Everyone knows that the wireframe is one of the most potent arrows in the user experience designer’s quiver. What better way to help the client visualize how a website or mobile app will lay out on the screen, and how users will access the great information, products and services housed within your application. Even with traditional wireframes, however, getting from the flat, static image to the online interactive product may still be al leap in visualization that’s hard for the client to make. Design Tools Rapid Prototyping User Experience UXD Wireframing MORE >>

In previous blogs, I’ve explored the importance of content generation for attracting site visitors and encouraging repeat visits (see Keep your content rich, engaging, and fresh to help SEO and ensure repeat visits ). Today, I’d like to talk a bit about content creation’s cousin, curation. Content curation has become, arguably, one of the most popular activities on the social web. How better to find new music than to visit the collection of a friend or “netizen” who has similar tastes? Here are some of the ways that Scoop.it Scoop.it Results? MORE >>

Whether or not your company should be making an investment in the mobile landscape ( See our blog from earlier this year ) is an important topic of conversation for your marketing department. Surely you can't just build something and expect a windfall of users to fall into your lap and great success to spring forth from thin air. You will need to develop a plan to market your mobile property so that your target audience becomes aware that you have a shiny new mobile solution that makes their life easier, and that they can take advantage of it immediately. and U.K )? 43% native mobile apps. MORE >>

In an earlier post (See White Elephants on the Web ), James Maconochie asked the important question of whether it was time to dust off that old website and make it more consistent with today’s technologies and the needs of today’s consumers. If you agree that your current web presence might be a bit outdated and ready for a polishing – Read on. What follows are some important items for consideration as you begin to develop a strategy to develop Yoursite X.0. HTML Development: The Progressive Enhancements Approach. Graceful Degradation Approach. Laying Out for Multiple Devices. MORE >>

When I think about the steps I take to triage my email inbox, it usually goes something like this: I quickly use the SPAM button to get rid of obvious garbage, like when I see “Via8ra” or “Nice to meet you I’m Greta.”. have a folder to which I automatically divert all the commercial mailings I’ve asked for. If I get a random newsletter or partner e-mail in my regular inbox, I quickly scan to see if I’m interested in anything therein. If so, I move those to my “commercial” inbox and set up a new rule. then look again at the remaining unsolicited mail. Most important is to USE THE DATA. Hurry u MORE >>