Freebie – aMAZEing Desktop Wallpaper for December 2009

Here’s the December maze calendar wallpaper – the last in this series, and with a Christmas theme! :-D

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Mega IA: Thinking Outside the Box

coverFor the November meeting of the NHUPA, I did a 10-minute talk about the effects of social media on information architecture. This blog entry provides some additional resources for anyone interested in doing further research on the topic. You can also download the original slides and handout. For those who missed the presentation, I’ll give you a brief overview.

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Wireframing & Prototyping Tools: Balsamiq & Friends

For last month’s meeting of the NHUPA, a number of people did short presentations and demos of a variety of wireframing and prototyping tools.

I presented Balsamiq, a low-fidelity wireframing tool best used for capturing ideas quickly, keeping people focused on concepts/layout or for teaching new user experience designers about wireframing.

I figured someone might find it helpful to have access to the PowerPoint slides each presenter used. Each set of slides includes a description of the output you’ll get from the tool, the factors that differentiate it from the others and a list of strengths and weaknesses. The tools covered in this PowerPoint file include:

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Freebie – aMAZEing Desktop Wallpaper for November 2009

Here’s the November maze calendar wallpaper! See? It’s on time and everything! XD I went with a simple color-based theme this month.

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