Meet a Hansonite: Joe Holub
In this “Meet a Hansonite” blog series, we’ve been introducing you to our fellow Hansonites, telling you a…
What We Learned from World Usability Day 2018
World Usability Day is a single day of events that occur annually around the world to bring together communities of professional, industrial,…
What We Know Now: Mike Osswald
If you’ve read previous installments of this series, you know we occasionally interview Hansonites to learn a little more about what…
Getting User Research and Design In Sync
Designers, project managers, UX folk, and more gathered at the new King Road branch of the Toledo Lucas…
The User Experience of Apple’s 3D Touch
Apple continues to feed our desire for faster, more efficient technology. Get ready to press a bit harder…
People Skills For UX 2015 Part 2: Human Interactions Throughout Implementation
You may remember my previous post about how UX has been impacting my personal life. Now I’m back…
People Skills for UX 2015: Negotiation Skills — Making a Case for UX
As a User Experience Architect, I was fortunate to attend the recent People Skills for UX webinar locally sponsored in part by Hanson and hosted by Rosenfeld Media and Environments for Humans. The webinar featured specialists on topics related to improving interpersonal relationships, with user experience leaders then tying those topics into the realm of digital design. One thing that became clear through all of these presentations was how crucial people skills are to advocating for UX.
On Mobile Forms and Homer Simpson Fingers
There’s an old episode of The Simpsons where Homer, working from home, tries to call the nuclear plant to warn about a meltdown. As he dials, he hears the following recording: “The fingers you have used to dial are too fat. To obtain a special dialing wand, please mash the keypad with your palm now.”
Why We Love Integrated Help
Have you noticed all the friendly, integrated help popping up everywhere? YouTube, Google+, MySpace (you should check out the new MySpace), and tons of apps are all moving away from traditional help menus and stand-alone content to more intuitive introductions and in-the-moment assistance...
4 Reasons to Revise Your Content During a Redesign
Do you have dusty boxes in a closet or basement that you never unpacked last time you moved? You ran out of energy. Or you ran out of space. Maybe (gulp!) it’s been boxed up for decades and you just keep moving it with you. Now imagine that those boxes are the website content you haven’t updated in five years...
When Good Forms Go Bad: Improving Your Online Forms
Do you hate filling out online forms? Most web users do. Forms are critical to companies collecting our personal information so they can “convert” us into something---a new lead, a direct sale, a happy existing customer, a new employee. That’s why forms matter, and why they won’t be going away anytime soon. But do forms have to alienate the end user?
Websites and Trail Races: It’s All About the Navigation
There is nothing to fear except fear itself. And also getting lost in the woods overnight. My husband and I are both runners. Yet I had long hesitated to run a trail race for one reason: my fear of getting hopelessly lost in the woods. Last summer my husband coaxed me into a series of XTERRA trail races. But as the date of our first race approached, I became almost panic stricken that I would never find my way out of the trees.