Above the Fold – User Experience Design

We’re very excited to welcome Brian Del Giudice to the ATF team. Finding the right UX designer has been quite a challenge; “We were looking for someone who has the creative vision as well as really solid problem solving skills,” says Heather O’Neill, VP of Operations. ATF has been expanding the team of UX consultants, designers, and researchers over the past year, most recently to include Brian, a talented UX designer.

Joe Baz’s interview on How to Hire a Great Art Director is live at The Content Marketer! The article focuses on ATF’s experience in hiring UX designers and Art Directors, as well as the experiences and advice of Peter Brown, from Brown Creative.

Thank you to everyone who came to the first webinar in our UX Basics webinar series! We had a great turnout and really enjoyed the discussion that began in the Q&A section. Watch the video right here on our blog.

It doesn’t take a UX professional to know censorship causes a bad user experience. The battle against SOPA and PIPA was won, but the war on Internet censorship isn’t over. Anti-piracy bills will return, in some other form, and we need to watch out for them.

To ring in 2012, we’re taking stock of how far we’ve come, and giving some thought to the direction we are heading.

What are UI pattern libraries and how do they benefit designers and developers? Did you know there are common libraries you might already be using which can be the base for a personalized UI pattern library?

Joe Baz, UX expert and Above the Fold’s founder, is featured in this edition of A Cloud and SAAS Moment. Watch the video to learn about three big (and possibly surprising) mistakes you could be making.