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The Reservoir of Patience

Posted on 06. Jan, 2010 by Bradley Hebdon.

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The longer I’ve been a UX professional, the more aware I’ve become of usability issues and poor experiences around me. And consequently, the more annoyed I have become.. Then again, it might also be a product of living in Los Angeles and fighting freeway congestion everyday. Add to the mix, a crying newborn – and [...]

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17 Engaging Ways to Experience the 2009 NFL Season

Posted on 09. Sep, 2009 by Bradley Hebdon.

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The NFL makes its anticipated return with the first game of the 2009 regular season kicking off on Thursday, 9/10/2009. So lets cut to the chase; how are you going to experience this game, and the rest of the 2009 season? Assuming you won’t be physically attending a game, here’s a cheat sheet to help you [...]

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Wearable Technology, the next User Experience Frontier

Posted on 08. Sep, 2009 by Bradley Hebdon.

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With the explosion of mobile device usage, technology has never been as portable as it is today. But portability alone does not necessarily determine a productive and satisfying user experience. Mobile devices are infamous for their poor usability and so looking at the emergence of wearable technology; I cannot but feel a little concerned. Not due to [...]

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The 65 Most Annoying things about the Web Today

Posted on 13. Aug, 2009 by Bradley Hebdon.

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We’ve come a long way on the web today. Or have we? While we’ve innovated in many areas, we’ve also continued to disregard pre-existing issues. And in some cases, we have also created new ones. Here is my list of the top 65 most annoying things about the web today. They’re in no particular order, [...]

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10 Must-Have Firefox Add-ons

Posted on 31. Jul, 2009 by Bradley Hebdon.

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This is my collection of ten must-have Add-ons for Firefox, what are your favorites? 1. Adblock Plus Ever been annoyed by all those ads and banners on the internet that often take longer to download than everything else on the page? Install Adblock Plus now and get rid of them. Watch a quick overview. 2. Xmarks Xmarks [...]

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10 Books to becoming an Idea Generating Machine

Posted on 20. Jul, 2009 by Bradley Hebdon.

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Good ideas are the foundation for all effective products, experiences and story-telling. And yet coming up with these gems can be one of the toughest parts of the creative process. These ten books will help put you in the right mindset to start generating original ideas. Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die | [...]

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Caution: 5 Common Usability Testing Mistakes to Avoid

Posted on 15. Jul, 2009 by Bradley Hebdon.

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Usability testing is not an easy thing to perfect. However, a good starting point is to identify where most mistakes are made throughout the process. And through this awareness, you should fine-tune your approaches to planning, moderation and analysis, in order to attain truly insightful findings. 1. Recruiting Unsuitable Participants It’s vital that you validate a design through the eyes of [...]

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Top 5 Visual Search Engines

Posted on 09. Jul, 2009 by Bradley Hebdon.

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Visualizing search results can tread a fine line. A fragile line that separates usefulness and gratuitousness. To some degree, this judgement is subjective depending on the orientation of a user’s brain. The visual folks out there will be drawn to visually rich interfaces, and in this case, search results. Take a look and let me know what you [...]

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Sci Fi Channel Rebrands and Fails

Posted on 08. Jul, 2009 by Bradley Hebdon.

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Coming off the best year in the Sci Fi Channel’s history, what better timing than to change what was already working. “The name Sci Fi has been associated with geeks and dysfunctional, antisocial boys in their basements with video games and stuff like that, as opposed to the general public and the female audience in [...]

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LEGO’s User Experience Wheel

Posted on 06. Jul, 2009 by Bradley Hebdon.

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It looks like the user experience folks over at LEGO are doing some creative UX mapping. Thanks to Bruce Temkin from Experience Matters for sharing this. The UX map above illustrates a scenario of an executive traveling on a plane and expands this to encompass his customer experience. Surrounding this persona, the wheel divides the experience into “before”, “during” [...]

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The 10 Commandents for Designing Less Evil Forms

Posted on 01. Jul, 2009 by Bradley Hebdon.

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Ah yes, the four-letter F word. Lets not beat around the bush here, we all hate the form. Well let me be more accurate with that statement. We all hate completing forms. But as we go about our everyday lives on the web, we’re confronted by these annoying SOB’s relentlessly and mercilessly on every turn [...]