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Learn Something New Every Day…
Been away for a bit. Between the ProtoBaby ™ due in January, getting my book Trigger Happy ready for Kickstarter and working on a new novel, got sidetracked. But now, I’ve decided to start teaching myself Ruby on Rails. I’ll … Continue reading
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Fitts’ and Hick’s is not a law firm (Part II)
Wow, so much for getting this done for ‘next week’… Been working on a new YA book series for at-risk students so I let the blog slip a bit. I’m back now, however, so let’s get back to one of … Continue reading
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Persona(lity)
I’m going to talk about Hick’s Law, I swear! First, I did want to address a topic which came up in a recent interview: the Persona. A Persona is a story about someone. We are telling the tale of a … Continue reading
Cleanness is the Soul of UX
“Brevity is the soul of wit,” Oscar Wilde said. Meanwhile, I had a phone interview today. One of the questions I was asked was a follow-up to a statement about ‘clean design’. I was asked ‘what is cleanness?” Cleanness, at … Continue reading
Adobe CS6
Just installed… Now to see what this thing can do.
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A or B?
Increasing your response rate on a web site is one of the most important elements of User Experience. From better click-thru ratios on offers to greater satisfaction in site use, knowing what elements generate the best responses and reactions is … Continue reading
Google+ opens up API
http://mashable.com/2012/07/19/google-plus-api-businesses/This makes me happy, as I would like to play with this more.
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Live vs Delegate: Fight!
Sorry for the week-plus break, but some good and hectic things have been going on. Back to writing… Today, I talk about .live() and .delegate(), two jQuery functions that get lots of use. Both let you attach event handlers to … Continue reading
Agile Documentation(?)
Some people would say “Agile Documentation” is a contradiction of terms. However, there is certainly a place for documentation in agile environments, if we only bend what ‘documentation’ means a bit. Agile software development is a series of processes where … Continue reading
