Jul
7
iPhone Tips & Tricks
July 7, 2009 | 5 Comments
Here is a video posted on Information Week about tips on using the new iPhone 3.0 features. These apply even if all you did was upgrade to the new software.
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May
19
Refactoring with User Experience and IT Structure
May 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment
I read an article by Peter Hornsby on UXmatters talking about utilizing the software code revisionist method of code refactoring. The idea is to make the code easier for software engineers to understand and work with. There is no change to the functioning of the software but the code gets cleaned up and easier to [...]
Mar
17
iPhone 3.0 Software
March 17, 2009 | 1 Comment
Macworld did a great job of giving us a live commentary of what the improvements would be for the new software.
Rather than repeat them all, here is the link to the commentary:
Macworld iPhone 3.0 Commentary
There will be additional announcements over the coming week, but they did manage to get some of the 15 features I [...]
Mar
16
15 iPhone 3.0 features we’d like to see
March 16, 2009 | 2 Comments
Tomorrow (March 17, 2009), the new iPhone 3.0 software will be revealed and explained in Cupertino and there has been plenty of hubbub since the inception of the iPhone asking for new features. Here is an article listing the top 15.
System wide custom cut/copy/paste
Push notifications/background apps
Landscape mode in every app
Mail improvements
Sync notes & To-dos
Better app [...]
Mar
14
UX in an Agile Development Process
March 14, 2009 | 1 Comment
I had a conversation with a colleague yesterday about Agile development environments and how it is difficult to evangelize usability and design with UX in mind. While I argued that it was completely possible to keep usability as a priority while still scrumming constantly and pushing the envelope of development, I realize that in larger [...]
