Author Archives: mikelee

http://www.campaignmonitor.com/blog/post/3242/the-new-campaign-monitor-office/ I’m totally jealous of Campaign Monitor’s new offices. My professional career has consisted entirely of open layout offices. Everyone sitting at long tables with no privacy. Just to take a phone call you have to wander off and hijack … Continue reading →

A lot of people talk about Experience Design. A lot of people don’t know what that really means and equate it with UI or usability. They’re missing the point. Sensory Design from AudiWorld.com The Audi “Nose Team” tracks down unpleasant … Continue reading →

A good survey of best practices and patterns for effective help content. If content is the red-headed stepchild of web development, help content is even less popular. No one wants to create it or maintain it. When it does exist, … Continue reading →

This is for all you designers working on facebook apps and UI flows that involve going through facebook. get it here: Free Full Layered Facebook GUI PSD Kit In this post we release a free Facebook GUI PSD Kit, designed … Continue reading →

Nice short explanation of why tabs placed above controls like the address bar works better from a design perspective. The new layout used in chrome, IE, and now the new Firefox 4 beta improves the interface according to several basic … Continue reading →

A little over a month ago, I purchased my first smartphone, a Nexus One. I’m on AT&T so I could have gone the iPhone route but I chose Android. I didn’t choose it because of any strong feelings about which … Continue reading →

Happy Cog talks about their work redesigning zappos.com Initially, Happy Cog was brought in to assist in a comprehensive “re-skin” effort. As we began digging, several challenges were easy to diagnose. The old site lacked a core defining visual style … Continue reading →