Category: UX
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Site Map for the Town of Trumbull App
How do you take a massive municipal website and cut it down to the essential elements for a mobile app? For most people, their mobile device is within arm’s distance. With this kind of proximity, it’s no wonder over half of the internet traffic comes from a mobile device. In today’s mobile-first society, all businesses…
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Basic Guide to Information Architecture
Have you ever gone shopping and become so overwhelmed that you didn’t buy anything? Have you have gone to a website and become so frustrated that you leave the site and never come back? In both of these instances, the organization of information was not working, thereby turning you off. When users do not want…
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App Ideation to Improve Your Mood
Stressed? Overworked? All too often, we get wrapped up in a slew of emails, growing to-do lists, constant meetings, or getting interrupted. When the workday is over, you go home to make dinner and shuttle the kids to their next after-school activity. All of these responsibilities can bring our mood down, but it’s essential to…
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What Are You Thinking? Exploring your Brain with Mind Mapping
Once the first two steps of Design Thinking are complete, Empathize and Define, now the fun, but tricky stage of Ideation can begin. This is where you can open up your mind and begin to imagine fun ideas. However, this stage can be tricky when tasked with challenging assumptions or breaking through ingrained routines. Thankfully,…
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My Experience Learning the Principles of User Experience Design
What goes into building a successful product or service people enjoy using? By enrolling in Quinnipiac University’s Principles of User Experience Design, I was able to gain a deeper appreciation for all of the research and energy brands put into creating a quality product. The class focuses on human-centered design thinking and how empathizing with…
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Improving the Customer Experience Through Journey Mapping
Travisty! Horror! My cat spilled water on my laptop! After quickly drying it off, I called Apple right away for help. My reaction is pretty typical of anyone who has had major damage done to a valuable item that is heavily relied upon. However, it was interesting to work with Apple to get it fixed.…
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Putting Ideations Techniques To The Test
Some would say the most fun part of Design Thinking is ideating. With rules like ‘no judgment,’ ‘everyone is welcome,’ and ‘the more outlandish an idea, the better,’ it’s hard not to enjoy the process. On top of these pressure-free rules, the goal is to think up as many ideas as possible. In my experience…
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Design Challenge Mash-Up
Designers are challenged every day to solve problems and produce out-of-the-box ideas but that isn’t always easy. There is no bank where you can cash out unique ideas or a tree that grows beautiful solutions. Instead, you need an open mind, inspiration, and a few ideation techniques. “Ideation is the process of generating a broad…
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Interpreting Reviews and Creating Point of View Statements
Developers and designers work hard to create successful apps that people enjoy using. They put tons of research, late nights, blood, sweat, and tears into their projects. Once their ‘baby’ is released into the wild for all to use, the creators’ first reaction is to see how people like it by reading the reviews. The…
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Step 2 of Design thinking: Define the Problem
While Design Thinking is not a linear process, it does follow a basic structure. At times, steps may repeat, but it is essential to go through each step to produce a well-crafted, meaningful product. The last few weeks, I have spent time learning the various Empathy methods or step 1 of the Design Thinking process;…
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