The downside of the internet is that copyright theft has never been so easy. Your designs, photos, writing, etc. are all at risk of being ripped off. So what can you do to stop this?Monitor the SituationSet aside some time to search for your work; you can use photo search engines, keyword tags (and
This is the age of responsive design. Mobile is the platform to be on today with more than half the world’s Internet usage coming through smartphones. That means there are global opportunities for brands that simply didn’t exist a decade ago. However, if you want to get to grips with those opportuni
Welcome back to our series designed to help the first time UX project manager with some basics of project management. The previous parts (and our series on time management) can be found under the UX daily tab on our site. Let’s take a look at a few more skills you’ll need to get your UX projects del
Welcome back to our project management basics series – if you’ve missed any of the preceding parts of this series they can be found under the UX Daily tab on our site. Today we’re looking at more of the basic skills you’ll need to bring your UX projects to fruition:Understand Your Project Management
Welcome back to our UX basics series for entrepreneurs. If you’ve missed any of the previous episodes in this series you can find them under the UX Daily tab on our website. Today, we’re looking at the process of testing solutions and our next step from sketching is wireframing.What is Wireframing?W
In the first two parts of this series we examined how to identify problems that need solving and how to test whether there’s a market for a solution and what that market might be worth to you. Today we’re going to look at how you might go about solving the problems and how your users may be able to
This is the last part of our time management series in this UX project management series. The other parts of the series can be found under the UX daily tab on our website. We’ve just got a few more tips for keeping your time on track to deliver your creative projects with ease:Be Ruthless in Meeting
This week we’ve looked at 6 CMS systems for web designers; WordPress, Quick.CMS, Joomla, Drupal, LightCMS and Squarespace. But which is best for your project? There’s no simple answer to that but let’s take a quick look and some specific cases:Web Designers with Little Experience of CMS SystemsIf yo
Welcome back to our UX project management series – if you missed yesterday’s installment you can find it under the UX Daily tab on our website. We’re look at some basic time management skills that can help creatives meet deadlines and find a better work-life balance.Say “No” But in the Right WayOne
This week we’re going to take a look at the most popular content management systems and their use for web designers. We’re going to begin with perhaps the world’s most popular CMS – WordPress. Then we’ll take a walk through some of the other options out there.About WordPressWordPress is an open sour
There are four major freelancer brokerage sites; Elance, Odesk, Freelancer.Com and Guru. But how do they stack up for design work and which are worth your time? Let’s take a quick look at each of them:Freelancer.ComFreelancer looks good. It’s well designed and has thousands of jobs for would-be free
This week we’re looking at freelance design work using the internet brokerages of Elance, Odesk, Guru, etc. and while there are definite benefits of using these sites – there’s no doubt that there are some drawbacks to using them for work too. Let’s take a look at things you need to watch out for:Hu
This is the 7th part of this series which began this Tuesday (13th January 2015) on the UX Daily; there will be a continuation next week with a few more – so keep your eyes peeled. If you’ve missed any parts of the series click on the UX Daily tab at the top to find them. We’re continuing to look at
If you’re a fan of wearable computing then it won’t have escaped your notice that Sony’s new Smartwatch has arrived recently. How does it measure up? Let’s take a quick look at 4 things everyone should know about this watch:1. It runs Android WearNo more going it alone with a special version of Andr
User Experience is slowly becoming a well-recognized discipline which is valued throughout the business world. However, that doesn’t mean that UX design projects go without a hitch. In fact, we’ve started to see certain communication issues creep into UX design projects on a regular basis and you mi
The team behind the Interaction Design Foundation is looking for a new colleague to help with Course Development. Is it you we are looking for? Would you like to…Work with the best designers in the world – from both industry and academiaWork from a tropical island (if you want) as long as the i
Application developers can rejoice! Well, at least if they design their mobile applications on an Apple Mac they can. This week there’s been another wonderful acquisition made by Google – RelativeWave.Who or What is RelativeWave?RelativeWave’s a company that has been developing a specialist interact
The Apple Watch is coming and this week the company launched their developer’s toolkit the “Apple WatchKit” for all those keen to build wrist-bound applications. What can you learn about the new product from the developer’s kit?Same, Same not DifferentThe watch is going to work rather like the Galax
Jony Ive has been doing some serious work with media this week. For those who don’t know who he is, (Sir) JonyIve is the Senior Vice President of Design at Apple and he’s been talking to The Telegraph, De Zeen Magazine and Trusted Reviews among many others.So what have we learned from all these inte
It’s been an incredible week in the world of design and the biggest news is that of a new evolution in design tools. AutoCAD has long been a preferred tool of the heavyweight designer. It’s a great way to accurately document and develop new ideas and to test some of theory before putting things into
AI is replacing jobs everywhere, yet design jobs are booming with a projected 45% job growth. With design skills, you can create products and services people love. More love means more impact and greater salary potential.
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