Author Archives: charles
Considerations When Defining Process
How does an car engine produce 300 horsepower in a matter of seconds from so many moving metal parts? How is an army of ants able to build great massive labyrinths to protect their queen and themselves from predators? How … Continue reading
Theory vs Experience In UX Design
As a UX designer which is the most valuable reference point when making good design decisions? Theory or experience?
iPad: Hit or Miss?
Yesterday Steve Jobs presented the most anticipated cross computing tool since the iPhone. After listening closely to the Twitter and blogshpere it’s apparent Jobs and company didn’t hit this one of the park – but created another major miss probably … Continue reading
Time To Ditched Jacob’s Top 10
One of the easiest usability tests to employ has been the heuristic evaluation, made popular by usability advocate Jacob Nielsen. His top-ten evaluation criterion has the basis for all testing of this sort since the late 90s.
Apple Come On Already And End The Rumours
Once again marketing and tech genius of Steve Jobs has the world sitting on the edge for probably the next biggest thing since… the iPhone. The worst kept secret may finally get announced – officially – tomorrow that Apple will … Continue reading
1 Step to Getting Better Search Rankings
Ok I don’t have one step for you. But I’d like to cut through the noise here and give you the number one secret to getting better, longer lasting results with your SEO. That is: build what your customers want.
LinkedIn Shouldn’t Try To Be Facebook
A recent article on iMediaConnection.com reports that LinkedIn – the popular social media site for business professionals – is suffering an identity crisis. The article compares web traffic statistics between LinkedIn and Facebook. It goes on to suggest that if … Continue reading
Firefox Accessibility Extension: Must Have For Developers
I’ve have recently installed the Firefox Accessibility Extension (version 1.5) by Jon Gunderson of the Illinois Center for Information Accessibility. It’s a fantastic tool that allows you to test the against the FAE and beta W3C accessibility rules. It’s a … Continue reading