I’ve never hidden my opinion of those design workflows that involve interaction designers toiling over intricate, interactive wireframes as a primary deliverable and the inevitable hand-off to the “visual” designer who proceeds to “color by numbers” on the wireframe. To be clear, I find these workflows are ineffective. I’m not implying that all interaction designers […]
Some thoughts on “designing in the browser”
Ever since Andrew Clarke’s presentation The Walls Come Tumbling Down—which is the first time I heard of the term—the idea of “designing in the browser” has increasingly become a point of discussion and debate. As one of those crazies who doesn’t use an image editor (like Photoshop) to create design comps, I’m often lumped into […]
Disarming loaded feedback
While I was off sipping Mojitos in a pool bar in Portugal, Laura Kalbag wrote a column for A List Apart about eliciting more effective feedback from clients. She shared her perspective and experience on the subject. Please read that before you read this. Her approach works for her, but that didn’t keep a couple […]