-
The State of the UX Wireframe
Sep 15, 2019In February 2019, I presented at World IA Day in Kent, Ohio on UX wireframes and how different technologies and methodologies are changing how we think about digital design and prototyping.
Continue Reading -
Designing A User-Friendly Web Content Management System
Mar 02, 2018Content editors are users too. See why a good CMS editing experience is important and how to design your CMS for a better user experience.
Continue Reading -
Kent State Student Media Partners with IdeaBase Web Class to Launch Responsive Website
Oct 07, 2017This article from IdeaBase describes my team's process in launching the new Kent State Student Media Website
Continue Reading -
Appearance on Design Edu Today Podcast
Sep 28, 2016On Sept 27, 2016, I was a guest on Gary Rozanc's Design Edu Today Podcast to speak about the process of teaching interaction design techniques (like responsive web design) to higher ed students.
Continue Reading -
Using Craft CMS to Blog, Create Emails, Optimize for Search, Produce Responsive Images and More
Jun 17, 2016Building our latest web project within Craft CMS allowed the team to take advantage of complex content relationships and remix content in a variety of ways beyond the web.
Continue Reading -
Virtual Interfaces Finally a Reality: What Web and User Experience Designers Need to Know about Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR)
Apr 11, 2016The virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) spaces are on fire as of late. Just look at the news. Nearly every day I’ve come across at least a couple of articles discussing the virtues of VR in my Twitter feed - and we’re only getting started.
Continue Reading -
How To Get Your Jekyll + GitHub Pages Website to Pass Google's PageSpeed Tests
Dec 28, 2015With a few simple steps, you can get your static Jekyll website hosted in GitHub to perform better in Google's PageSpeed tests.
Continue Reading -
Responsive Web Design Workshop
Sep 20, 2015I presented my first workshop on responsive web design in June 2015. Since then, I’ve given the talk a few times.
Continue Reading -
Building a Modern Content Management System: University Web Redesign Series
Jun 06, 2014A huge part of the Kent State website redesign was transitioning to a modern content management system.
Continue Reading -
Integrating Eye Tracking into User Research: University Web Redesign Series
Apr 09, 2014Following a great deal of user research for Kent State's new website, the team wanted to do another round of usability testing to answer some specific research questions, especially in relation to small-screen devices.
Continue Reading -
More Than Pretty Pictures - Wireframes and Design Concepts: University Redesign Series
Jan 05, 2014More than just "making a website look pretty," the conceptual and visual design process is based on research, iteration after iteration and largely, many different opinions.
Continue Reading -
Research and More Research: University Redesign Series
Jan 05, 2014Likely one of the most neglected parts of a website redesign, research ensures your team is taking a user-centered focus on your design and also validates design decisions to management and clients.
Continue Reading -
What's Changed on the Web Since 2009: University Redesign Series
Nov 18, 2013As my team continues to dive into a web redesign for Kent State, I thought I'd begin documenting some of my experiences with the process.
Continue Reading -
Email Marketing in Higher Education - Best Practices
Nov 13, 2013Email isn't dead yet. Many academic and administrative departments at Kent State still find value and success in sending email marketing messages to students, faculty, staff and alumni.
Continue Reading