Category: UX SPECIALITY

  • Design habits – Tip your hat to your design heroes

    TLDR: Inspired by design masters, this can aide your creative process: User first through to competition analysis, (innovation nit imitation), tofamiliarity and then focus on value then finally beautiful execution Contents As a junior designer, way back when, I visited our local design museum (I studied in London, UK, so my local design museum was…

  • Best practice for your on-boarding experience

    Best practice for your on-boarding experience

    As a guided experience for new users simplifying your onboarding to prevent that overwhelmed feeling. Test concepts with “Skip”,”Tell me later” and swipe features to keep the process engaging yet unobstructive. Allow users a “sense of discovery” without making them feel lost with easy-to-digest content. Use transparent overlays or more interactive swipe-through modals and take…

  • Wireframing an on-demand Internet streaming media service

    Wireframing an on-demand Internet streaming media service

    I have been recently working with a colleague on a private project around the world of media streaming. We had got to a level where the tech was getting up to scratch, but the UX was missing. So, here it is.  Download the PDF: OnDemandStreamingService-Mobile_Tablet Mobile On – screen blueprint representing the skeletal framework of the…

  • Consumer experiences

    <add summary> contents How mobile payments will change your life “A day in the life” A day in the life for a modern consumer living their life through advanced mobile functionality experiences.

  • Setting up Photoshop like a Pro UXer

    TLDR: Photoshop, the designers ‘must-have’ is such a flexible tool that there are many ways to set up your workflow. contents Layer Compas and Smart objects After some 20 years I have found these two to be the most efficient, most transferable within a team, and most manageable i.e. avoiding the dreaded spinning-wheel-of-death Layer comps…

  • iOS Casino App for the iphone

    iOS Casino App for the iphone

    While the gambling industry continues to boom despite global financial woes, a reliance solely on branding through splash screens has its limitations. This post dives into why your home screen deserves more attention. Showcase promortaionl content, search (as navigation maybe?) and Quick Links as crucial building blocks, including introducing the popular hamburger icon for primary…