31 things

Last December was a busy month but I had some time to work on a small personal project I’ve been thinking about for months. 31 things is a small exper­iment to force me to think of my posses­sions and get … Continue reading

New Adventure

I just wanted to post a quick update with some exciting (a few weeks old) news. A couple of weeks ago I joined Palo Alto Software as the UX Designer for their app LivePlan. I’m incredibly excited about this oppor­tunity … Continue reading

ImageOptim

Over a year ago I came across a small but extremely useful tool that I’ve been using in my workflow ever since. The tool is the image compression appli­cation ImageOptim. ImageOptim compresses pngs, jpegs, and gifs and is partic­u­larly useful when

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The Golden Age of Design in Startups

Joshua Porter’s post on the increasing partic­i­pation of designers in startups is great news for designers. I’ve also been noticing how bigger corpo­ra­tions, not just startups, seem to be giving design more attention. This is a great oppor­tunity for us … Continue reading

Goodbye Wave

Last night I received this sad but expected email from the Google Wave Team. I remember using Wave for the first time as soon as it was available. I remember getting the feeling this was going to revo­lu­tionize the way … Continue reading

Progress Indicator

Something I worked on over the weekend. Read the full post here.

Sharing Web Design Comps with Compy

If you design websites you probably have clients or a boss you share comps or concepts with for review and approval. Some times you have the luxury of meeting with these stake­holders personally to show the comp while explaining your … Continue reading

Rounded corners and cognitive load

Rounded corners in UI and web design have been a subject of much argument in the design community. It’s refreshing to see some research supporting their use to reduce cognitive load. The following quote is from the article Why Rounded … Continue reading

UO Needs a Mobile Site

With the increasing smart­phone web usage we have been expe­ri­encing in the last years, it has become increas­ingly important to provide opti­mized web expe­ri­ences for mobile devices. Articles like Luke Wroblewski’s The Mobile App User Experience and Jakob Nielsen’s Defer … Continue reading

Quick Photoshop Zooming Technique

I posted this video a few weeks ago with a tip on the best way I’ve found to quickly zoom with Photoshop. All you need to do is hold the command and space keys and drag your mouse (hold the … Continue reading