Friday August 8, 2008
The question then becomes, is a positive response to good design natural or learned? Is it instinctual or intellectual? Steve Krug in his book, “Don’t Make Me Think!” has stated (and I paraphrase) if the user is taking the time to think then the usability of the design should be questioned. That said…could good design exist outside of usability and if so does the lack of usability devalue the design or relegate it to–design for design’s sake?
The Design Looks Like A Heather But Sounds Like Tom Waits Article posted by T. Scott Stromberg in Design, Information Design, Usability .
Wednesday May 7, 2008
Yeah, we’re at it again.
404UXD, formerly The Geniant Blog, is the new home of our Dallas-based user experience group. For those of you following along at home, you’ll know that in the latest episode of our little telenovela we (Geniant) were acquired by EMC last July. And prior to that, in 2006, Geniant acquired Bright Corner, which company was more or less the humble genesis of our UX group.
Welcome to 404. Article posted by Jared Christensen in Culture, Design .
Thursday February 28, 2008
As an Information Architect, I spend the majority of my day developing information flows, creating thoughtful ways to display content, and determining how to successfully communicate this design direction to clients. One of the most successful tools in my belt is sketching: the ability to cleanly hand-draw wireframes, widgets or even screen designs is an art form which is worth its weight in gold (or Euros).
The Fine Art of Wireframes Article posted by T. Scott Stromberg in Information Architecture, Visual Design .
Monday February 25, 2008
A little over a month ago, Edward Tufte posted some thoughts on Interface design and the iPhone. He and his crew made a short video highlighting how the iPhone’s elegant interface makes great use of it’s high resolution display as well as some suggestions for improvement.
Getting Tough on Tufte Article posted by Matt Donovan in User Experience .
Tuesday January 8, 2008
It is my assertion that Fireworks makes an excellent choice for designers and developers working in an enterprise environment, helping to streamline work-flow and expedite collaboration. Suspend judgment and disbelief while I explain what I love so much about this unsung graphics application.
Enterprise Fire-Flow Article posted by Nathan Smith in Visual Design .
Friday December 14, 2007
Last week, a conversation arose as to the best way to mark-up a form consisting of horizontal, label and text field combinations. I have thought about it for a bit and would agree that tables are sometimes a workable means for organizing form elements. At the same time, I am not sure that definition lists are inappropriate, either.
Forms: Definition Lists or Tables? Article posted by Alex Bischoff in CSS/XHTML .
Wednesday October 17, 2007
While explaining the nuances of enterprise-level information architecture to a client last week, I likened the role of an IA to that of a civil engineer. This notion has been ruminating in my head for awhile, and after bouncing the idea around with a few colleagues, I decided to elaborate on it.
IA as Civil Engineer Article posted by Nathan Smith in Information Architecture .