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“Pattern Tap aims to be the best resource for examples of specific design and user experience patterns on the web. The examples should provide an education in what is working well on the web and why. It is a communal effort toward a common goal of improving the intelligence of our interaction design industry.”

Mobile UI PatternsGreat website for comparing/contrasting...

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:51:00 -0600

Mobile UI Patterns
Great website for comparing/contrasting patterns seen in mobile applications.

Stainless Steel iPhone UI kit (via UI Stencils)

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 19:43:12 -0600

Stainless Steel iPhone UI kit (via UI Stencils)

Touch Notation - Matt Gemmell

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 15:10:27 -0600

Touch Notation - Matt Gemmell

A List Apart: Articles: Personality in Design

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 11:17:33 -0600

A List Apart: Articles: Personality in Design:

Just as our personalities shift with the context of communication in real life, they must shift in the projects we design. There’s no one-size-fits-all solution. If we stop thinking of the interfaces we design as dumb control panels, and think of them as the people our target audience wants to interact with, we can craft emotionally engaging experiences that make a lasting impression.

(via A List Apart: Articles: Organizing Mobile)

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 10:20:57 -0600

(via A List Apart: Articles: Organizing Mobile)

A List Apart: Articles: Organizing Mobile

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 10:20:18 -0600

A List Apart: Articles: Organizing Mobile:

“Mobile usage generally consists of a couple of interaction types:

- Lookup/Find (urgent info, local): I need an answer to something now—frequently related to my current location in the world.

- Explore/Play (bored, local): I have some time to kill and just want a few idle time distractions.

- Check In/Status (repeat/micro-tasking): Something important to me keeps changing or updating and I want to stay on top of it.

- Edit/Create (urgent change/micro-tasking): I need to get something done now that can’t wait.”

Mule Design Studio’s Blog: 10 New Year's Resolutions for Designers

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 10:04:44 -0600

Mule Design Studio’s Blog: 10 New Year's Resolutions for Designers:

A great list of points by Mike Monteiro on design in 2012:

Designers are, by definition, problem-solvers. And the world has never been so blessedly full of problems. Our infrastructure is rotting, the economy is crap, Wall Street is awash with criminals and millions of people can’t get basic medical care, food, and water. We don’t need another app to rate your sandwich. We don’t need to know when we go to sleep and get up. We do not need digital farms. We need real ones. We need fresh water. We need solutions for the apocalypse.

Behold, the UX Yoda!

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 09:58:06 -0600

Behold, the UX Yoda!

A List Apart: An Important Time for Design

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 15:05:17 -0600

A List Apart: An Important Time for Design:

Design is the choices we make about the world we want to live in.

We make our world what it is and we become the kind of people who live in it.

What do we want to spend more time with? What do we want to shape us? What nourishes us? What do we want to see grow?

You know what we get to do when we leave here? We get to go make things. Things that nudge the world a little bit in what we hope is the right direction. We get to put a dent in the universe. This is a great job.

−Wilson Miner

Examining The Design Process: Clichés and Idea Generation

Mon, 16 Jan 2012 01:25:00 -0600

Examining The Design Process: Clichés and Idea Generation:

“No one can write step-by-step instructions on how to do this — the entire point, after all, is to react, rather than obeying fixed directives — but there are certain steps we can take at the outset of a project that help clear the way to let this process happen:

-Start with a sketchbook, not a computer. Develop concepts before getting to caught up with execution.

-Draw every association that comes to mind for the subject matter. Draw it quickly, and don’t be critical.

-Don’t try to avoid clichés — let them happen.

-Take a break and come back to jot down a few more ideas.

-Take a longer break and come back with fresh eyes to evaluate critically.

The viability of this approach suggests that coming up with good ideas is not a matter of genius, but rather simply a challenge of seeing clearly and thinking sensibly.” (read entire article)

Levels of UX (by Jon and Barb)

Mon, 16 Jan 2012 00:19:00 -0600

Levels of UX (by Jon and Barb)

(via Media Queries) A collection of websites using media queries...

Mon, 16 Jan 2012 00:01:00 -0600

(via Media Queries)

A collection of websites using media queries and responsive web design.

(via Touch Gesture Cards)

Sun, 15 Jan 2012 23:57:02 -0600

(via Touch Gesture Cards)