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Interview on AXSChat
Just before the 2022 Christmas break I had a chance to chat with the lovely people over at AXSChat. We covered all sorts of topics ranging from growing accessibility organically within an organization, the importance of ATAG in authoring apps, educational content, and much more! Resource links Watch on Vimeo Listen to the podcast Follow […]
Start Using Standardized UX Metrics
Trying to gauge if a design you’ve worked on tests successfully can be stressful. What do you track, listen to, measure, and so on to see if you’ve improved? But did you know that there are battle-tested standardized usability question systems that tie directly to business value benchmarks like NPS (Net Promoter Score)? So how […]
Quick Thoughts on Naming
Naming things in your design system, as we all know, is hard. It’s so hard, in fact, that Christianity lists it as the oldest profession on record. It’s true! I thought it might be nice to share a few quick tips that have helped me over the years. Semantic First, Industry-Standard Second, Custom Third My […]
Preference Driven Design
Often when approaching a design for a new app or website, it’s a pretty ‘me’ focused experience. What do I think looks good, what will sell the most, and so on. And you know what, that can be fine as a creator, drawing others into what I feel would be awesome. And people want that. […]
Web Captions 4 – Final Styling Recommendations
After exploring history, what formats the web natively supports, basic UX content principles, and what actually works cross-browser, it’s time to talk about my final caption styling recommendations. What You Should Do In Your VTT file First, start with a VTT file. Make sure the text is accurate to the content presented. Make sure it […]
UI is UX, UX isn’t UI
For those who don’t know, there is a classic confusion among the term UX and UI. User experience (or UX) is streamlining how people move through intent. Business goals are often added alongside this flow. User interface (or UI), is commonly where a user moves through that flow. User interface is commonly visual in nature, […]
