Software Changes Take Too Long. Why?
The words we use to describe software updates sound fast: Tweak, alter, adjust, iterate, change, and so on. In practice, it feels like those application “tweaks” take an awfully long…
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3 Design Exercises to Drive Your Software Discovery Process
Software starts just like most contracted projects: Information gathering, mapping needs to best practices, and surfacing the hard stuff. We (like many other digital agencies) call this exercise discovery. By…
Designing a User Interface for Critical Tasks
Designers spend a lot of time “inventing” interfaces. The results are a marriage of best practices (always in motion), trial and error (if there’s time), and intuition (stemming from experience)….
The Power of Gamification: Transforming Users into Loyal Fans
More than two decades in, it’s safe to say that gamified software is more than a passing fad. For product designers, elements of gamification — guidance, achievements, status — are a powerful…
Designing Links: Tips for Implementing a Fundamental Piece of the Web
Links are a core interactive piece of the web. Alongside reading, scrolling, and typing, they’re ingrained into the way we use every site. Think about it: How did you get…