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Get Creative

David Charney — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 16:43:54 +0000

Creative evenings indoors are great in the winter (You people without snow can participate as well). Get out your crayons, pencils, pens, paints, Prismas, charcoal, or clay and get creative. We can’t let kids have all the fun! Update: Miss [...]

Met with Don Norman

David Charney — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 20:28:52 +0000

I met with Don Norman - Famous usability and cognitive psychology expert… All about the user experience. We discussed the business a bit and did a little brainstorming about a friend’s product and how to make it more receptive to a specific audience. He has many books on the subjects. Don was a VP at Apple [...]

Wood Working and Design - UniqueBoxArt.com

David Charney — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 21:00:24 +0000

Hey all, I just wanted to give a shout out to a small project my Dad has been working on. He is designing and creating custom boxes and selling them out at uniqueboxart.com. Each box is different and allows him to explore new ideas both in design and from a technical standpoint. Nice work Dad! I [...]

Applied E-Learning Applications

David Charney — Sat, 23 May 2009 03:35:13 +0000

It is first the fundamentals then the application of information that builds experience. A simple example: For a right-angled triangle, the square of the hypotenuse is equal to the sum of the squares of the other two sides. a² + b² = c² OK, now go use it… Go on… For many of us this is where the [...]

Poor UX - A True Story

David Charney — Sun, 10 May 2009 04:04:23 +0000

I was at Siggraph a few years back and these guys were presenting their new usability ideas and theories that surrounded a new UI. They tried to go for the cool factor as a means for better usability but without the many other attributes they were failing fast. One of the [...]

RIApalooza 2 - Aftermath

David Charney — Sat, 09 May 2009 02:47:34 +0000

I just got back from RIApalooza 2 (and felt the need to drink around seven liters of Mountain Dew). There were 100+ people who attended and ranged from Silverlight, Flash, and Flex developers to UI/UX designers (and everyone in between). The speakers were UX evangeilsts, platform evangelists, evangelist evangelists, consultants, and developers, who came from Adobe, [...]

New “Illumenate” Blog

David Charney — Wed, 06 May 2009 12:56:39 +0000

My company, Illumen Group, has just introduced a new blog called Illumenate. [www.illumengroup.com/illumenate] Illumenate looks to advance new ideas, new technology, and best practices for learning, training, and marketing professionals. Articles will be posted on educational/learning/training/marketing news, tips & tricks, theories, case studies, technologies, etc. We will have articles written by David Denz, Tony O’Dell, Chris Okamoto, [...]