The mind behind UXBooth.com uses Photoshop to deconstruct some of the most common UI effects from scratch to add greater depth and realism to your work.

Tuesday, March 30th
7:00 – 8:30 PM
Room 249 (a 100-seat auditorium), FSU Fine Arts Building
530 W. Call Street St.
Tallahassee, FL 32301

About Andrew: Hailing from the great city of Atlanta, GA, Andrew Maier designs interactions and user experiences for a variety of clients. He writes, speaks, and teaches about design and its intersection with the internet. In addition he serves as the editor–in–chief of the user experience blog, UX Booth. When he’s not crazy busy, Andrew likes singing, practicing yoga and drinking coffee, like a good little hippie should.

People often talk about usability and learnability when discussing web and application development. Things have to be intuitive and familiar to increase conversions and trial… blah blah blah. All of this is really important. But what does it really boil down to?

It’s all a matter of trust. Trust between the user and the developer. Between the user and the designer. Ultimately trust is allowing yourself to become vulnerable based on a positive expectation. So how do you build trust? And how do you avoid breaking it? It’s about the promises you make in subtle and obvious ways.

In his presentation Carl will break down key steps to understanding, building and keeping trust with your users. More than that you’ll get to hear from real users what they think when you break that trust. Ouch!

Special Thanks to Alan Hanstein of Paragon New Media for the generous event sponsorship! Also, thanks also to Eric Thomas and the folks at Zimmerman for their continued support and hosting our event! Lastly, if you haven’t already done so, please help us plan by letting me know if you plan to attend! You can shoot me an email or give me a call at 850-212-4044.

Last night I had the pleasure of listening to a presentation by Michael Beirut sponsored by AIGA Jacksonville. During a brief Q&A time afterward, he referred to the video above by Ira Glass (part three of a four-part series – all of which are great).

I was interested in one of the comments in the comment thread about people either having “it” or not having “it.” I say, regardless of how much “it” you have, it will only get better with work – lots and lots of work.

What about you – got any thoughts on getting better? On the debate about “it”?

Every bit helps. If you’re looking for good organization through whom to contribute to the disaster relief effort in Haiti, I recommend World Vision.

Moving from “ease of use” to “joy of use.” Source: The Science of Fun: How Fun Helps Improve Your Design

Seth Godin has collaborated with some friends and published a new eBook. I’m currently at entry 10 of 70, and it looks good enough to mention – especially in light of thinking about the rapidly approaching new year.

How a web design goes straight to hell… perhaps you’ve experienced this too. Thanks for the tip, Chris!