Recently, a student of my Interaction Design course at DePaul University asked about “ribbon” design in user interfaces. For you Microsoft Office users, you know what I mean – the new navigational element of the 2007 version. Anyway, she’s working on a fairly complex Windows-based application that is “used to drive specialized medical equipment that [...]

I came across Wordoid.com today. It’s a site that generates “wordoids” given a few inputs that you provide – a language, a pattern and level of quality. The owners of the site say “wordoids” simply because what it comes up with is not always a real word. Think of brands and products or services such [...]

Last week I had the honor of presenting a “selling the value of user-centered deisgn” workshop to a very important financial and economic regulating body. As part of the workshop I developed this presentation. The presentation covers: Why is user-centered design important? How do I communicate the value of user-centered design? Understanding how to prove, [...]