UX folks can’t get enough of workshops. Whenever we get asked what kind of sessions we want at conferences, we always answer “Workshops!” and “Hands-on activities!” Why? Because of the sad fact that a lot of us don’t get to do much beyond wireframes. Continue reading »

From reports to policy documents to forms to user guides, PDFs are ubiquitous on higher-ed websites. When designing websites, we spend time on details like colors, typography, navigation, branding and accessibility, but usually ignore these details within PDF documents. Gaurav Gupta says we need to craft the same high quality user experience into our PDFs as we do our web sites. Continue reading »

It’s not often that we see “user interface” and “brand” in the same sentence, but these two concepts are more intertwined than you may believe. When people think about brand they usually envision a logo or slogan. In reality, brand is a person’s gut feeling about a service, product or … Continue reading »

VCU Web Systems Librarian, Erin White, shares what she learned about community, growth, failure and purpose at Code4Lib, a conference for library tech-types. Continue reading »