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Wireframing & Prototyping Tools: Balsamiq & Friends

By Georgia Otto | Published: 11.12.2009
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 [...]
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Webitect ~ Conducting Collaborative Design Sessions – Part 4: Maintain

By Georgia Otto | Published: 08.17.2009
Make sure you never leave your participants hanging after an important meeting. Part 4 of this series will help you maintain a long term relationship with your participants. Part 1 of this series gave an overview of the purpose behind collaborative design sessions and how to prepare to conduct your own. In Part 2, we showed you how to [...]
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Webitect ~ Conducting Collaborative Design Sessions – Part 3: Facilitate

By Georgia Otto | Published: 08.10.2009
Clients and users need guidance when contributing their design ideas. Part 3 of this series will prepare you for the challenges inherent in facilitating collaborative meetings. In Part 1 and Part 2 of this series, we explained how to prepare in advance for collaborative design sessions and how to begin your meetings with a solid focus [...]
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Webitect ~ Conducting Collaborative Design Sessions – Part 2: Inform

By Georgia Otto | Published: 08.4.2009
Getting the most out of your users requires that you take the initiative. In Part 2 of this series, you’ll learn how to begin your design session in a goal-oriented manner. In Part 1 of this series, we discussed the benefits of collaboration with users and clients at various stages throughout the design process. We also provided [...]
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Webitect ~ Conducting Collaborative Design Sessions – Part 1: Prepare

By Georgia Otto | Published: 07.27.2009
Read “Conducting Collaborative Design Sessions – Part 1: Prepare” on Webitect.net » Perhaps someone noticed I haven’t been posting at my normal rate. Or perhaps no one cares. For anyone who actually noticed the lapse, I appreciate your patience and support. The fact is, I’ve been working on my first paid blogging job! I’ll be [...]
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Allowing Integration is Key to any Webapp’s Success

By Georgia Otto | Published: 06.22.2009
The web, as we know it today, provides a wide array of applications and social media tools, which we all use in different ways. One day, I was feeling quite overwhelmed by my own use of the web, and attempted to draw a diagram of how my various web applications were interconnected by the flow [...]
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Tutorial: How to Start a Blog & Get Posts Written

By Georgia Otto | Published: 06.16.2009
Recently, I was asked by a friend about my blogging habits and how I get my posts written. I’ve been meaning to write about this anyway, so I figured now was a good time. This post will cover how I got started, how I get ideas, and how I actually write my posts. [...]
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NHUPA – Design Slam!

By Georgia Otto | Published: 04.21.2009
Last month’s NHUPA meeting had an interesting format, the “Design Slam” workshop. The basic idea was that a non-profit organization presented goals and needs for a new website (to be designed from scratch, not a redesign). Then we all split into groups to plan and design a specific aspect of the site. We determined our [...]
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Snippage: Make Desktop Widgets From Any Site

By Georgia Otto | Published: 12.24.2008
Want to read someone’s tweets without actually following them on Twitter? Or perhaps you’d like to put a stock ticker or eBay listing on your desktop where you can keep an eye on it? Snippage let’s you create desktop widgets which display small portions of any website and refresh automatically every few minutes. They’re similar [...]
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Gubb: The List-Maker’s Paradise

By Georgia Otto | Published: 12.10.2008
Are you a compulsive list-maker? Or maybe you just need to keep track of a few things. Either way, Gubb is a simple web application made especially for you. On the surface, it’s intuitive and straightforward – you just make lists.
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Rearrange Your Taskbar While You Wait for Windows 7

By Georgia Otto | Published: 12.3.2008
Have you ever wished you could rearrange your taskbar items by dragging them around? Windows 7 may include this feature, but it’s a long way off for most people at this point. So while you wait, here are a couple of solutions.
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