Agile Methodology is the process behind the best and brightest web applications coming companies ranging from internet start-ups to Google and Yahoo!. This month at UPA Boston’s March Meeting: “Agile UX, Yes We Can!”. Alla Zollers will share her experiences with integrating UX into the agile process. Read more →

There are many approaches to designing the user experience (UX). The challenge for teams is how much time and effort should be invested in the formative stages. Read more →

Great news for the user experience community and everyone that uses the internet. As of March 1st, 2010 Google Apps will no longer support Internet Explorer 6.0 (IE6) as well as other older browsers that are not supported by their own manufacturers. Google Apps will continue to support Internet Explorer 7.0 and above, Firefox 3.0 and above, Google Chrome 4.0 and above, and Safari 3.0 and above. Read more →

Not like the early days of design when people explored interactive and learned how to use it, people know how to use technology through interfaces. We expect certain behaviors, functions and responses. A design pattern is a formal way of documenting a solution to a common design problem. Trends have emerged that demonstrate designs that work for different purposes. Over time collections of these observations have been gathered as interaction design patterns. Read more →

I had the opportunity to speak on October 29th at one of the MITX User Experience Panels “MITX: User Experience Techniques“. You can read more about it on the MITX blog. Read more →

I was on a start-up panel and the question asked “how do determine if the user experience design is successful? Many of the answers suggested; does the design elevate the brand? does it improve the user experience? easier for users to complete tasks? etc. These are great things that in the past certainly made the client stakeholders and agency or designers feel good; but does it really tell you if it was a good investment? User experience design is part of the overall solution – like a wheel on a car cannot be successful on its own; what purpose could it have?

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