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The UI Layer as Experimentation Layer

Lance — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 07:11:27 +0000

The key thing to remember is everything must be in service to the user’s experience. It’s way to easy to forget this and get in an endless cycles of finessing the UI – which I must remind you might not (…)

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What Startups Need to Know About Design?

Lance — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 02:41:16 +0000

It’s getting harder and harder to differentiate based on tech talent alone. Designers like Jonathan Ive at Apple, Joe Gebbia at Airbnb, and Dave Morin at Path (to name a few) are changing the world today – not entirely because (…)

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Designing Objectively

Lance — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 15:07:47 +0000

It’s a common misconception that art and design are one and the same. But although design can be artful, the process behind it is quite different. Artists engage in the manipulation of a particular medium to produce an aesthetic and (…)

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What Makes a Good UX Designer?

Lance — Sun, 26 Feb 2012 13:26:38 +0000

The big difference between someone who is a UX professional and someone who isn’t comes back to that word: responsibility. When your job is to provide a positive user experience, you have to do whatever it takes to get it done, (…)

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Hello 2012.

Lance — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 18:35:58 +0000

“I know, I know – we all need to save the world. But trust me: the world will still need saving tomorrow.” – Elizabeth Gilbert

The Expanding Role of User Experience Design

Lance — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 15:09:07 +0000

User experience is not only about seeing the big picture of how our applications and websites are used, but also about how they are made. Our expanding presence in the project lifecycle does not make us project managers, though. Budgets, (…)

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Windows 8: Reinventing the Basics of File Management

Lance — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 06:54:19 +0000

We wanted to do an early Windows 8 post about one of the most used features, and one we have not improved substantially in a long time. With the increasing amount of local storage measured in terabytes, containing photos (in (…)

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UXMovement on Dialog Button Placement

Lance — Mon, 30 May 2011 11:40:32 +0000

There are certain platform design conventions that are widely used today because they work for users. But the point here is that platform design consistency should never satisfy a designer as the sole reason to do something. A true designer (…)

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Riding the Flux: Design is changing in myriad ways. Are you?

Lance — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 02:15:39 +0000

I find this quote by Virgina Postrel about the design profession funny and striking: (Design as a profession have) a peculiar combination of arrogance and insecurity. One minute, they’re declaring that they have uniquely appropriate skills for every problem, and (…)

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Dear Designer, You Aren’t That Special

Lance — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 00:57:18 +0000

Creativity isn’t ours. Just because you can draw better, doesn’t make you a better thinker. Design isn’t just aesthetics, it’s more than that. Even if the shiny stuff we do is what gets the most attention in our industry, it’s (…)

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