Can You Say That in English? Explaining UX Research to Clients

It's hard for clients to understand the true value of user experience research. As much as you'd like to tell your clients to go read The Elements of User Experience and call you back when they’re done, that won’t cut it in a professional services environment. David Sherwin creates a cheat sheet to help you pitch UX research using plain, client-friendly language that focuses on the business value of each exercise.

You Can Get There From Here: Websites for Learners

"Content-rich" is not enough. Most websites are not learner-friendly. As an industry, we haven’t done our best to make our content-rich websites suitable for learning and exploration. Learners require more from us than keywords and killer headlines. They need an environment that is narrative, interactive, and discoverable. Amber Simmons tells how to begin creating rich content sites that invite and repay exploration and discovery.

Getting to No

A bad client relationship is like a bad marriage without the benefits. To avoid such relationships, or to fix the one you’re in, learn the five classic signs of trouble. Recognizing the never-ending contract revisionist, the giant project team, the vanishing boss and other warning signs can help you run successful, angst-free projects.

The Myth of Usability Testing

Usability evaluations are good for many things, but determining a team’s priorities is not one of them. The Molich experiment proves a single usability team can’t discover all or even most major problems on a site. But usability testing does have value as a shock treatment, trust builder, and part of a triangulation process. Test for the right reasons and achieve a positive outcome.

Discovering Magic

Wouldn’t it be a little magical if, when you signed up for a new site, it said something like, “We notice you have a profile photo on Flickr and Twitter, would you like to use one of those or upload a new one?” Glenn Jones created a JavaScript library called Ident Engine that can help you do just that.

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British Council Sets Up Graphic Design Framework

The British Council is hoping to appoint up to 12 consultancies to a new UK graphic design framework.

ATTIK Relocates Leeds Studio, Gears Up for Grand Return to London

In 1995, armed with the very first edition of their experimental design book entitled Noise, the principals of Yorkshire-based graphic design company ATTIK took the bold step of opening a new studio in London.

Photoshop.com Mobile for Android

Adobe today introduced the Photoshop.com Mobile for Android, extending Adobe industry-leading digital imaging technology to users of the Google Mobile operating system.

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Exact Paragraph Sizes

Use this trick to make your paragraph boxes fit an exact predetermined area inside of your Photoshop documents. Download here

Getting a Better View

Learn how to bring your images back into view on the screen so you can see the entire image. Download here

No Italic or Bold?

You can use today’s tip to find out what to do if your font doesn’t have an italic or bold style associated with it. Download here

Double Space Deletion

Are you one of those people that types two spaces after a period. Bad! Instead of scolding you though, today I’ll show you a way to let Photoshop go through and remove all of those double spaces. Download here

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Web Site of The Day: 10 ways by Getty Images

Somewhere, somehow you've got to start. Pick one, at least.

The Front Seat Interview: Brian McCarty

In Brian Mccarty’s world, growing up doesn't involve growing obsolete from the things of childhood. In his world, growing up means getting more in touch with the things that mattered when he was a boy.

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BOOKS: Phaidon Design Classics

An extraordinarily absorbing, enticingly packaged and comprehensive collection of design classics that will, ironically, become a design classic itself. - reviewed by Wallpaper Magazine

The Driver Speaks: Plug and Play

Universal Connections, an exhibition by dialog05 in Munich presented a collection of USB art designed to make us think about technology in contemporary times.

The Driver Speaks: Cradle-to-Cradle Era

Sustainable design or C2C (Cradle-to-Cradle Design), what is it?

News: Nokia's First Public UMA Pilot Over WLAN is Underway

Nokia started its very first public Unlicensed Mobile Access pilot over Wireless LAN in the city of Oulu last week.

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