Posts Tagged ‘Workflow’
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Inside Google’s User Experience Lab: An Interview With Google’s Marcin Wichary
- July 8th, 2011
- 33 Comments
Marcin Wichary’s fascination with the relationship between humans and machines began at an early age. As a boy in Poland, he was mesmerized by the interaction between arcade patrons and the video games they played. Years later, Marcin would help shape the way that millions of computer users interact with ...
Read more...Following A Web Design Process
- June 22nd, 2011
- 61 Comments
Almost every Web designer can attest that much of their work is repetitive. We find ourselves completing the same tasks, even if slightly modified, over and over for every Web project. Following a detailed website design and development process can speed up your work and help your client understand your ...
Read more...Guidelines For Working With External Code Libraries
- June 20th, 2011
- 36 Comments
Working with code that was created by some other person or organization is routine for developers, but it can be one of the most demanding activities, particularly if you’re still learning. From using code libraries to working on a team of developers, there are bound to be times when you ...
Read more...Understanding Copyright And Licenses
- June 14th, 2011
- 79 Comments
The Web is full of creative and practical resources that we can use to improve our projects. Photography, fonts, music and code are perfect examples. Finding stock objects and existing implementations is often quicker, cheaper and more practical than producing your own. Whether free or not, these resources normally come with ...
Read more...A Comprehensive Website Planning Guide
- June 9th, 2011
- 66 Comments
As a veteran designer, developer and project manager for more websites than I can count, I’ve identified a common problem with many Web projects: failure to plan. The same issues come up repeatedly in my work, so I’ve written this guide in order to help clients, other designers, businesses and ...
Read more...Two Cats In A Sack: Designer-Developer Discord
- May 13th, 2011
- 73 Comments
The differences between designers and developers often erupt in pointed jabs on the Web or at conferences. Jokes or not, the jabs create friction whose consequences are real. I am a designer, and by no elaborate means of job-title-rejigging do I consider myself a developer, but I see the cruelty ...
Read more...How To Get Sign-Off For Your Designs
- May 6th, 2011
- 83 Comments
“How did you do that?” My colleague Leigh sounded impressed. He had been working with a problem client for weeks trying to get design approval. Then I came along and was able to get signed-off in a single conference call. “Can you teach me how you did that?” he asked. ...
Read more...Are Touchscreen Tablets Effective Design Tools?
- March 18th, 2011
- 72 Comments
Regardless of the final platform — desktop, tablet, mobile — most designers start their explorations on paper. Depending on the designer’s preference, the paper may be bound or unbound, lined or unlined, smooth or ridged. And while the materials may differ, the goal is the same: to quickly explore a ...
Read more...Five and a Half Habits of Highly Effective Designers
- February 18th, 2011
- 54 Comments
We have theories about everything: why the sky is blue, why apples fall, why bees buzz (and do other unmentionable things), why my boss said a certain thing, why that girl in the restaurant looked at me, why didn’t that girl in the restaurant look at me…. We’re wired to ...
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