Adaptive Path have put together a nice free whitepaper on Sign-up & Ramp up design patterns. I think it’s by Alexa Andrzejewski, one of their interaction designers. One notable thing missing is the Lazy Registration design pattern, but hey, that’s … Continue reading
If you haven’t seen this clip already, here it is. There’s some smart comments on slashdot, in amongst the noise. Video: Multi-Touch in Windows 7
What is Silverback? Silverback is a simple tool for recording face-to-face user research sessions on OS X. It’s made by Clearleft, it’s in currently in beta, and the price and release date haven’t yet been published. I’m one of the … Continue reading
I usually hate it when people blog about their sprogs but suddenly I understand… My daughter Lilly was born on saturday afternoon, 7 pounds 14, a little bundle of joy. I’ll be fairly offline over the next two or three … Continue reading
I promise to stop ranting about the evils opt-in / out-out design patterns, but I noticed a real gem today that I had to share with you: It’s funny how the honest business objective of keeping in touch with your … Continue reading
So, according to Jared Spool’s Keynote at IA Summit 08, “User-Centred Design is dead”. There’s a good write up by Mia Northrop of Avenue A | Razorfish here, and another by Molly Anglin of NLC here. I usually love challenging … Continue reading
Quietly announced on Twitter – Clearleft’s silverback app is going to be “Usability testing software for web designers”. See, I guessed right back in February! As a result I’ve ended up on the alpha testing team. My lips are sealed … Continue reading
It’s quite interesting to watch the FOWD 08 conference tweets as they happen. I’m quite surprised at how much bitching is going on. Check out the flash widget below – come on guys, play nice! Can’t see the flash widget? … Continue reading
Ethnio has come on a lot since I last checked – now it’s looking pretty damn good. Ethnio is a tool for finding participants for user research by enlisting live users from your website. If you’re not sure what I … Continue reading
Quite a few slide decks from IA Summit 2008 are finding their way onto slideshare. They all look great. As a taster, here’s Peter Morville’s Search Patterns presentation: | View | Upload your own