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New horizons

Monday, January 14, 2008 – 1:56 PM

I’m excited to announce that I am co-teaching the Interface Design course at Langara College this semester. Part of the Electronic Media Design (EMDP) program, it’s a fast-track one-year program in all things electronical - music, video, websites, etc. I was fortunate to be in the right place at the right time - having coffee [...]

By Kathleen | Also posted in Design, User Experience | Comments (0)

Designers eat again

Monday, August 27, 2007 – 4:52 PM

We had another great meeting at the monthly designer dinner. This time we met at The Black Frog, a small eatery in Gastown. The beers were refreshing, and the burgers lived up to their reputation.
I asked everyone to bring something they have created, either for work or for fun. Dave has been working on a [...]

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Say goodbye to the fold!

Wednesday, August 1, 2007 – 2:33 PM

Recently I came across Milissa Tarquini’s article in Boxes and Arrows that addresses (and dismisses) the concept of the page fold for screen design.
I found it a thorough (and compelling) argument about how arbitrary the “fold” concept is, and how there is adequate research out there to support designing for much longer pages (yay!)
Her conclusion: [...]

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The myths of innovation

Wednesday, May 16, 2007 – 9:49 AM

Hey - quick plug that Scott Berkun is going to be speaking at the next VanUE meeting (May 24th). You can find out more at www.vanue.com - spaces are going fast, so if you’re in the Vancouver area on the 24th and you want to attend, please RSVP ASAP (haha). It’s also the last session [...]

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Personalization

Thursday, January 25, 2007 – 10:01 AM

James Robertson of Step Two Designs has posted a survey to find out if organizations are using Personalization tools within the intranets and portals.
I find this interesting, partially because of his definition of user-driven personalization:
“Personalisation” in the context of intranets and portals means giving end users (staff) the ability to customise what functionality and content [...]

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