Muse (Code Name)

So, Adobe’s latest creation is a high-powered WYSIWYG for designers – no coding required – called Muse (Code Name). I have been playing with it off and on for about a month – although no self respecting code snob would touch this with a ten-foot pole, right? Go on, look under the hood, you know ...

A Bit of Inspiration

Yeah, so I have just a few minutes here at the end of the day and I have to admit, I’ve been a little underwhelmed at work lately. We have a kink in the process that is slowing the our work flow, but it should be fixed soon. In the meantime, I’ve been brushing up ...

Product Review | Cardsorting

I really like card sorting – especially when I can give the task to someone else like the client! Okay, that’s just a little sadistic of me, but I’m really thrilled with a free tool called xSort. It kind of resembles Solitaire, so it’s not quite so intimidating to testers. It’s not a perfect tool, ...

Definitions: Take Two

I asked the question “what are the universally accepted elements of UX design and how do we know those are valid”? Twenty-four hours later, I’m not much closer to an answer! But I stumbled across an article from Behaviour and Information Techonology by Mark Hassenzahl and Noam Tractinsky from the Darmstadt University of Technology, Department ...

Definitions and other illusive things

I’ve been lurking and reading diving deeply into the world of user experience design for somewhere around two years now and one thing I find quite interesting is the persistent debate over definitions. This is especially true when it comes to job titles – and that’s also where the topic gets pretty sticky. I’m not ...