Startups, This Is How Design Works – by Wells Riley
UX is not UI | Hello Erik // UX User Experience Designer // Portfolio // Erik Flowers // Salt Lake City, UT
“UX is the intangible design of a strategy that brings us to a solution.” UX has become a neologism. When something has “good UX” it is an implied meaning of having the core components of UX (research, maybe a persona, IA, interaction, interface, etc etc…). It’s not really necessary or desirable to tack the word design onto the end anymore. It’s a distraction and leads people down a parallel but misguided path… the path to thinking that UX = User Interface Design. I was inspired to write this post after viewing Elisabeth Hubert’s (@lishubert) presentation at the Future of Web Design 2012 conference in Prague. The interface is not the solution. That’s the true heart of the battle between UX and those who only want UI – or don’t know the difference. How UX people see UX UX is an acronym for “user experience.” Many UX designers have started to re-label themselves as UX Architects, UX Engineers, or UX Strategists. So what does UX actually mean? What we want them to see What they typically see
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Beginning Infographics: Information Driven Storytelling
Infographics are great—they share ideas and information effectively, work as essential communication tools and let's be honest, they can look pretty cool. Infographics are an amazing way to share new & interesting information with friends & audiences all over. It's the reason why we see them so often—they are a great tool for distilling really complex ideas down into easily digestible stories. Whether you're an experienced designer with a desire to experiment with data, an ambitious student interested in seeing how we work on client projects, or maybe even a non-creative who wants to get some tips on how to better communicate information to their audience—we're here to help you through your own personal journey. What You'll LearnIn this class, we'll take you through the process, start to finish, learning about: Class ProjectWe're going to create a time-based visualization about a day in your life (or something of your choosing)! An easy way to think about this is a timeline.
Imagination and logic of user experience design - Inspiroidu
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How to Launch a Startup Without Writing Code
Have an idea for a startup, but no technical skills to build it? Did you know that some of the world's greatest tech startups were in fact launched with very little technology? These are companies that were acquired for $50-$540 million, or IPO'd. How did they do it? There are tons of online tools you can put together to create a product without writing any code. In this course I will show you how these tools can be used to build your idea and get your first customers. You will learn: Seven code-free tools that you can combine like LEGO pieces to build your productFour types of Wordpress plugins that might save you months of development.How to accept payments online the most professional way possible - in under 10 minutes.How to appear like you hired a full-time graphic designer and built everything in-house.The most powerful technology in the world.... and why you already know how to use it. This course includes: Who is this class for? Entrepreneurs who: Here's why: After completing this course:
UX & Design Resources - Shaun's Blog
Shaun's Blog Ask me anything Dec 3, 2012 UX & Design Resources A colleague asked me today for some resources for learning UX and CSS things, which caused me to compile this list. Here are all the resources I use regularly in web and application design. If you have any great resources to add, please let me know! Reference CSS Course at Code School HTML5 and CSS3 at Code School CSS Tricks - Lots of useful tricks here. Dive into HTML5 - The example code here is very readable. Utilities A great icon font Balsamiq - A brilliant mockup tool. Golden Ratio Calculator Colour Scheme Generator - Give it a colour and it gives you a whole complementary colour scheme. Background Generator - Works with CSS3 gradients and textured backgrounds. Subtle Patterns - This is great for background images. Design Guidelines Android Design - Lots of handy best practices here that don’t just apply to mobile development. Apple iOS Human Interface Guidelines - Long, but worth reading. Bootstrap - Their example code is great. About
Contract Writing for Freelancers
So you've been in business for yourself for a little while. You know you should have a contract, maybe you even have one, but is it really comprehensive? Maybe you can't afford a lawyer and you've cobbled together your own version on a wish and a prayer. It's time to clear up the gray area before you get burned. Designed by Colin Harman What You'll Learn Developing Your Contract. What You'll Make Come to class with an example of a project you might do and you'll leave with tools to write your own contract or proposal, giving you more confidence, credibility, and ultimately, a better grasp on your profits.
8 Must-see UX Diagrams
If you’re new to the field of user experience design, welcome! There’s plenty to see and do around here. And although many brilliant contributors have come before us, there’s actually not too much to catch up on—if you know where to look. Because pictures are worth so much, illustrated diagrams have served a critical role in our community. Our community is filled with thought leaders, those among us that conjure up entirely new ways to look at difficult design problems. In this post, I’ll share eight diagrams essential to the understanding of user experience design. The diagrams The UX Honeycomb Despite its age (2004!) Finally, one of the freshest takes on illustrating user-centered design comes from Pascal Raabe, a multi-disciplinary designer hailing from the United Kingdom. More to Share? These eight diagrams are only those that I find most useful; what are yours?
Become an Amazon Kindle eBook Publisher
In this class you will learn the easiest way of getting started with online passive income; publishing Kindle eBooks on Amazon. The best part is you don't even need to be able to write at all. Interested? Great, read on. There are so many different ways of making online income now but as I found out myself, the majority of them require a lot of work before you see any return on investment. The delayed gratification makes a lot of people give up before they start making any money online - myself included. In this class I will give you a step-by-step plan to building a portfolio of eBooks that will provide you scalable passive income. The methods I teach in this class currently make me +$1500 a month in passive income. You don't need to be good at writing or know anything about publishing at all. Follow along on my blog and click here to sign up to my list.
