![Maximize ROI: Turn Beginners into Experts](https://www.sitemotif.com/wp-content/uploads//2013/05/Youtube-flag-150x150.png)
Turning beginners into experts is a valuable and important transition for business to facilitate. The more versed a users is in your product the more use and value they will be able to get out of it. The more value…
![Back to Basics: Gestalt and Proximity](https://www.sitemotif.com/wp-content/uploads//2015/12/moved-bar-150x150.jpg)
I had an ah-ha! moment today, one for which my instinct was to immediately chastise myself, and say “duh Lauren”. But then I took a second thought and reminded myself that while like most users I tend to blame myself…
![Form over Function](https://www.sitemotif.com/wp-content/uploads//2015/04/4-7-2015-12-09-56-PM-150x150.jpg)
In my attempt to order lunch this afternoon I was rendered stupid. One of those moments, where a website literally made me feel like an idiot. Then after a brief smack of my palm on my forehead I decided to…
![Infographic Best Practices](https://www.sitemotif.com/wp-content/uploads//2014/07/Infographic-Template-013-150x150.png)
I had the opportunity to help out with an infographic design recently and it gave me to a great opportunity to explore this communication medium in general. There are some really great examples on Pinterest, and I highly recommend that as a tool for visually browsing…
Whether you are the note-taker, or the researcher reviewing a recording, it is important to find a good short hand for taking notes. It must be quick, but also easily scannable and understandable by other. Below are 8 tips I put…
![No New Mail - Updated!](https://www.sitemotif.com/wp-content/uploads//2013/10/No-Mail-150x150.png)
I had a specific experience with Gmail lately that left me craving some character and delight. Now I consider character and delight to be two very different aspects of user experience design. Delight is the cherry on top of a good…
Interface design is a complicated process. Designs are rarely created in an ah-ha moment so much as they are the result of a process that takes lots of time and thought. Designing interfaces involves lots of analysis, many conversations and…
![Is the Save Disk Icon Dead?](https://www.sitemotif.com/wp-content/uploads//2013/07/save-icon-150x150.png)
I was recently posed with the question of whether the save disk icon should be removed from software as a majority of software users have never actually used a floppy disk. Not to mention that save these days usually takes…
![UX Tidbits - July](https://www.sitemotif.com/wp-content/uploads//2013/07/Dougs-Logo-01-150x150.png)
This month I have been getting back into graphic and web design a bit more, and wanted to explore some of the basics. Here are some nice reference articles on the basics of visual and interaction design. Design Links 11…
I’ve been writing a lot and publishing a little lately as I’ve been working on fine tuning some ideas. In the mean time, I’ve also been reading a lot and decided to start sharing some of the tidbits that I…