about semantics. Microformats are just one of [...]

Why aren’t you using Microformats?

After reading a few books on usability I had an “ah ha” moment. We spend so much time trying to make our websites and applications usable, yet so many of us (myself included) forget about functionality that is built into CSS that has the opportunity to enhance both the user experience and creativity of our [...]

:active, use it damn it…

You may have herd of the term “Occam’s Razor” before, but most likely it was not in relation to web design (or design in general). If not take your moment to familiarize yourself with the concept as it could alter how you design or craft interfaces from this point forward.
The concept was developed by a [...]

Occam’s Razor in Web Design, Simplicity Wins

I recently did a presentation called “It doesn’t matter if you like it…” in which I talked to marketing professionals about how their is a fundamental flaw in the way many people go about designing, or having something design.
I often talk about how a large part of design is communication. With so many CSS Galleries [...]

Don’t Design for your Client, or Yourself