Tufte is going to Washington!

Business,Redesign,Usability 30 March 2010 | 0 Comments

On March 5, Tufte was appointed by Obama to a panel to advise the Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board, which monitors the way the $787 billion in the stimulus package is being spent. Tufte’s initial work will be on the recovery.gov website, which is the primary way the board will conduct business transparently to the [...]

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The user experience from outside of the computer world

Business,Design Inspirations,Redesign,Technology,Usability 22 May 2009 | 0 Comments

Checkout the story of redesign of the ubiquitous prescription bottle led by Deborah Adler I really enjoyed the article’s approach to guiding the reader through the process, and the result is stunning…Just far enough out of the box to be a real improvement, but not so unfamiliar as to make it un-marketable. I don’t see [...]

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Great Self Promotion

Design Inspirations,Design Patterns,Marketing 14 April 2009 | 0 Comments

The 37better Project, from the 37signals guys (archive from 2001 – some links may not work), has some really cool promotional things that they did for their company. It brought them tremendous exposure. The 37betters were linked up everywhere and discussed at length in all the right places. Slow times are a perfect time to [...]

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Redesigning Craigslist with focus on usability

Redesign,Usability 16 March 2009 | 0 Comments

This article takes a detailed look at the design, layout and usability of Craigslist and point out some areas where the author feel change and improvement are possible. This is only one opinion of what could be done to improve the site. The goal was to demonstrate the process of evaluating a website in certain [...]

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