If you want to keep the privilege of sending users alerts, then use the alerting system wisely. Here are a few rules guidelines about when and how to use the iOS notification system. Here’s what drives me crazy: I’m busy working away on the couch in my office and my iPhone dings. Because I’m Pavlov’s [...]
This week Business Insider revealed one of Facebook's most asked interview questions for hopeful candidates. The question is, "On your very best day at work — the day you come home and think you have the best job in the world — what did you do that day?" It's a wonderful question for understanding what inspires and [...]
I'm often dumbfounded by the really bad user experiences I encounter online and in apps from even the largest companies. From websites that aren't mobile-friendly–they all have to be responsive to mobile devices, even if you have an app–to online forms that erase all your data if you make a single mistake. Which is what [...]
How do your customers feel using your application? Have you ever watched someone brand new muddle their way through your website, or struggle to figure out what your app does? This kind of shadowing and user task testing is critical for getting past your own familiarity bias with your product and seeing it through [...]
Don't have time or money for extensive user experience testing? Follow this 10 step checklist for rock solid UX when designing your app and you'll clear up 80% of the problems that make users tap, hold and delete your app from their mobile devices. ONE Priority of Uses: What are the top 3 things [...]
If you're a technology company you should always be measuring the ROI for your clients and for yourself. ROI tells you whether it makes sense to build an application, or even whether it makes sense to build a feature for an application. Let's Start with Why Why do you care what your return on investment [...]
I recently spoke to a group of recruiters who wanted to learn about what hiring managers look for when building out their design team. It was a timely discussion for me, since I'm presently building a team for a medium sized startup I thought I'd share the plan I proposed to them. I'll be building [...]
Flixter's UX is quickly disaggregating to the complex, driving away customers who just want to find out what's playing at the movies. While spending some time with my Dad in Seattle over the Christmas break, mostly driving around his favorite spots and going to movies, I had one of those experiences that make me [...]
I was at a networking event with technology founders the other day, and I told a guy that I design software. He looked at me puzzled, and asked what I meant by that. "You know, I said, UX design." I'm Not a Visual Designer (But I Do That Too) "Oh," says he, "you design [...]
Product management is often relegated to the development side of a team, to the detriment of the startup. Your product is your marketing. Every time someone uses it, they're making a judgement about your company. If they like it, they'll tell friends. If they don't like it? They tell friends. That's marketing, my friend. [...]