Sep 1st 09
Creating a Usable Contact Form
Contact forms can fail in many ways. Be sure they do not by following these guidelines.
There are some simple steps you can take to create the best bridge possible between you and your clients. The most obvious way to receive that feedback is through a contact form. It is an essential component for owners of websites. It creates a channel to hear feedback, suggestions, and even sell services.
The...
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Aug 10th 09
Samsung Beats Apple in the IDEA/BusinessWeek Design Awards
Wow. Samsung beat out Apple 8 to 7 in this years annual Industrial Design Excellence Awards sponsored by Business Week. This is a remarkable achievement for the Korean company.
I remember meeting Samsung executives year after year at the annual dinner given by the IDSA and Business Week. Each time it was a table of middle-aged males in suits. Then about a dozen years ago, we had dinner and it was...
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Aug 10th 09
CEO Conversation Is Changing–From Cost Cutting To Top-Line Growth
I recently did a swing through a number of major innovation consultancies and the buzz this summer is that top-line growth is again a topic of conversation inside US and European corporations. The obsession with cutting costs and survival is ebbing and CEOs are looking to the Fall to begin boosting sales and revenues.
This is good news for the innovation and design industry, good news for consumers...
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Aug 9th 09
UI Design Guiding Principles
Just as my team and I began working on establishing a set of core guiding principles, I came across a post from John Schrag and his team at Autodesk describing their core design values. Based on their list and our own brainstorming, we have developed our own list of UI Design Guiding Principles:
Understand the problem before solving it (and avoid “design on the spot”)
Sketch before making...
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Aug 9th 09
Ten UI Design Guiding Principles
Just as my team and I began working on establishing a set of core guiding principles, I came across a post from John Schrag and his team at Autodesk describing their core design values. Based on their list and our own brainstorming, we have developed our own list of UI Design Guiding Principles:
1. Understand the problem before solving it (and avoid “design on the spot”)
2. Sketch before making...
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Patrick is an accomplished Sr. User Interface Developer and Architect specializing in Web Applications, Web 2.0 and eLearning with extensive experience in the full life cycle of the software design process including project planning, design, testing, client communications, training, de-bugging, implementation and maintenance. His book, Modern Ui, Social Usability for Web 2.0 and Beyond is in production and will be available at Barnes and Noble, Borders, Amazon as well as many other fine retailers in Winter 2009-2010.
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