Exciting news! I’m going to London August 27—September 3 to do a series of training events. Please find event details and book your tickets below. (more…)
Read moreEven the most advanced, polished apps can have painful UX flaws. Today I’m doing a video teardown of MailChimp, powerful email marketing software that I use every day. We’ll walk through certain problems with lists and menus, and identify common rules for them. Watch the video below for details.
Read moreWe’re getting together again to review your websites! The previous webinar collected raving reviews, and plenty of websites were left untouched. So myself, Kurt Elster and Nick Disabato are going live again to tear down a few more sites. Watch this recording to hear actionable feedback that everyone can apply in their own business.
In 60 minutes of the webinar, we review a number of websites submitted by you. We give actionable recommendations on visual design, conversion rate optimization, copywriting, marketing, and product development.
Read moreEveryone has a website, but not every website is as effective as it could be. We’re here to help! For this webinar, I’m bringing in two awesome guests — Kurt Elster and Nick Disabato. The three of us join forces and provide actionable, constructive critique of your websites. Such critique will be useful for anyone watching, not just the website owner.
In 60 minutes of the webinar, we review a number of websites submitted by you. We give actionable recommendations on visual design, conversion rate optimization, copywriting, marketing, and product development.
Read moreBuilding a product, putting together a team, or promoting a personal consulting brand? This exercise will help you stay true to your values in the rush of everyday tasks. Today is the day when you’ll define your brand in simple human words.
Read moreWe face multiple challenges when designing workspaces. How do we keep it clean while making it functional enough? How do we decide which features are important?
Today I’m doing a video teardown of Bookagram, an iPhone app created by my friend Goran Blagus. It helps users quickly design printable photo books. Watch the video below to see how the app works, and how we can make it better.
Read moreSometimes SaaS founders end up in a very interesting situation. You have a cool feature in your web app, but users downright ignore it! It’s not that they can’t find this feature — they aren’t even looking for it.
Ouch! It hurts, because you invested your time into building this awesome, useful thing… And nobody cares for it. What can you do to prevent this from happening?
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I’m writing this on a plane as I’m flying from New York City to Moscow. BaconBizConf 2016 in Philadelphia turned out to be amazing, and I want to share my personal takeaways with you — so that you can apply them in your business.
Read moreEarlier in UI Practicum we dramatically optimized a scheduling screen by identifying the most common use cases and separating them from each other (read the full story here).
Today we’ll help Dave Rodenbaugh to optimize some settings for their AWPCP project (which stands for Another WordPress Classifieds Plugin). Dave was inspired by our previous example and concluded that we can apply the same principle for his case.
Read moreIn this issue of UI Practicum we’ll talk about best practices around thumbnail views. Photo galleries, ecommerce stores, visual blogs — that’s where you’ll need thumbnails most often.
In plain English, a thumbnail is a small preview image, accompanied by a text label. Sounds easy, right? But there’s a ton of potential design traps! Let’s make sure you don’t fall into them with your next project.
Read moreWith this free email course you’ll conduct a simple do-it-yourself audit of your web app: eliminate the obvious design flaws, gain control of your features, and start building the UI that customers really want.
