Author Archives: thatgrinningcat

On the awkwardness of the first times you try it The 1st interview was conducted on the Key2Cuba.com While the interviewee really enjoyed the page, we got stuck at the booking experience that looked rather cumbersome and uninviting opposing the general feel of the website of fun and levity. My interviewee jokingly said:”Maybe this isContinue reading “User Interviews”

Improved User Flow Suggestion for Key2Cuba.com It’s an exciting website with an exciting product and great pictures to prove it. But the booking process is very “early internet” and does not do the rest of the site justice. Below I am proposing the experience in mock-ups that I would think improve the booking experience. Proposed:Continue reading “Website booking experience improvement”

Improved User Flow Suggestion for Wildfitness.com The website is definitely useful and gives valuable information. The product is showcased as a desirable product and Wildfitness is findable as it is the first thing that pops up on Google when searched for. But improving the user flow would definitely enhance the usability and credibility of theContinue reading “Website User flow improvement”

Design for user’s mental model Looking at the Citizens Information webpage you can see that it was designed with simple usability in mind. The very clear grid-structure on the front-page allows you to find your topic without needing to search for your desired target-location via frantically hovering over the mega-menu. The grid structure provides aContinue reading “UX Design Principles”

Mission: role-play a client interview and create an empathy map. The given time was 15 minutes. The featuring question of the interview was: Why did you take the UX Design course? The exercise reminded me a lot of a general coaching conversation. The same “rules apply” for an interview to create a mindmap as applyContinue reading “Creating an Empathy Map”

Go to Marvel to view the website prototype. Getting to know Marvel and what it can do.

A response that is not targeted to delivering a good customer experience might throw customers off and doesn’t create the “I love it here”-feeling that you would encourage in a shop or on a website. As much as staff needs to be trained to address and respond to customers to effect a positive and welcomingContinue reading “Review of bad user experience”

of the imaginary Website for GoodBreadDublin.ie Outlining a design idea for an imaginary Bakery and the products and features it would offer complete with personas and scenarios that would bring users to the website.

Learning about and experimenting with Shutter Speed The Shutter allows light into the camera. The shutter speed determines how much. Panning Shots Combining slow shutters speeds with camera movement (panning). When camera movement is synced with a moving object that object seems sharp, while the surroundings are blurred in the movement, thus visually capturing theContinue reading “Digital Photography – Class 1”