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Reclaiming Some Time
Over the holidays I took some time off from work, thinking finally I’d have some time to pursue those interests that I keep putting off. But instead, I found myself getting annoyed with how much time...
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Yes, Ditch Traditional Wireframes, But Not for Code
I just ran across Ditch Traditional Wireframes in UX Mag. I agree with the basic premise–that static, especially high fidelity, wireframes should be eschewed, but the conclusion I draw about what to do...
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No -> Packaged HTML5 Apps: Are we emulating failure?
Packaged HTML5 Apps: Are we emulating failure? | groovecoder. The simple answer is “no.” But just some nitpicks. The Problem Is Contrived/Misapprehended If you already have a QR scanner in place, you...
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Flatland? No Thanks
“When you launch an app on your mobile device, the device essentially becomes that app.” via Max Rudberg – ✎ Flat UI is not the only way forward This is a great, keen observation, and it correlates to...
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Let’s Be Real Men, Guys in IT
I just ran across this post on the sexism/harassment that women face in IT (and elsewhere, of course): We deserve better than this | ashe dryden. Not long back, I ran across a similar one from Iris...
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Antipattern: Forms Over DB
Any experienced business software developer knows that CRUD makes the world go round. For those who don’t know, that stands for Create, Read, Update, Delete. It’s the bread and butter of many business...
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Confidence Builders?
I just read Phil Haack’s Test Better post, and I liked the dicing of terminology around testing/QA. It occurred to me that if the goal is more to build/generate confidence (and it is), then maybe the...
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Nativist Nonsense and Idiotic Idealism
I very much appreciate, understand, and value design aesthetics and well built technology. I’m also an amateur philosopher in my free time, so I can appreciate ideas, ideals, and ideologies in...
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It’s Time to Grow Up
As commentary on the latest brouhaha in IT over sexism has gotten the notice of the New Yorker, it strikes me how we’re at an interesting point in the IT industry. It has become axiomatic that (high)...
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It Feels Good to Know and Do Things
Every so often another article appears somewhere advocating creating prototypes by coding. There are many drawbacks in doing that, not the least of which is simply wasted time–time spent dorking...
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My Job is Bigger Than Your Job
I’ve been in software for a while now. I started out on the dev side of things, and within that are the folks who like to use the term “architect” to connote how they have the “big” view of things....
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I’m My Own Worst Enemy
I’m something of a freak, though certainly not unique, in that I started my career in software as a developer and am now far more on the Design/UX side of things. Not only that, but I was one of those...
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Anti-Skeu is Still Tail Wagging
I originally was going to put a picture of my own navel here, but I just couldn’t bring myself to do that to ya. This pic is, according to wikipedia, the official representation of the human navel. So...
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Adobe Tools Are Not UX Designer Tools
If you’re looking to hire a competent UX professional, do not ask for “Experience with Adobe Tools” in your job description. Especially don’t ask for PhotoShop. Even visual designers are waking up to...
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Is Responsive Web Design a Lie?
I’ve previously written about the importance of keeping a focus on users when thinking about responsive Web design. I’ve also written about ways to think about responsive Web design in the context of...
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When to Listen to Customers
A colleague recently shared this article saying that Steve Jobs never listened to his customers. That, IMO, is a bit off. I am fairly sure it is not accurate to say that of Steve Jobs, but more...
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TypeScript: To Be or Not To Be
I’ve been having an ongoing convo with some of my colleagues (e.g.) at Infragistics about TypeScript as of late. Now by way of preface, I started my professional programming career in ASP, have done...
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Designers and Artists, and Hiring
A colleague pointed me to this good piece on “how to hire designers” today. Lots of good stuff there. My favorite line was this: Great art workers, great graphic artists, certainly. But not designers....
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Design Does Not Mean Sitting in a Room
With Q&A, however, Microsoft “started with just a pure design view,” Netz said. That meant the design team sat in a room for weeks and thought about how to make the user experience as simple and...
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How to Revert from iPhone 5s to iPhone 5 (iOS 7)
Yes, you read that right. I returned my iPhone 5s. In the past, I have felt that Apple, largely, has been good to me. I’m not a fanboi, however, and if they don’t measure up, they’re out. iOS7 really...
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