Michael Gaigg: Über UI/UX Design

Highlights of Week 13/2010

Posted by Michael Gaigg

• Web design: clarity is more important than persuasion (by Gerry McGovern) - The chief enemy of forward momentum is confusion - so?? ...make it CLEAR!
• Coding a Clean and Professional Web Design (by Waheed Akhtar) - this is part 2 of an excellent web design tutorial.
• Fred Wilson’s 10 Golden Principles of Successful Web Apps (by Keir Whitaker) - "Speed" is #1, no surprise. Love the term "Instant Utility".
• 5 Simple Social Design Tips From the Masters (by Christina Warren) - less is more and, content and context!
• You’re In Control: A Urinary User Interface (by Dan Maynes-Aminzade and Hayes Solos Raffle) - what sounds like a joke comes right out of the MIT labs. Reminds me of my urinal fly.
• CSUN 2010 Presentations (by Jared Smith) - some goodies there.
• Need Some Help Making That iPad Decision? (by Daniel Donahoo) - wanna buy an iPad? This funny flowchart might help you. And here the ultimate use for the iPad.
• 15 Great Ways to Find Web Design and Development Work (by Amy-Mae Elliott) - always good to know.
• Firefox & Page Load Speed – Part I (by Blake Cutler) - investigates the question of how much does our conversion rate improve?