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Best of the Web Weekly Roundup: September 5–11

Posted on 12. Sep, 2009 by Bradley Hebdon.

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UX Basis: A UX Process and Toolbox An incredibly useful resource for both UX folks and clients. We need to remember to educate as well as design. UX Basis is way of combining the numerous tools available to us and forming a unified process that sits within a digital agency and it’s other important departments [...]

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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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20 User Experience Books you should own

Posted on 24. Jun, 2009 by Bradley Hebdon.

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These highly recommended user experience books cover everything from user research and interface design, to information architecture and UX strategy. If you’re really serious about your career as a user experience professional, these books should be the cornerstone of your personal library. What are your top 5 User Experience books? Subject To Change: Creating Great Products [...]

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An interview with Dave Connelly, President of Coresoft: Makers of Super Sniper 2

Posted on 23. Jun, 2009 by Bradley Hebdon.

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With the recent release of 3D Super Sniper 2 – the sequel to the smash hit iPhone App, Super Sniper – I sat down with Coresoft’s CEO and President Dave Connelly, to get an insider’s take on the gaming industry. Eleven years, twenty-five published titles, and eleven iPhone apps later, Coresoft, stands as an accomplished [...]

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Designing the Palm Pre: An interview with Michelle Koh

Posted on 04. Jun, 2009 by Bradley Hebdon.

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It’s the question on everyone’s lips these days. Is the Palm Pre going to make an impact large enough to save both Palm and Sprint? We shall see how this plays out once the anticipated savior descends to earth on June 6, 2009 AD. But launching alone will not a savior make. Rather, Palm’s destiny [...]

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Protoshare: Collaborative Web-Based Interactive Wireframes and Prototypes

Posted on 05. May, 2009 by Bradley Hebdon.

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Protoshare is a web-based collaborative prototyping tool that helps teams quickly build, discuss, and refine clickable wireframes. If you’ve ever been involved in the website design or creation process, you know that it can be a pain for developers, spec creators, and internal or external clients to communicate in an efficient manner. Protoshare’s nifty web-based [...]

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Web trends for 2009

Posted on 05. Feb, 2009 by Bradley Hebdon.

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Smashing Magazine has put together a comprehensive set of web design trends that cover recent developments, new design elements and new graphic approaches. They also discuss situations in which these trends can be used and present some beautiful examples. Read Part 1 and Part 2. Seoptimise.com has compiled a more diverse set of trends covering web design, [...]