Monthly Archives: August 2009
Wireframes for the Wicked
In this SXSWi 2009 panel, Nick Finck, Donna Spencer, and Michael Angeles talk about wireframes, particularly the various types of wireframes. The best part of the panel is the Q&A session that follows the presentation.
to err is human
One recent afternoon, I got drafted into reviewing and editing a bunch of error messages for a product. It was supposed to be a quick one hour work. But these assignments never really turn out be an hour’s job. All … Continue reading
Book Review: Designing the Obvious
Targeted at people who have heard the word usability but not sure how to proceed further, Robert Hoekman, Jr. in his book, Designing the Obvious, does a good job of explaining usability and how to use user-centered design concepts in … Continue reading
Device Switching
Some time back, I was involved in a project that involved porting an AS/400 application to a web application. I volunteered to be the usability analyst for the web application as I was involved in documenting the AS/400 application and … Continue reading
Of names: fake and real
I am currently involved in an exercise of excising the names of celebrities and characters from television series, movies, and cartoons (mostly copyrighted names) from our documentation set. The names, introduced to populate the database, made their way into user … Continue reading
usability: an FAQ
I get this question asked whenever I mention usability. So this post will be my attempt to explain usability to them. What is usability? I would define ‘usability’ as ‘the art and science of making things usable’. Isn’t every product usable? … Continue reading
How to start a career in User Experience?
Nick Finck provides his advice in his post, Starting a Career in User Experience Design and he talk of three core areas of advice: the three E’s are Education, Experience, and Exposure. “The number one success factor for user experience … Continue reading
a dream
Most of us dream of a dream in which we see ourselves being an entrepreneur. Some of us make that dream come alive, some of us try to make that dream a reality, and some just keep on dreaming that dream. … Continue reading