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New and Up and Coming Rapid Wireframing and Prototyping Tools Event
New and Up and Coming Rapid Wireframing and Prototyping Tools Event By Julia Salem February 22, 2012 Technology has revolutionized everything except how we go about creating software…the solution: visualize first. IxDA New York and NYC-CHI hosted a sold-out event yesterday, with the help of Oxford Technology Ventures, LLC, about some of the new tools [...]
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Planning Your Social Integration Strategy
Planning Your Social Integration Strategy By Julia Salem February 18, 2012 Most companies have now integrated social plugins into their websites. These companies know the importance of socializing their webpages, but what many are unsure of is how to implement these social technologies correctly. This article discusses how to plan social integration strategy by discussing [...]
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10 Steps to Becoming an Amazing Designer
10 Steps to Becoming an Amazing Designer By Julia Salem February 17, 2012 This post from Bruno Moura, discusses his advice for new designers in 10 steps. These steps include, reading industry books, becoming an expert in a topic that interests you, write, blog and speak on the topic that interests you, learn something new [...]
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Mobile Content Management Systems
Mobile Content Management Systems By Jon Mason and Julia Salem February 15, 2012 Most of the current mobile content management systems available are quite similar. The primary service they offer is simple data storage, with features like push notifications, geographical search, and social integration (Facebook and Twitter). The data storage offers CRUD (Create, Read, Update, [...]
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Agile Works for Web UX
Agile Works for Web UX By Julia Salem February 13, 2012 Agile works well for products that need continuous improvement, but it could be hard to adapt to new a new development process without taking time to adjust the process while people are learning. Here are a several reasons why Agile can work for your [...]
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Designing for Android
Designing for Android By Julia Salem February 11, 2012 Here are some innovative design principles developed by and for the Android User Experience team. Enchant Me Delight me in surprising ways. Real objects are more fun than buttons and menus. Let me make it mine. Get to know me. Simplify My Life Keep it brief. [...]
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Scrolling Is the New Click
Scrolling Is the New Click By Julia Salem February 7, 2012 Both scrolling and clicking have pros and cons, so how does a designer decide which one to use? The best way would be to decide by analyzing the pros and then deciding which are most important to your project’s user experience. Scrolling Pros Faster [...]
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7 UX Best Practices of Community Design
7 UX Best Practices of Community Design By Julia Salem January 26, 2012 Most companies today are working to reach out to their online communities to get ideas for innovation, sales, etc. These best practices can be used by anyone trying to improve their community design. 1) Design for Two Goals These goals are showing [...]
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Turn Research into Good Design with Storyboarding
Turn Research into Good Design with Storyboarding By Julia Salem January 23, 2012 Storyboarding is an amusing and laid-back way to turn research results into an effective user flow on your site. Overall, storyboarding consists of visualizing scenarios and drawing them “while discussing each scenario with the stakeholders, piling on ideas while leaving room to [...]
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7 Mobile Strategy Tips
7 Mobile Strategy Tips By Julia Salem February 9, 2012 Mobile usage has been growing exponentially, so much so that sites like YouTube and Facebook are projecting mobile use to surpass desktop use this year. This means that this is the year to get your mobile and tablet strategy in line. Here are 7 tips [...]