No Response, No Respect: Ghosting Candidates After Interview Assignments
In the competitive fields of design and software development, job seekers are often asked to prove their abilities by completing assignments as part of the hiring process. These assignments, such as coding challenges and bug fixes for developers or creating wireframes, logos, or design mock-ups for designers, are intended to gauge a candidate’s skills in […]
Should user experiences be frictionless?
I often talk about creating frictionless user experiences. Users should be able to use your product or service easily, but there are times when introducing friction can actually be beneficial and even necessary for a better user experience.
They say a picture speaks a thousand words, so does a movie speak ten thousand or a hundred thousand more?
When I first started in user interface design, I would create and show the client several screens for their website or app, often printed, along with user flows. Once approved, these would be handed off to the developer.
How to create a login prototype using a mock database in ProtoPie
The release of ProtoPie version 7.6, their high-fidelity, highly realistic interactive prototyping tool, has brought a range of new features that include QR code scanning and new text functions, namely regexextract, regexreplace and parseJson. If you want to see how I created a simple mock database and use the regextract and parseJson functions to create a […]
12 great pro tips for working smarter in ProtoPie
ProtoPie is a fantastic tool to use when building high-fidelity, highly interactive prototypes. Leverage more from the program and work smarter by using these 12 great pro tips.
The importance of ‘Proof Reading’
I’ve got this big issue with proof reading everything, whether it’s in print or on the web. Why? Because it could have big implications for your clients if you don’t. A case in point is the Blue Bin collection calendars that we received one Tuesday morning from our local council. The accompanying letter of which […]
Why Conversion Rate Optimisation is more important than Search Engine Optimisation
Some companies throw money at Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) as if it was the holy grail to get to the top of Google and therefore increase their site traffic. Whilst getting to the top of Google is a good contributing factor to an increase in traffic, that does not necessitate that your website will convert […]
Stop Tinkering!
Why as web designers/web developers does it take so long to create our own web sites? There are 2 answers really to this question. The first is that our clients take precedence over our own web site and second we want it to be just right before showcasing it to the world. Not that we […]
Have you read the terms of your purchase
Every time I order something over the Internet I always make a copy of the terms and conditions, or frequently asked questions (FAQ’s). Why? Because your vendor may just change the goalposts. Let me explain. A few years ago I was buying a new camera. Nikon was offering a £50 cashback, by completing a printed-off […]
Complain if you have to, it might make you smile!
I recently ordered a new set of Pantone colour swatches, along with a GrafiLite, an expense I can ill afford, but a neccessity for accurate colour representation between design and print. I searched the Internet as I always do for a reasonable price and found the product at Colour Stuff. The item I was looking […]
