At the end of last year, I contributed to a year-end roundup piece in A List Apart called “What I Learned About the Web in 2011.” I shared the most impactful lesson I had learned from various user research projects last year. CONTEXT IS KING The most important thing that 2011 taught me about web [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Accessibility'
Location Agnostic, Context Specific
February 7th, 2012 · 8 Comments · Accessibility, Gadgetry, Technology
Tags:Accessibility·Gadgetry·Learning·Technology·User Experience
Pleasure and Pain has gone mobile
November 4th, 2011 · 8 Comments · Accessibility, Blogging, Design
It’s quite overdue, but this blog is now optimized to be viewed in a mobile browser. Many thanks to Ben Seven for giving me the kick in the ass I needed to get it done: Commented on You’re not a user experience designer if… by Ben Seven: Are you allowed to call yourself a User [...]
Photo of the day: The corner of W 13th St and W 4th St
June 16th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Accessibility, Pain, Photography
For anyone who’s ever been to Manhattan, or perhaps even heard of Manhattan, chances are you know that our roads are based on a grid — Streets are east-west and are numbered, Avenues are north-south and are numbered or named. 62nd Street and 2nd Avenue 106th Street and Park Avenue 1st Street and 1st Avenue [...]
Tags:Accessibility·New York·Pain·Photography·Usability Evaluations
Photo of the day: A man in need of an iPad
June 11th, 2010 · 3 Comments · Accessibility, Pain, Photography, User Experience
…or a Kindle, or a nook. I recently spotted this man at a Starbucks in SoHo. He was clearly settled in for the day, his keyboard propped up against the wall behind him, feet kicked up, book in hand…and in the other hand, a magnifying glass to help him read the damn thing. That very [...]
Tags:Accessibility·Design·Mobile·Pain·Photography·User Experience
Email: “Legibility — Grading, Testing, and Standards”
September 21st, 2008 · 1 Comment · Accessibility
I received the most curious email this morning. At first I thought it was spam, but after reading through it I think it’s a legitimate question for me and may be based on my previous post on Helvetica. I’m not sure what to make of it so I’m posting it here. Leave your thoughts in [...]
Tags:Accessibility·Design·Pain
