Category archive for ’User Experience’

Making a mobile usability testing sled the MacGyver way

Last year I had an influx of mobile projects and needed to find a way to carry out usability testing on a mobile device. I’ve been meaning to share my solution for a while, but it’s taken me until now to get round to it. When it comes to carrying out mobile usability testing there’s [...]

The Devil is in the Detail – what does a default state say about you?

Last week I commented on Michael Wilson’s post about ‘sort by default‘ as an option when customising search results or product listings. I shared my personal experience with a recent client and thought it was worth sharing here too. Intelligent defaults In short, the point Michael made was that sites providing the ability to sort [...]

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New beginnings – Redweb is hiring a User Experience Consultant

It’s been a while (6 months to be precise) since I posted anything on here and although I’d rather my first post back was one of the many half started blog posts I have stored away, I felt this was an ideal time for me to share some news and go some way to explaining [...]

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The ultimate User Experience book league table (revisited)

Last year I compiled a league table of the most popular UX books read by UX Book Clubs around the World. I’d actually forgotten about the list but recently witnessed a resurgence of interest in the post so I thought it might be a good idea to revisit the league table and update it based on the [...]

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I’m standing for UK Liaison in the UKUPA December elections

This month the UK Usability Professionals’ Association (UK UPA) has introduced 4 new roles into the committee to help reduce workload and share responsibilities. In my opinion this is a great idea, especially as the roles are so clearly defined, allowing each person to have a very specific focus and function. UK Liaison Of particularly [...]