Above the Fold – User Experience Design

As user experience designers, we constantly seek new ways to engage users, so gamification is a natural step. How do gamification and UX techniques overlap?

Last week we requested help for the Red Cross, and the Boston business community responded. In the spirit of giving, we were able to raise $2250 for the Red Cross’s Hurricane Sandy relief efforts! Thank you so much, to all who donated.

This Thanksgiving, we at Above the Fold are thankful for the relationships we have with the UX community, our clients, and our partners. Here are a few community-building areas we most value; we hope you can take advantage of them in the coming year!

Are UX and UI the same thing? This and 4 other burning UX-related questions are asked from this years MassTLC unConference attendees.

Achieving good usability is the first and most important step toward creating a good experience. Carolyn Sullivan brings us through 5 basic steps of usability to get you started.

In the wake of Hurricane Sandy, we invite the Boston business community to Pizzeria UNO in Harvard Square next Thursday, November 15th, to raise a glass and make a donation to support those impacted by this devastating event.

The key factors that made conference Northeast PHP 2012 a success are also critical when approaching a UX design project. With that in mind, here are five tips to consider when planning your next project – whether you’re dealing with a few dozen stakeholders, a few hundred conference attendees, or both.

Great design can change (and raise) our expectations about our experiences. The chief obstacle to great design, however, is our own resistance to change. In this slideshare, we explore Raymond Loewy’s principle of “Most Advanced, Yet Acceptable,” or MAYA.

Kathleen Keating of FastStart Communications recently interviewed Joe Baz to help us understand the fundamental differences between UX Design and Web Design.

Mobile first or content first? This week on Web Designer Depot, our own Marli Mesibov considers this question – and the answer may surprise you.