June 25th
Speaking at Refresh Boston tonight about designing in a recession
The economy is affecting web designers…let’s talk about what to do about it.
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ARCHIVE: June, 2009
June 24th
Designing with Psychology in Mind (AEA slide deck)
Slides from my talk Designing with Psychology in Mind from An Event Apart Boston 2009.
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June 11th
Designing for Sign Up (video & slides)
Video & slides from my 2009 Webstock talk: Designing for Sign Up
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June 10th
Usage Lifecycle: What are your user’s exit points?
Exit points are the critical points at which you lose valued users. Are you keeping track of yours?
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June 9th
Writing Microcopy
The fastest way to improve your interface is to improve your copy-writing.
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June 4th
Behavior First, Design Second
As designers we must remember that behavior comes first. Always.
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June 3rd
Avatars in Emails Increase Response Rate up to 20% for Rypple
After Rypple added avatars to emails, response rate improved between 15 and 20%.
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June 2nd
New Service: Interface Evaluation (Usability Audit)
Interface evaluation is a fast, economical way to get concrete design recommendations for improving your web application.
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June 1st
How Important are Avatars?
We’re all familiar with them, but just how powerful are avatars, those digital representations of self? Several recent blog posts reminded me they’re probably more powerful than we realize.
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