Thoughts By Thought Leaders bridges the digital divide between the web and business communities. Here you’ll find case studies, ideas and experiences that have helped organizations realize real business value in adopting or implementing advanced web practices in #UX, #IA, #CS and #WW.
May 14/2012 Jeff Parks
I was recently invited to present at the kick-off event for the Interaction Design Association’s Ottawa chapter… Hat tip to Cornelius Rachieru, Samantha Lovelace, Jennifer Fraser, and Jed Looker for organizing what I’m sure will be the first of many great experiences in the nation’s capital.
April 19/2012 Jeff Parks
In 1968 Peter Drucker wrote a book with an elegant title, The Age of Discontinuity. In this book he identified four main topics which he believed would exert a profound influence on the shape of our world.
April 15/2012 Jeff Parks
…getting from complex to simple is rooted in creativity. We design to make things easy for others to use and interact with. Getting to ease of use should not be about focusing on specific processes or technology – nor should it be easy.
March 27/2012 Roger Davis
Recently I had a chance to watch the video of a talk given by Jonathan Berger, given at the recently concluded Agile UX NYC 2012 Conference. In his talk, Jonathan made reference to a designer who boldly claimed: “We don’t hire designers who can’t code.” This statement got me thinking about my own personal experience as a designer within the Jamaican market who’s been forced to learn to code because no one would hire me as a web designer if I couldn’t also develop the user interfaces of these websites using HTML, CSS and JavaScript.
February 29/2012 Jamie Gerrard
I consider myself to be somewhat of a collector. Not in the traditional sense, where I’m constantly checking eBay to see if I can snag the missing issues of The Walking Dead comic book series that I need, but a collector of patterns. More specifically, design patterns related to website and web application interface elements (or their UI). Whether it’s an account registration form I came across while signing up for a new service, or something as simple as a call-to-action button, I always have FireShot handy to grab a quick screenshot.
