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  • HCI Students’ Questions: Answered (Part 2)

    Let’s take a crack at a few more questions from HCI students. I’m going to give a real thorough answer to one question, and knock out a few more with a simplified response. If you haven’t done so already, check out part 1 of this article. What are professionals & hiring managers looking for in…

  • HCI Students’ Questions: Answered (Part 1)

    This weekend I returned to my design roots and met a ton of Indiana University’s current HCI/d students. I was pleased to be a member of the Alumni panel and was impressed by the questions that the students asked. I was so impressed, in fact, that I think many of the questions they asked are…

  • Google Chrome’s Design Comic

    So the big news on the internets today is Google’s new browser: Chrome. It’s only available for Windows as of today, and since I’m on a Mac I haven’t been able to play with it yet. But that’s ok, because Google hasn’t completely left me out of the loop. I have access to the comic…

  • Generate Design Ideas. Rinse. Repeat.

    Adaptive Path‘s Kumi Akiyoshi blogged a quick piece about the visual design of Aurora. I really love the exploratory designs that were created before deciding on the one we saw in the videos. I don’t necessarily love all of the features within them, but it is so important to create multiple design options before settling…

  • Aurora, the Future of the Browser, and Agile Envisionment

    As your local Interaction Design opinion one-stop-shop, I feel obliged to weigh in on Aurora, Adaptive Path‘s newest concept series in collaboration with Mozilla Labs. First off, if you haven’t watched the videos they’ve published so far, do that first: Aurora (Part 1) from Adaptive Path on Vimeo. Aurora (Part 2) from Adaptive Path on…

  • The Elements of Design (Part 1)

    (If you’re reading this from a feed reader, you’ll want to jump to my site so you can see the images.) Today I want to talk about something a bit academic. More of a thinking game than anything else. I chose to start with Graphic Design because, well, it seems a bit more established as…

  • Design for a messy world

    So often we assume that the problems we are solving for are “pure”, even if they are somewhat complex. The images we see in advertisements help this base assumption survive, and so we don’t think to go a little deeper in our analysis of a problem before we jump right in to offering a solution.…

  • LinkedIn looks so fresh & clean clean

    One of my little delights in life comes when I see a website or tool that I use has been refreshed. This morning, I was surprised to notice that LinkedIn has a new look. Check it out: There’s a nice entry up on the LinkedIn Blog that talks about the three major changes: System Navigation…

  • Am I the only one who gets lost at Target?

    Every other weekend or so I take a trip to my local Target store to stock up on necessities. Let me start by saying this: I love Target. For the most part I have a wonderful experience there…well, except for one section: the toiletries area. For some reason, I can never find the things I’m…

  • You should see my sketchbook

    It is truly one of my favorite design “tools:” A good notebook. Personally, I like the full size Moleskine models, but whatever you can manage to carry around will work best. I carry mine everywhere with me, always with a pencil attached. Check out these notes, if you dare, which preceded my recent talk with…