28Nov0
Asking for Feedback
Posted by Michael Gaigg
Generally it's not a good idea to listen to your users; it's better to observe their behavior and actions. When you do ask for feedback though, be careful to not end up with a sack full of new requirements.
Some phrases (from the hilarious video) that I'm only too much familiar with:
- I'm just throwing things out there
- You are the author (designer), you know best
- I am making sense, right?
from Asking for Feedback
4Dec0
Highlights of Week 48/2010
Posted by Michael Gaigg
- What is an Experimental Typography? Trends and Examples (by Aimee Sway) - beautiful typographic examples.
- Human Behavior Theories That Can be Applied to Web Design (by Alexander Dawson) - what did you say about zombie's?
- What Every Web Developer Should Know About Front-End Performance (by Joel Sutherland) - don't let optimization slip under the table - it's to be taken seriously - start here...
- Access Ability (by the association of registered graphic designers of ontario) - A Practical Handbook on Accessible Graphic Design.
- 24 Ways (by Drew McLellan and Brian Suda) - Holiday season is here and 24 ways gives you 24 articles written by industry leaders. Enjoy.
- Silverlight 5 Plans Revealed (by Tim Heuer) - exciting new features ahead (beta in spring, release probably in Q3 2011) - XAML databinding debugging
- 15+ Free Holiday & Winter Vectors: Winterize (by Chris McConnell) - right in time, 17 vector graphics for the xmas season.
- The Digital Marketer's Master Library (by Mitch Joel) - marketing is part of our daily job/life and this list is incredible - so check it out.
- Australian DDA moves ahead (by Shrirang Prakash Sahasrabudhe) - Australia is now officially WCAG 2.0 for accessibility conformance.
5Mar0
Highlights of Week 09/2010
Posted by Michael Gaigg
- 10 unexpected online user behaviours to look out for (by webcredible team) - the really interesting thing is that they talk about "People" and not "Users"
- A Review of Consistent Designs on the Web (by Noam Almosnino) - a check list (like it) and visual examples (love it).
- Design Multilingual Website: A Beginner’s Guide (by Christian Arno) - often only a back-thought, but it shouldn't. I18N and all the good stuff.
- uxurls.com: a user experience aggregator (by Harry Brignull) - Harry is collecting and presenting blogs about UX, 130 sites and counting...
- How to Build a Footer That Doesn’t Stink (by Ben Gremillion) - yes, this kind of footer
- 34 Outstanding Admin Panels for Your Web Applications (by Madalin Tudose) - more inspiration.
- My biggest mistakes (by Scott Berkun) - call it life lessons, call it learning from other people's mistakes, call it a must-read...
- Web designers announce IE6's 'death,' slate party (by Gregg Keizer) - Thank God, finally?
- So You Call Yourself A Designer? (by Niki Brown) - Niki illustrates which qualities/skills are needed to be a good Designer
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