I just read Dan Saffer’s Microinteractions: Designing with details a great, straight-forward approach to thinking about design details in any given user experience design. It got me thinking about my own UX preferences as well as past pleasant and painful interactions. But first, “What the heck is a microinteraction?” you might be asking yourself. It… Continue reading Thinking on Microinteractions
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Windows 8 logo: good concept, bad design
The blogosphere has been abuzz about the newly released Windows 8 logo designed by Paula Scher of Pentagram. Windows is not known for their great strides in the design spectrum and perhaps is trying to dispel this fact. Maybe it is not fair to judge the logo without seeing it in context but I have to say it is… Continue reading Windows 8 logo: good concept, bad design
I hate Innovation
Like Christianity or Communism, the idea of innovation started off so pure, like love thy neighbor, and everyone should be treated the same. Then “innovation” became a tool for evil people to carry out selfish desires. Yet to say I hate it makes me sound like the anti-Christ. What do you think of when you… Continue reading I hate Innovation