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The goings on at the UX Book Club Chicago monthly meetings (3/31/10)
If you’re not already familiar with the UX Book Club’s Chicago chapter, let me get you up to speed. It’s a small group of passionate design folks who meet downtown to talk about things in the industry. Such as our jobs, our roll as designers, and what is going on in our professional spheres. We praise each other’s triumphs, as well as bitch about other designers, clients, educators, etc. We also digress into joking about current events, or corporate drug testing, or Battlestar Galactica, or whatever happens to pop up organically throughout the evening. Oh yeah, and there’s books too. Every…
Read MoreHow to manage content during the website design process.
So what is content? It’s simple. It’s the stuff that goes on your website. The reason people come visit in the first place. The informative text, images, video, audio, etc… that keep people engaged and provide value to your users. You know, that stuff.
Content has to be one of the most important aspects to your site, right? After all, even if you have superb interaction, intuitive navigation, and stunning graphics, who is going to come to your site (and stay) without any worthwhile content?
Unfortunately, there are some who are disinclined to recognize the value of investing proper time and effort required…
Read MoreBD Wins 2009 Outstanding Achievement in Website Development from Interactive Media Awards!
Here’s a reprint of their press release:
CHICAGO, IL — Billups Design, Inc., is a multi-disciplinary core of outstanding talents in the areas of digital brand consulting, information architecture, interface design, user experience, multimedia, front-end development and application development. Billups Design also offers valuable services in content creation, branding, messaging, SEO/SEM and post-launch metrics., today announced that it has been awarded Outstanding Achievement in Website Development by the Interactive Media Awards™ for its work on the Art Iron web site. The honor recognizes that the project met and surpassed the basic standards of excellence that comprise the web’s most professional work.…
Read MoreA “new era” of web design…poster design
I can’t really put a finger on when it happened, but at some point in the not so distant past, web design broke through a pretty major glass ceiling. Up until this point web design was bound and constricted to what web ( and physical ) technology would allow it to do. Web technologies started with table based layouts, web friendly fonts and tiny display resolutions. It then progressed to CSS, web standards and the integration of application and interaction design. Now, with HTML5, CSS3 and new javascript methodologies, we are able to build creative and inspiring websites that are…
Read MoreWorking with an Agency: Don’t keep a dog and bark yourself.
One of the most challenging aspects of working in an advertising or interactive agency is managing sensitive agency-client relations. Taking clients down the path to creating a successful marketing message or making a recommendation that they may not agree with can be fun and exciting or it can be an emotional, difficult and even scary process. It seems like it should be easy. Clients hire us for our expertise in creativity, strategic direction and user experience. You are paying for our service, so why not use us to our full potential?
There is definitely something to be said for letting an…
Read MoreThe importance of documentation and planning for user experience
User experience expert – John Yesko, gave this latest presentation and the topic was “Rich User Experience Documentation – Beyond Static Wireframes.”
Read MoreAn Event Apart – What’s the Content Strategy
I recently attended ‘An Event Apart‘ here in Chicago. A conference for web professionals with some of the industry’s leaders delivering messages about cutting edge design and the best practices we should all be following.
The speaker in my opinion who stole the show was Kristina Halvorson, author of the book ‘Content Strategy for the Web.’ She made the observation that content on a website is critical to its success, but is often left neglected until the end of a project. She (accurately) pointed out that many of us spend most of the time designing a website around its content and…
Read MoreInterview: BC – Shooting Chicago’s daily moods
Continuing our series of interviews with notable Chicago artists, designers and other innovators, we sat down with BC, a celebrated photographer here in Chicago who primarily shoots the city and its people.
July 20, 2009
When did you first pick up a camera and what did you want to do with it?
The first camera I ever used was a Kodak Instamatic 110. It belonged to my brother. I loved that little camera. I also took a photography class in high school using a camera I borrowed from a friend. It was a Canon SLR. It was many many…
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