We get these Bed Bath & Beyond coupons in the mail roughly once a week. Perhaps you’ve seen them? Anyway, I’ve never once used one, mostly because I don’t even know where one is around here. So a few weeks ago I was looking at one of these coupons and it dawned on me: They [...]
Stuff I think about rather than things I’ve made.
Messes we knew we were making
2011.08.29
Today, I came across the idea (probably via stackoverflow) of technical debt. To quote Martin Fowler: You have a piece of functionality that you need to add to your system. You see two ways to do it, one is quick to do but is messy – you are sure that it will make further changes [...]
The Limits of User Advocacy or Why Everyone Should Be Investing in Usability Testing
2011.08.10
The field of “user experience” is in a phase right now where everybody seems to acknowledge that it’s important, but no one wants to actually invest the time and money to make users the centerpiece of their web strategy. Even when there is a testing phase baked into projects, it’s usually one week (or less) [...]
Designers vs. Developers
2011.08.01
jennamarino So tired of the “designers need to code” talk. We heard you.. and you … and you. Got it. Is there anyone still arguing the fact? skybondsor @jennamarino I don’t think it’s nearly this cut & dried. I’m sure you would agree that devs with some design experience create better sites. jennamarino @skybondsor hell yes, I [...]