Workspace Fun
Our environments really contribute to how we work, and many of us spend a lot of time designing the place where we design. So I though it would be fun to to gather pics from whoever wants to participate. It can be home or work or both.
Either email them to aaron@thisisaaronslife.com or shoot me an @ reply on the twitters.
Heres mine:
Aaron's Desk in the huge HP cube farm
Putting together great designs starts with putting people together
Putting together great designs, starts with putting people together.
This a concept that Bill Scott elaborates on in a great UIE podcast, where he is talking about getting everyone involved with a project to have a shared understanding. Continue Reading →
World Usability Day Bundle
So I am sure you have been seeing tweets and other chatter about World Usability Day on November 10th.
“World Usability Day is an annual event where we celebrate the people who try to make the world work better for everyone. This year’s theme is designing for social change — using usability to spark positive change in how people behave, communicate, and do things in the world.”
IA Summit: Art of Critique Podcast Live
This last spring at the IA Summit in Denver, I had the chance to present on the topic of critique with Adam Connor. The IA Summit has just released the audio recording of our session as a podcast. Continue Reading →
UX Resource Bundle for Prototyping
I am always on the lookout for good resources and tools that help with the work I do, and I am sucker for a good bundle. Needless to say that when I saw the UX Super Heroes Prototyping Bundle I was interested. Continue Reading →
ReFramer – Making Research Engaging Again
Every so often I come across a tool or a service that is very helpful to my workflow. Something like an Axure that helps with functional prototypes and documentation, or a service like ClickTale that really helps on the analytics side of things.
The thing about these apps/services is not just that they are super useful within their primary purpose, but they also prove themselves useful in other ways and can be used to accomplish other goals and/or tasks. Continue Reading →
Code School: Sharpening Skills and Expanding Understanding
Often times I hear arguments about wether to being a specialist is the best approach to design work, or to being a jack of all trades is best. I think that both sides definitely have valid points and I am pretty sure that you can still love what you do and be successful in design taking either approach. Continue Reading →
SXSW – Critique Presentation
So sxsw opened up voting on their Panel Picker, which allows us to vote for the various presentations and panels we would like to see at sxsw this year. Among those panel you can vote on Adam Connor and I have one that is based on the critique presentation that we did together at IA Summit in Denver, and Big D 2011 in Texas. Continue Reading →