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Featured on Axure Rapid Prototyping Website

My Axure libraries are included with fabulous others at industry standard prototyping application website Axure.com.
Laika- a dynamic typeface created with Processing

Laika is a dynamic typeface. Via a custom designed control panel, kerning, italics, size and other properties of a typeface can be adjusted. Laika can be responsive to any possible input. The final project installation included type that which was responsive to passers-by. Laika was done as a bachelor thesis project by Michael Flückiger and…
Fixing the sIFR 3 text wrap issue

If you are facing the issue of sIFR text wrapping in Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome, just like I did while trying to implement it on my new website meant for the user experience community: UX Quotes , then you should find this post useful. I am assuming this solution should work with all version…
Featured on Evolt

My article, ‘Increase Conversions in Long Web Forms by Resolving the Accidental Back Button Activation Issue’, is published by Evolt (a pleasure since articles in the Usability/ IA column selected and published roughly once a year).
Lionhead Studios demos the capabilities of Microsoft Project Natal

Code named Project Natal by Microsoft, this sensor device that will be able to be added to any XBOX 360 will allow for a controller-free gaming experience. Through Natal, the user will be interact with the Xbox 360 using gestures, spoken commands or presented objects and images instead of the regular game controller we use…
Featured on Wireframes Magazine

My Axure prototype widgets are mentioned in the Axure libraries and widgets compilation at Wireframes Magazine.
Jen Fitzpatrick on the Science and Art of User Experience at Google

In the Google TechTalks video from 2006, Jen Fitzpatrick talks about the art and science behind Google’s design process and share examples of how design, usability and engineering come together at Google to create great products. About Jen Fitzpatrick Jen Patricks is an Engineering Director at Google, who at least was then managing Google’s user…
Creating High Fidelity Prototypes in Visio now possible with VisDynamica (2009)

Visio for wireframing and prototyping Microsoft Visio has long been regarded as a good tool for wireframing, which I have found especially on large-sized projects where it is crucial to keeping wireframes updated at all times, regardless of constant changes being made to master elements. Used with Adobe Acrobat, Visio works great for documentation. The…
Jon Kolko on Design Synthesis

(Download associated slides, PDF, 4.9 mb) Jon Kolko talks on Design Synthesis, offering two sense making methods to translate research into meaningful insights. The methods he talks about are Insight Combination, a method of building on established design patterns in order to create initial design ideas and Reframing, a method of shifting semantic perspective in…
Kim Goodwin on designing a Unified User Experience- integrating Interaction, Visual & Industrial design

Kim Goodwin talks about integration of the three distinct disciplines- interaction design, visual design, and industrial design. All three must work in concert, or the product that evolves from it will fail to satisfy. Integration of the three disciplines is a central theme of Kim’s new book, Designing for the Digital Age: How to Create…