Michael Gaigg: Über UI/UX Design

Highlights of Week 12/2010

I'm still feeling enriched by the exciting sessions presented at the Web App Masters Tour in San Diego. Check out Luke's notes of all the 9 sessions presented - fantastic!

• Techniques for Squeezing Images for All They’re Worth (by Ben Gremillion) - image optimization is key to fast loading web sites.
• UX Design Versus UI Development (by Mike Hughes) - who designs and who builds and where do they overlap? Is it about data?
• Board Releases Draft Refresh of Section 508 Standards and Section 255 Guidelines (by Tim Creagan) - a major step towards WCAG 2.0 becoming a law.
• 20 Portable Applications Web Designers Should Have On Their USB Sticks (by Joel Reyes) - go get a memory stick
• Understanding the Power of Social Media with Infographics (by Paul Andrew) - some real gems there.
• Adobe expanding the accessibility of Acrobat and Flash! (by Jeff Singleton) - don't know how they relate exactly to WCAG but surely welcome to see.
• The Impossible Bloomberg Makeover (by Dominique Leca) - a great example of the kitchen-cabinet problem.
• 10 Principles of UX (by Joshua Porter) - very nice top 10 collection.