Usability – Siolon

Jun 3, 2014

Abusing Ellipses

The humble ellipsis has found a whole new use: designating critical functionality in web applications.…
Sep 21, 2013

Distinguishing Between Ornamental and Functional Skeuomorphism

By the amount of times I’ve read the word “skeuomorphism” in the last year, it’s…
Jul 1, 2013

A Warning On Reusing Solutions

We have all done it on projects. We have heard our clients request something and…
Dec 27, 2012

Evaluating Windows 8

I am admittedly a much bigger fan of the Apple desktop and mobile operating systems…
Aug 18, 2011

Usability Testing: Why Aren’t We Doing It?

I was recently selected to speak at the SPSEMEA SharePoint Saturday. For the talk I…
Jan 20, 2011

Lost in Translation: User-Centered Design

It’s very easy when you’re constantly engaged in design work to use terms and phrases…
Jun 3, 2010

Making DHTML Menus Suck Less

There are designers on both sides of the DHTML menu issue. Some are liberal to…
Mar 25, 2009

User Experience Presentation

I was asked to give a presentation recently at the Cincinnati .NET User’s Group. I…
Oct 10, 2008

The Pains of Altering the SharePoint UI

I was recently tagged to “brand” a SharePoint installation for Hirsch Pipe & Supply Co. …
Sep 11, 2008

The SharePoint Grade Card

I have now had a much larger exposure to SharePoint’s product offering, and I feel…

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