by John Coleman | Dec 31, 2012 | All Posts, Featured, Rambling Jibberish, UX Design
Yes, yes, I know, 2012 retrospective blog posts have become cliche (mostly for good reason). However, there is one thing that struck me about this past year that I do not see anyone talking about. Sure, this past year has had tons of gaffes, missteps, and general...
by John Coleman | Dec 1, 2012 | Featured, Interaction Design (IxD), UX Design
One cannot swing a cat these days without reading negative reviews about Windows 8, Windows RT, and the Windows Surface line of products. Sure, there are some out there singing their praises, but the central din surrounding Windows 8 is that it does not execute well,...
by John Coleman | Jul 17, 2012 | All Posts, Featured, Interaction Design (IxD), UX Design
Warning: Conspiracy Theory Ahead Something hit me the other day when I was looking at Facebook and their new-ish timeline layout. No, it is not the usual “I hate the new Facebook timeline!! Why did they ever change it??!! Grumble, Grumble, Grumble, Goo!!”...
by John Coleman | Apr 8, 2012 | All Posts, Featured, Interaction Design (IxD), UX Design
So I am heading to Seattle this coming weekend and I wanted to check the weather. Now, I may be old-school, but my first resource for this sort of thing is the Weather Channel website. For me, it is one of those things that just works, and even though there are no...
by John Coleman | Feb 14, 2012 | All Posts, Featured, Interaction Design (IxD), UX Design
As a designer who builds things people use, psychology and behavior of the end user enter into my thinking quite often. Because, at least to me, a big part of experience design of any kind is knowing what kind of experience you are trying to create and whom you are...
by John Coleman | Jan 30, 2012 | All Posts, Featured, UX Design, Web Design
Web design projects are funny. Especially when a lot of people are involved, a lot of time during a project often gets spent talking about what the thing you are trying to build will be. We like to have meetings, conference calls, and send/receive seemingly...
