When designing for mobile, keep in mind that you are typically not designing "on" mobile. In the Universal Mind UX studio, we just completed an initiative for SoDA—The Society of Digital Agencies—to create the annual SoDA Report on iPad and Kindle Fire. A key element of our best practices in UX design is to test and view our work...
Read moreAlthough the landscape for digital publication design is relatively immature, some expectations for interactivity and supplementary content are starting to emerge. As an organization or even as an individual preparing content for a digital version of your printed product, you should be aware of the current interactive tools and opportunities the...
Read moreToday Apple introduced a new version of their iBooks iOS application alongside a new content creation tool, iBooks Author. This move was focused entirely on bringing textbooks to the iPad. After analyzing both Apple's announcement and the two newly released pieces of software, I have some interesting observations.
Why the iPad?
I think it is...
Read moreDigital publishing grew tremendously in 2011. With the unveiling of new technologies such as the iPad 2, the iPhone 4S and Amazon’s Kindle Fire, we’ve dramatically changed the way companies will disseminate information for years to come.
But we’ve only begun to scratch the surface of what’s possible in this...
Read moreRemember buying a vinyl record or even a CD, ripping off the plastic and having an immediate glimpse into the back-story of the music project… all while holding something in the palm of your hands?
With a move to streaming music and digital downloads, we’ve lost some of the connection and back-story we used to get from vinyl and CD albums. It seems...
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Everyone is embarrassed by their baby pictures. The Web should be, too; check out this candid shot of a Geocities page from 15 years ago, when the browser was still in diapers and Ajax something you used to clean the shower. It's like a Greatest Hits collection of every bad gif, font and color scheme its designers could get their hands...
Read moreTechnology in 2011 is all about "me"—UX Predictions for the Coming Year
The word technology, by definition, has a very sterile, metallic, and hands-off connotation. But this is changing. Technology is becoming increasingly intimate, customizable and personal.
People now access the same sites and services using different applications that suit...
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