Create a simple signup page to attract customers leading up to launch. Like a lot of entrepreneurs I have a love/hate relationship with google. But I’m just going to come out and say they suck at UX. I know that’s not a popular opinion. Everyone praises them for their fast and simple looking UI. The latest example of this suckage can be seen if you happen to [...]
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Archive for the ‘Design’ Category
05/10/2011
A personal mission of mine has been to avoid the use of stock art or photography in my latest projects. You’ll notice on the KickoffLabs blog that the photos are mostly pictures that I’ve taken or images I’ve drawn. No one else may like or notice, but I get a personal sense of satisfaction knowing [...]
04/17/2011
Not sure where I saw this first, but I love the following iPad tips. 1. Put folders in the launch bar. 2. Move all your non favorite apps to other pages so your home screen let’s your background image shine. And putting the two together is awesome.
03/02/2011
Yesterday I started creating mockups for a top secret project. I decided that I was not only going to mockup the UI, but that I was going to mock up real copy to go along with it and skip the fake text. Not content with simply banishing “lorem ipsum” I attempted to make the content [...]
I highly recommend working on your next project like your being filmed for training. Better yet… actually record what you are doing and try sharing it. You’ll learn a TON and you’ll focus on fit and finish in ways you never thought about before. Working on the OneDayApp series has dramatically improved the quality of [...]
This is part 3 in a series of posts that examines how each role at a company owns the quality of product. Part one looked at sales and development while part 2 examined the roles of consulting and support in shipping a quality product. This part will examine how User Experience and Marketing own quality.
12/04/2010
Someone reported a “bug” in GoodDay that they “didn’t like the splash screen” I used: And I admit that I’m not a designer, but I thought this was a clean screen to show while the app was loading. Until… I started playing with the built in Apple apps and realized they don’t use a splash [...]
The usage of user personas as they are built today has to stop. If you aren’t familiar with the concept that was developed in the mid-90’s…. “Personas are fictional characters created to represent the different user types within a targeted demographic, attitude and/or behaviour set that might use a site, brand or product in a [...]
This isn’t a rant about the proliferation of mobile devices and how they are going to do everything except change your cat’s litter box in the future. It’s simply about improving your design chops. I’ve decided that new feature work should start with a design for a mobile device first. We’ve been working on mobile [...]
