Announcing A Story Before Bed for Google+ Hangouts
We’ve always believed that the mission of A Story Before Bed is to connect loved ones through the magic of reading children’s books. Now with over 500 books on our service, we’re proud to deliver on that every day. We have also always believed that preserving these readings in the form of recordings is the […]
Put the Designer in Charge
The hierarchies created in large organizations are like gravity. They are natural law. But just because you can’t have a large organization without some degree of hierarchy (and many of the resulting ills that come with it), doesn’t mean that all hierarchies are created the same way. In some ways, the most important thing you […]
Why we (almost) never look at the competition.
Often we get tasked to help a company design a product that has an established (and successful) competitor. It’s hard not to want to deconstruct what the competitor does, copy all the things that make it successful, and then add your own “special sauce” to your version and hope for the best. Unfortunately, this strategy […]
The Dark Art of Defining Success in User Experience Design
The technology industry is filled with engineers. Logic and reason as the tools they love best. This makes sense. Programming is essentially a logical puzzle. However, when it comes to user experience, these tools are not always the right fit. When a piece of software isn’t performant, we measure it’s speed, its footprint, and make […]
Unsung User Experience Heroes — Forgiveness
How many times have I seen a user get into a screwed up state on their computing device only to immediately blame themselves for their predicament. The software industry has relied on this technological insecurity for decades now. Why bother making software that doesn’t screw over the user, when the user will never blame the […]