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Must-read design, UX and IxD books 31 Aug 2012 | 01:13 pm
We just got this year’s reading budget approved. It’s time for a #webdesign #UX #IxD book shopping spree! Which must-reads should we buy? Please share your recommendations in the comments below.
Designing a new interaction pattern for online questionaries 28 Jun 2012 | 06:04 pm
Self-evaluation and 360° feedback surveys are important tools in the human resources toolbox. Sadly, most online self-tests have evolved little compared to other web apps. When Emagister asked me to d...
We launch Tuenti Ads 4 Feb 2012 | 03:17 am
After months of finger-breaking work, I’m proud to announce that today we’ve launched our new self-serve ad platform for small and medium advertisers: Tuenti Ads. Congratulations to all of the Tuenti...
The importance of user experience in education 3 Oct 2011 | 11:26 pm
In the last decade, user experience has evolved from an afterthought to a competitive advantage. The education industry is no exception. Industry pressure and user demographics have made excellent UX ...
Interaction tips for sliding content galleries 1 Oct 2011 | 10:47 pm
George Thomas recently asked the User Experience Professional Network about best practices for sliding content galleries (he calls them “rotators”). I love these kind of interaction questions, so I th...
The useful, the usable and the beautiful 26 Sep 2011 | 02:54 am
Web products done right follow a specific product cycle. Skip a phase and you can still make something people will use, you might even make money but your product won’t be useful, usable and beautiful...
Layers: a tale of use and abuse 16 Sep 2011 | 05:20 am
Layers, lightboxes, floaty things, call ‘em what you want: they are a major tool in a UX designers toolbox. When used well, they provide a fast, inline experience saving users’ browsers and brains fro...
Meet Platonic Brain, Lizard Brain’s Ideal Cousin 7 Sep 2011 | 01:28 am
Watch Seth Godin’s talk on “Quieting the Lizard Brain” and you’ll immediately recognize that lump-in-the-throat anxiety that comes on the eve of “shipping” a new feature. Godin is right that we all ge...
Case Study: How (not) to use Twitter to help your users 1 Jun 2011 | 09:32 pm
Erasmo Lopez, co-worker and friend, and I decided to storify my twitter conversation with @bicing, Barcelona’s shared-bike service’s Twitter presence, into a Stof. It’s a great example of how helping ...
Kirsten Winkler interviews Christopher Grant (me!) about Sclipo 5 Nov 2009 | 10:08 am
Last Wednesday I had the pleasure of speaking with well-know educational blogger Kirsten Winkler as a part of her Edukwest series on online education. Our conversation covered a wide-range of subjects...
