Friday, November 23rd, 2012
I recently had the opportunity go to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to start a new project for one of the biggest Saudi Arabian IT companies. The project’s aim was to consolidate all their services into a singular portal with a single entry point and have a hub for all the purchased services.
It was a great opportunity as I was able to experience a different culture and working environment. It inspired me to document it all in another “Dear Diary” post like I did for “just-a-day-in-the-life-of-a-ux-architect.”
So here goes….
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Tags: Application, IA, Information Architecture, New Project, Saudi Arabia, The Kingdom, User Experience, Zabisco
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Thursday, November 1st, 2012
On first impressions of Windows 8 I was impressed. From the adverts and first look at the interface, I thought yes – Microsoft have broken the mold and come out with a fresh, modern design. And more than just design, user-centred design. On second look though, and further looking, I am disappointed.
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Tags: interface design, Microsoft, User Experience, user journey, windows 8
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Friday, September 21st, 2012
The hero is the most prominent area on a web page, which is usually the area at the top of a web page. All eyes are always fixed on it. There has been a lot of user research conducted, which shows that the top area of the page gains most of the user’s attention. As users go further down the page, their attention gets less & less. Due to this approach, websites place a lot more emphasis on getting the most out of the hero space.
This blog post details a number of different approaches that users can take to make the most of your hero space.
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Tags: Hero, Heroes, homepage, Information Architecture, User Experience, UX, website
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Friday, July 13th, 2012
Here is our latest SlideShare, which looks into the world of websites to see what the latest trends are. You can have a read of it here.
Tags: Information Architecture, slideshare, trends, User Experience, UX, Web Design
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Tuesday, June 26th, 2012
“User journeys are a method for conceptualising and structuring a website’s content and functionality.” – Jason Hobbs
User journeys are basically an approach that allows the planning and visualisation of the user’s path to reaching their end objective. When creating user journeys, you have to start thinking more about the user’s needs and the way they go about meeting their needs. In order to do this, you need a successful user research stage, where you identify who the users are…
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Tags: High-Way Code, IA, Personas, User Experience, user journeys, user research, UX
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Monday, May 14th, 2012
Responsive Web Design is officially the ‘in’ thing! It’s what everyone seems to be talking about. It’s to the point where it’s not just the industry experts, but clients are also talking about it.
So, what is Responsive Web? Well, it’s like the Chameleon of the web world. Rather than adjusting itself to blend with its surroundings, Responsive Web allows a website to adjust itself to fit the screen resolution of the device you are viewing it on.
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Tags: Information Architecture, Responsive Web, User Experience, users, UX
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Wednesday, April 25th, 2012
Last night I was fortunate enough attend the London IA April 2012 event, any of you who have tried to book a ticket before know how quick you have to be on the refresh button before tickets sell out!
The night included two excellent talks: Joe Leech spoke about The Neuroscience of Design. Nick Marsh, Design Director at Sidekick Studios, talked us through the concept of Talking About Talking About Design!
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Tags: Design, experience, Information Architecture, navigation, usability, User Experience, UX, Web Design
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Friday, April 20th, 2012
Yesterday saw the first of a series of upcoming Zabisco events, a UX themed Conversion Thursday held in partnership with Elisa DBI.
Our resident fearless leader Hammad Khan, Zabisco Founder and Principal UX Consultant, gave a presentation on User Journey Design. The slides for which will be uploaded shortly to SlideShare, I’ll share this with you when done.
Hammad presenting User Journey Design
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Tags: Information Architecture, User Experience, user journey, user journey design
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Wednesday, April 4th, 2012
The leading Movie magazine, EMPIRE recently restructured their website navigation and placed emphasis on certain parts of the site. The original navigation items were: Daily Quiz, News, Blog, Video, Reviews, Future Films, Feature, Interviews, Images, Competition, Forum & Magazine. (See below)
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Tags: Empire, Information Architecture, User Experience, UX
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