Gary Barber
Blogging at http://manwithnoblog.com
Man with no Blog :: Gary Barber rants on user experience, and the controlled chaos of the Web Industry
Capturing Creativity
March 14, 2010
Capturing Creativity
Creativity is a strange beast. Often creativity is blocking us, running away. We often talk about it, discuss it at length and even say it can be learned. Sometimes it’s even hard to find that creative spark. However what is creativity. In reality creativity is a hard thing to define as a specific reproducible [...]
Categorising the Web Industry
March 01, 2010
Categorising the Web Industry
Where does the the web industry fit in the world. You would think that after 15 plus years that we would have worked that out by now and found our place. But alas this isn’t the case. I still ponder what category should we sit under in a corporate or business structure, [...]
Failing at Design
February 28, 2010
Failing at Design
I was talking to the local UPA Perth chapter (in formation) about aspects of UX visualisation. It was an interesting topic that brought up a good number of discussion points. One point was on the design process. The way we design. The way that we just don’t allow ourselves time to fail at the design. Or [...]
User Surveys – Do it Right or Not at All.
February 17, 2010
User Surveys – Do it Right or Not at All.
I have been involved with many user surveys over the years. Some have gone well. Some have been a complete waste of time and effort. The main distinction between them is the surveys that were professionally developed and pretested would succeed. The ones that had been knocked together by a [...]
Presenting Phone Numbers
February 06, 2010
Presenting Phone Numbers
The other day I was chatting away with a potential client, I asked for their phone number, as you do. They replied with 1800 GETT AWEB (no that’s not real) . I asked what that was a real number, there was silence for a moment, then “I have no idea,” [...]
The Last Road Block for Your Customers – Web Forms
January 31, 2010
The Last Road Block for Your Customers – Web Forms
You have built the perfect web site, the colours invoke the right emotional response, the visual imagery leads customers to the relevant information while allowing the audience to personally relate to the site. The content is ideal for the web, not to much but enough to convince people of the service. The major call [...]
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Web Industry – Lack of Ethics and Morals
January 22, 2010
Web Industry – Lack of Ethics and Morals
Ethics and morals should be a big thing in our industry, and yet I’m beginning to think that some people have forgotten all about them recently. I’ll tell you a story. We have been working with a development company, who support a various range of their own products. Products that one of our clients use. Straight forward, [...]
A Review – Fancy Form Design
January 17, 2010
A Review – Fancy Form Design
Rating: 4.5 As I’m designing forms I don’t usually have an issue making then usable or accessible within the limits of the clients budget. However taking the form to the next level technically can sometimes be an issue. This is exactly what Fancy Form Design by Jina Bolton, Tim Connell and Derek Featherstone is all about, [...]
Improving Your Listening Skills
January 14, 2010
Improving Your Listening Skills
Listening is one of those skills that no one really talks about, and yet listening is critical to User Research and general business as well. You have to understand, and in some cases even become emotive, with the users you are listening to. Yes we can all listen to some degree, but the reality is this [...]
Effective Freelance Networking – The Opening Pitch
January 10, 2010
Effective Freelance Networking – The Opening Pitch
I don’t know about you, but I have been to face to face networking events where it’s basically been like pulling teeth to get the people in the room to talk and discuss what they do and the benifits it has for me. There is nothing wrong with the event itself, it’s just [...]
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