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  • Interaction Aesthetics versus Visual Aesthetics

    Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 When people talk about “aesthetics,” usually they are talking about how nice something looks visually, for example when a client tells you they want their website to...
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  • Creating Successful Style Guides - New post on Johnny Holland

    An article I wrote titled Creating Successful Style Guides has just been posted on Johnny Holland . Johnny Holland is a prominent interaction design community website that has regular features on user experience. In my piece I explain what makes a good...
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  • Telling a Good Story with Interactive Line Charts

    The New York Times does a great job using interactive graphics to tell a story. Recently the New York Times reported on the details of the United States 2011 budget proposal and how the projected budget deficits may affect US policies and power in the...
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  • Label Alignments in Long Forms - New Edition of “Ask UXmatters”

    UXmatters is a peer-reviewed web magazine about the complete breadth of user experience. I like their professionalism and their spirit. I published a couple of articles last year there. They also have an “Ask UXmatters” column where readers...
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  • Blog series: User-Centered Data Visualization. Part 2 - The Pizza Effect

    In one of the recent editions, Time magazine featured this graphic:     The underlying data set is pretty simple. It consists of just 8 numbers which are used for four target/actual comparisons: how many swine flu vaccinations 4 organizations...
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  • New blog series: User-Centered Data Visualization. Part 1

    One of the trends in UI design is data visualization. With data volume and complexity continuously rising, data visualization becomes more and more important as a means to translate data into information and further information into knowledge. Edward...
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  • It's So Hot - Sink a Drink of Aqua

    Nestling into the "dog days" of August, musing where did the summer go? Think positive dude, football ahead. But still I slip back to June, when the mornings were cool, and summer stretched ahead in an endless expanse, like the feeling you had...
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  • You Can Quince, Too!

    Thanks to everyone out there who is using Quince and leveraging it in your daily work.  We couldn’t have asked for a better reception and the continued usage and comments we hear speak to Quince as a valuable reference tool for people. But it was...
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  • Summer Drink: UPA Highlights, Shot of Lewis & Clark, & a Twist of Dylan

    In 1803, Thomas Jefferson commissioned the Corps of Discovery, to be led by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark. They were asked to explore the land obtained via the Louisiana Purchase, a deal that doubled the size of the United States, adding a vast parcel...
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  • Obama, Healthcare & Aqua

    At Monday's meeting at the White House -- which President Obama called a "historic" and "a watershed event in the long and elusive quest for healthcare reform" -- healthcare industry leaders pledged to trim healthcare costs by...
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