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UX Articles and This Site

Justin Smith — Wed, 16 May 2012 20:13:24 +0000

Going forward most, if not all, of my articles will be on external sites. There are two reasons for this. It gets way more eyes on my work than this site tends to do. I make a little bit of money that I wouldn’t make posting it here. I will link to these articles though. [...]

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Cognitive Models: Thinking Ahead

Justin Smith — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 16:19:56 +0000

Today let’s talk about cognitive models. That’s really a fancy term for how someone thinks about something. It’s taking an action or goal and creating a model in your brain about how you would perform that action. For example, if someone said to “make dinner” then that would mean different things to different people. Some [...]

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Put A Foot, Any Foot, Forward

Justin Smith — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 17:08:11 +0000

Have you ever had a project that is too big or outside your comfort zone and you have no idea where to start? I have no idea where you start either, but start somewhere. The point is that it doesn’t matter. Here’s some tips for when you have something in front of you but you [...]

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Why UXers Should Know Code

Justin Smith — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 20:04:45 +0000

I’ve seen UX people run the entire gamut of programming knowledge. I think I sit somewhere in the middle. I can read code and do some basic things but if I were a client I wouldn’t trust me to code up your website. I know some incredible coders (I recommend my friend Tom at moreco.de [...]

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Status Update

Justin Smith — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 15:12:09 +0000

Sorry everyone for the absence. This site got hacked and it took a while to get things going again. We’re back now. I’ve lost a few posts but, fortunately, that seems to be the extent of the casualties. I’ll be doing some updates to the site, some obvious and some not so obvious. I’ll also [...]

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What’s Your “Single”?

Justin Smith — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 14:36:37 +0000

In the music industry, singles are very important. They are less important for established bands and groups, but are enormously important to brand new and debuting artists. Singles are windows into the artist and if the audience doesn’t like it upon first listen then they likely will not come back. The same process is followed [...]

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Lombardi Trophy of Design

Justin Smith — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 12:54:54 +0000

The NFL playoffs start this weekend and I'm very excited. My Atlanta Falcons are the #1 seed in the NFC and I just got NFL Network this week so I'm excited about the awesome coverage they do. Today let's take a look at how we can take the basic playoffs structure and apply it to design.

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Mac App Store, The UX

Justin Smith — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 13:57:27 +0000

I personally really like the idea of the Mac App Store. It’s not an end all-be all solution but let’s look at some of the features of the App Store and discuss why it enhances the UX. Aggregation – We used to have to know about the apps we wanted or be subscribed to sites/blogs [...]

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3D Movies and UX Design

Justin Smith — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 20:15:59 +0000

3D Movies were a huge trend in 2010. A few movies got it right, but most screwed up royally. A lot of them did it post-production just to have 3D and it served no purpose other than to say it was 3D. It added no value to the movie and, in some cases, even ate [...]

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Kristen Chenoweth Posts

Justin Smith — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 12:59:46 +0000

There will be a new format for posts on XenoAbe Design from now on. Short. The posts I’ve put together usually take a lot more time and research than they may appear to at first glance. To make this a much more active website, and community, I will be making shorter posts more frequently. I [...]

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