Not long ago, a client asked us the following questions: How much content should we have on a page? What is an average page length in words? And somewhat predictably, I answered, “It depends.” But I went one step further. I let them know why and how it depends.
With the new year upon us, instead of looking backwards to where we were with usability and user experience design, I prefer to look into the future. Upon reflection of past 10 years in which I have been working in the field, user experience has progressed in leaps and bounds. The list below is short […]
With over 15,000 self-proclaimed social media experts on Twitter and all of the year-end buzz about Web 2.0 concepts in everyone’s 2009 top 10 list, it’s often easy to overlook some of the basic business value provided by that other Web, you know, the older more pedestrian Web: Web 1.0. In 2006, OpenRoad was awarded […]
With the end of the year upon us, I thought it would be appropriate to take some time to reflect on the evolution of interaction design in this last year. This year proved to be interesting with some positive advancements in the interaction design trends. Here are some of my favourites that have worked successfully […]
OpenRoad is thrilled to have recently added two fine new folks to our team.
Are you a company looking for a new intranet? Are you wondering if ThoughtFarmer meets your needs? Are you looking for a way to make your evaluation process a lot easier? Buying software is not an easy job. There’s a ton of software options out there. We’ve been on the other side of the table […]
World Usability Day happened on November 12, 2009 and a small squad of Vancouver user experience professionals got together at 8:00 a.m. at the Pine Street Community Garden to spend the day together, wondering how to best bring our professional expertise to bear on the issue of “sustainability”—the theme for WUD2009. Cat, Ben, and Barb […]
If you enjoyed (or if you missed) Selma Zafar’s hugley popular Mobile UI seminars at Wave Front in Vancouver, you’ll be pleased to know what we’ve posted the slides from the session on Slideshare. In her presentation, Selma covered the basics of user-centred design, interaction design principles, and usability testing as they pertain to mobile […]
