Category Archives: UX

The Song Remains the Same: A Few Words Against Anti-skeuomorphism

Yes it’s a double negative – because this is not an argument in favor of skeuomorphism. It is an attempt to clarify the argument about skeuomorphism and flat design and put it in proper context. First of all, we need to acknowledge that the true definition of skeuomorphism is different than the definition used by

Sweet Anticipation

On election night, I turned on my bike lights and got ready to leave work. I pulled out my iPhone, hoping to catch some election coverage on my ride home. NPR is my go-to live news source, so I opened the app. Before I could even start stumbling through navigation and station feeds, an alert

IxD Jumps the Shark

I just saw a commercial for the new Nokia Lumia and I had to laugh. I think it was the first time I have seen an ad use interaction design so blatantly and explicitly as the object of sexual attention. A woman sitting next to a man is caught peeping over his shoulder as he