User Experience

30 Sep 2010

I am going to be teaching my 3-Day Introduction to iOS Development workshop, October 27-29, 2010 October 20-22, 2010, at our beautiful Lighthouse Arts venue in central Brighton (UK).

This intensive course will give you a solid foundation in developing with the iOS SDK (for iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch), Xcode (both 3 & and the upcoming 4), and Objective-C. To see a more detailed outline of the course and get all the juicy details, please see the course's web-site.

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Introduction to iOS Development workshop in October

Learn to develop for iOS in this intensive 3-Day workshop in picturesque Brighton.

19 Sep 2010

Feathers decorate your tweets

I've been so busy in the past month, doing my courses in Ghent and Brighton and the opening keynotes for Frontend2010 and Over The Air in Oslo and London that I completely missed the email a few weeks ago from .net magazine informing me that Feathers nominated for .net award. Please vote for it! Feathers has been nominated for Mobile App of the Year at the .net awards.

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Feathers nominated for .net award: Mobile App of the Year – please vote for it!

Your votes will determine whether Feathers gets to round two of the judging.

8 Sep 2010

Last week marked the inaugural Frontend 2010 conference in Oslo and I was honored to present the opening keynote alongside such a stellar lineup of speakers. The conference was – a miscast MC and a poor sponsor choice aside – a resounding success (the lovely folks at IXD, which organized the conference, were very receptive to feedback on those issues and assured me that they'd be taking greater care on those points for next year.)

Day 1

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Frontend2010 Oslo: my thoughts & audience feedback

Had a lovely time in Oslo last week, presenting the opening keynote for the Frontend2010 conference.

14 Jun 2010

Last week, I presented my talk on The Art of Emotional Design: a story of pleasure, joy, and delight, at WebDirections @media and, following on its success at Future of Web Design a few weeks ago, it again got some lovely, glowing feedback. Thank you all for your kind words!

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WebDirections @media: thank-you for your lovely feedback

Following its success at Future of Web Design, my talk on The Art of Emotional Design was also warmly received at WebDirections.

14 Jun 2010

Amiando.com's forgotten password form

I just stumbled on the best "forgot password" implementation I've seen on event registration site Amiando.

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“Forgot password” UI Pattern

An illustration that even a simple forgotten password form can harbor refinements that improve the user experience.