05/02/2012

What is your new years (usability) resolution?

I take it that you are probably tired of reading or listening about new years resolutions, right? Let’s face it, we are bombarded with them and any advice on how to keep them from middle of December at least. 

Well, I will have to add my share to that asking what is your new years (usability) resolution? What do you want to do to improve your projects and the way you design them?

Mine is very simple, to write more concise copy and to learn to communicate through the medium of the web more successfully.  In order to do that I will have to study writing techniques a bit more and also test my writing all the time but that’s OK. 

What do you think you could improve or pay more attention to this year? Do you know what usability errors you are most guilty of? Would you be able to make a list of them? If so, pick one, or a few and try to work on them. Fair chance is that the ones you will choose will be the biggest ones. And yes, they will also be the toughest to tackle but at the same time once you learn to avoid them your projects will get million times better.

So, what’s your new years (usability) resolution?

My top 3 UX blogs this year

I don’t know about you but at this time of the year I usually get into the mood of looking back at what I have worked on, achieved and learned throughout the year. I usually end up making a lot of lists, like my favorite sites, books that inspired me the most. Or what were my best sources of inspiration, professional wisdom and many others.

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An introduction to web usability for graphic designers

I just published a guest post on Tara Roskell’s Graphic Design Blog,

Tara is doing a great job writing of different aspects of design and design business and hopefully my post will help her readers as well.

You can read the post at http://www.graphicdesignblog.co.uk/an-introduction-to-web-usability-for-graphic-designers/

Why you need a call to action on a website and few tips on how to create one

Who is in charge of how your visitor completes the objective you set for him on your site? You? Or do you leave that to the visitor himself to figure out?

Let’s face it, every website owner has an objective they want their visitors to complete. There’s no mystery there. You for instance may want your visitors to visit your portfolio and then get in touch. Another company may want their visitors to see some testimonials and make appointment. Or make appointment straight away. There could be millions of objectives but the important part is, every website has one. No matter how big or small.

So why not help your visitors and guide them to complete those?
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