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Ask the Experts: What is Great Design?

Matthew Kammerer — Sun, 27 May 2012 16:33:34 +0000

What separates a mediocre design from a great design?

Abstraction and Wireframing – What coding and UX have in common.

Aaron Griffith — Fri, 25 May 2012 14:15:44 +0000

Why a good understanding of programming can help you make better wireframes – and how you can make use of the same principles to improve your wireframing even if you don’t code.

(Re)consider the Source

Matthew Kammerer — Wed, 23 May 2012 14:20:33 +0000

It’s an exciting time to work in the digital universe. We face more possibilities for creating content than ever, from video to infographics. We also have more places to put digital content than ever.

MIT Creates Amazing UI From Levitating Orbs

Matthew Kammerer — Wed, 23 May 2012 12:12:15 +0000

Anyone else see The Avengers? Just like in Iron Man 1 and 2, Tony Stark has the coolest interactive 3-D displays. He can pull a digital wire frame out of a set of blueprints or wrap an exoskeleton around his arm.

Manipulating App Store Reviews with Dark Patterns

Matthew Kammerer — Mon, 21 May 2012 14:59:24 +0000

If you’re willing to go black hat, it’s easy enough to boost your app’s reviews in the App Store through astroturfing. The downside, however, is not just that it’s unethical – it’s also forbidden by Apple and will probably get you booted out of the App Store. This level of risk is a big turn-off for many would-be black hatters, but what if I told you that there’s a way to manipulate your real users into leaving substantially more positive reviews, and for some reason Apple are turning a blind eye to it?

“Old People Icons” that don’t make sense anymore

Matthew Kammerer — Wed, 16 May 2012 13:20:50 +0000

What happens when all the things we based our icons on don’t exist anymore? Do they just become, ahem, iconic glyphs whose origins are shrouded in mystery?

Familiar is not a design

Matthew Kammerer — Thu, 10 May 2012 20:08:49 +0000

With a not-uncommon sense of despair, I recently read an article on a hack for jailbroken iPads, allowing desktop-like layered window management.

Self Design And The Out-Of-Box Experience

Matthew Kammerer — Wed, 09 May 2012 13:22:35 +0000

For many projects, self design works great. By designing for our own use, we can optimize the user’s experience to be smooth and seamless.

A Brief Matter, discussing Content strategy

Aaron Griffith — Tue, 08 May 2012 18:02:14 +0000

Content strategy starts where all client projects start: with the brief.

Principles of User Interface Design

Matthew Kammerer — Mon, 07 May 2012 14:55:44 +0000

Joshua Porter breaks down 20 principles to live and design by.