Nov 2, 2010 Posted by bradz

Storytelling Inside User Experience

Last year, my wife reached one of those moments in time that no parent ever wants to encounter with his or her child. And that is fielding the inevitable question – is Santa real? This came just days after we had a family sit down on the importance of telling the truth. It still stings my heart. A year earlier, I remember pulling my son and daughter on a sled through the snow out to the tree farm in... read more

Aug 7, 2010 Posted by bradz

Facebook GUI Templates: PSD and Omnigraffle

Big thanks to Surgeworks for creating a great visual resource kit for the creation of Facebook apps, tabs, and whatever other integrations you fancy. One that makes the design and prototyping phases much more efficient. Lots of UI elements  to choose and use, modal components, comment boxes, buttons, message boxes, tabs, etc. Let’s not forget those of us that like to prototype in Omnigraffle. A... read more

Dec 6, 2009 Posted by bradz

Addictomatic – Search the Buzz

Constantly looking looking for easy ways to aggregate those searches on buzz sites that you find yourself doing daily? I certainly do and came across this fun little tool. Addictomatic claims to search the best live sites on the web for the latest news, blog posts, videos and images. It allows you to keep up with the hot topics, perform ego searches and “feed your addiction for what’s up,... read more

Aug 30, 2009 Posted by bradz

IdeaStorming – Embracing Users, Turning Ideas Into Action

You may have noticed that with the release of this post, I’ve added a little “Feedback” tab on the left side of my website so I can, more or less, be my own lab rat for purposes of this discussion. If for some reason it doesn’t exist, this is simply a widget to access my own version of “IdeaStorming” located at bradz.uservoice.com. Sure no one will probably vote, submit... read more