Human-centered design for the rest of us

What exactly does it mean for a site to be human-centered?
It means that you don’t have to look at the site and wonder what it is supposed to accomplish. What am I supposed do now?
A site that leaves you wondering why hasn’t achieved it’s goal. The action should be so bright you need to wear [...]

I design therefore I am

Creating is something I have been doing since I was old enough to hold a crayon. Now that I work creating designs for online experiences I can see how my love of technology and design have merged over the years.
Without design we would all be lost. Our experience of our favorite brands would be diminished. [...]

Can designers change the world?

I won Do Good Design: How Designers Can Change the World on Twitter several months ago. I entered the contest because I was intrigued by the idea of design being able to create sustainable change. Poor design was definitely apparent during the elections in Florida a couple of years ago.
Designers have an essential social [...]

5 Quotes on User-Centered Design

I’m an avid reader and I tend to collect quotes as I read. Below are some of interesting quotes that I’ve read recently around the topic of user-centered design.
Customers don’t relate to anonymity on your part or theirs. If you want to differentiate yourself based on personalized service, you need to be prepared to interact [...]

The future of user-centered design?

Since I usually have to explain what I do I was curious how often people search for the term user-centered design using Google. Well the results using Google Insights for Search were actually rather disturbing. It suggests that interest peaked in 2004 and is steadily declining.

Well despite what big man Google has to say [...]

Are we ignoring an aging population?

The older population is on the threshold of a boom. According to U.S. Census Bureau projections, a substantial increase in the number of older people will occur during the 2010 to 2030 period, after the first Baby Boomers turn 65 in 2011. The older population in 2030 is projected to be twice as large [...]