Lushai » All Posts http://www.lushai.com User Experience Design - Strategy, Interaction Design, Information Architecture Wed, 07 Jul 2010 10:38:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Top 8 at 8 http://www.lushai.com/2009/11/26/top-8-at-8/ http://www.lushai.com/2009/11/26/top-8-at-8/#comments Wed, 25 Nov 2009 19:43:57 +0000 Brent http://www.lushai.com/?p=935 This was going to be a top 10 at 10 but hey, it’s 8am and all is well. Plus I only have eight links to get through this morning.

So a quick skim through feedly has given me some juicy links for a morning read. Well worth sharing. I was even going to try and organise these but it’s too early to try and fancy IA stuff. Onwards

iPlotz, Could be some competition for Mockingbird Perfecting User Experience Design with A/B Testing http://www.lushai.com/2009/11/26/top-8-at-8/feed/ 1 What is UX and how can it help your business? http://www.lushai.com/2009/11/17/what-is-ux-and-how-can-it-help-your-business/ http://www.lushai.com/2009/11/17/what-is-ux-and-how-can-it-help-your-business/#comments Mon, 16 Nov 2009 23:26:25 +0000 laura http://www.lushai.com/?p=915 Ux stands for ‘user experience’.  It can be applied to a wide range of disciplines and we, at Lushai, work it in the online or web space (so far) and work it good.

It is about the experience that you create for your users (these are your customers and other interested visitors or people who stumble across your site from Google).  It permeates every facet of web design from your idea to content to code.

To me a great user experience is [...]]]> http://www.lushai.com/2009/11/17/what-is-ux-and-how-can-it-help-your-business/feed/ 0 A book (nearly) about Interaction Design http://www.lushai.com/2009/10/15/a-book-nearly-about-interaction-design/ http://www.lushai.com/2009/10/15/a-book-nearly-about-interaction-design/#comments Thu, 15 Oct 2009 03:33:04 +0000 laura http://www.lushai.com/?p=903 Well this is my first blog post to Lushai and I’m happy to be on the team! Instead of writing about me I thought i would share something a friend forwarded onto me recently.

So there is a guy who is writing a book on Interaction Design and he’s breaking the mold a little on this one by asking the user to fund the end result (that’s the book).  Usually this sort of stuff annoys me a little but after having [...]]]> http://www.lushai.com/2009/10/15/a-book-nearly-about-interaction-design/feed/ 0 Links from a breaking the mold approach to education http://www.lushai.com/2009/10/15/links-from-a-breaking-the-mold-approach-to-education/ http://www.lushai.com/2009/10/15/links-from-a-breaking-the-mold-approach-to-education/#comments Thu, 15 Oct 2009 01:05:57 +0000 Brent http://www.lushai.com/?p=888 I’m back and I’m bad. It’s been like weeks and weeks since my last one. All due to large projects mixed with the small bread n butter plus all the usual distractions that come along.

Our current major project is for a large educational institute so it has brought up a host of challenges around all the facets of user experience (UX) design – visual design, information architecture, interaction design and all the smaller interactive components. The design needs to break [...]]]> http://www.lushai.com/2009/10/15/links-from-a-breaking-the-mold-approach-to-education/feed/ 0 Monday post-it notes http://www.lushai.com/2009/09/07/monday-post-it-notes/ http://www.lushai.com/2009/09/07/monday-post-it-notes/#comments Sun, 06 Sep 2009 22:07:09 +0000 Brent http://www.lushai.com/?p=822 Slack is the word! I have been trying to write one, maybe two blog posts a week here at Lushai but as you may or may not have noticed, last week was a fizzer. Due not so much to motivation as extreme workloads and baby demands. So here is a short spewage of links and fun for a Monday morning, enjoy

I love it Danny Devito joins twitter and his nuts are on fire. Im following! Introducing Typedia by Jason Santa Maria http://www.lushai.com/2009/09/07/monday-post-it-notes/feed/ 0 Top 10 at 10 no.2 http://www.lushai.com/2009/08/26/top-10-at-10-no-2/ http://www.lushai.com/2009/08/26/top-10-at-10-no-2/#comments Tue, 25 Aug 2009 22:04:42 +0000 Brent http://www.lushai.com/?p=771 I’ve had a resurgence of late with my posterous account. This due to a few reasons. My new iPhone, near new daughter Lola Grace and the excellant Pic Posterous app. Im also taking big steps into the IA world (I believe the saying is chucked into the deep end) so will chuck in a few useful posts for newbies.

Posterous, Pic Posterous and Tumblr Is Posterous the new TwitPic? Posterous Finally Has An iPhone App, Could [...]]]> http://www.lushai.com/2009/08/26/top-10-at-10-no-2/feed/ 0 Weekly wrap-up number 2 http://www.lushai.com/2009/08/21/weekly-wrap-up-with-some-ux-branding/ http://www.lushai.com/2009/08/21/weekly-wrap-up-with-some-ux-branding/#comments Fri, 21 Aug 2009 02:27:52 +0000 Brent http://www.lushai.com/?p=766 A small wrap of stuff this week. It’s been a busy one with barely a blink to capture stuff outside of work.

If your into Dj sets as opposed to band albums or tracks check out a new online music startup called mugasha. It’s pretty sweet though I Can’t find Shadow on there yet.

Google maps gets busy using locals to make the maps wiki style. Nice.

Crowdsourcing rocks! It’s what powers my favourite company Theadlesss

Check out this [...]]]> http://www.lushai.com/2009/08/21/weekly-wrap-up-with-some-ux-branding/feed/ 0 Top 10 at 10, well 2 http://www.lushai.com/2009/08/18/top-10-at-10-well-2/ http://www.lushai.com/2009/08/18/top-10-at-10-well-2/#comments Tue, 18 Aug 2009 01:56:00 +0000 Brent http://www.lushai.com/?p=758 Ideally this will be a quick post of my top 10 links at 10am on a Tuesday. In this case it’s more of an afternoon slot. Time being what it is not many things happen according to the clock, this is no exception. Enjoy.

Wicked stuff

!Free! Radiohead’s new track “These are my twisted words”.

The new Facebook for iPhone 3.0 app.

Unique tv shows that inspire creativity

Web world

Redesigning your own site. Let me say with the re-design of Lushai [...]]]> http://www.lushai.com/2009/08/18/top-10-at-10-well-2/feed/ 0 Weekly wrap-up http://www.lushai.com/2009/08/13/weekly-wrap-up/ http://www.lushai.com/2009/08/13/weekly-wrap-up/#comments Thu, 13 Aug 2009 05:05:29 +0000 Brent http://www.lushai.com/?p=167 This the first of many (fingers crossed) weekly wrap-up articles I will be posting with and insight into the wild world of web as seen by me over last week.

Highlights this week include the news that Microsoft word is banned from Texas?! and This edition is playing catchup as it was started a few weeks ago but I wanted to hold it off until our new site was released. Some of the links a re a few weeks old now but [...]]]> http://www.lushai.com/2009/08/13/weekly-wrap-up/feed/ 0 Brand value and the user experience http://www.lushai.com/2009/07/13/why-does-brand-rarely-follow-the-user-experience/ http://www.lushai.com/2009/07/13/why-does-brand-rarely-follow-the-user-experience/#comments Mon, 13 Jul 2009 09:54:06 +0000 Brent http://www.lushai.com/?p=143 Like most designers I end up becoming almost subconsciously critical of the things I love. At Lushai its usually my latest ‘user experience’ and most of the time it’s not even digital, it’s anything from door knobs & potato peelers to cell phones and this weekend a new car. All of these experiences adds to the perception of a brand.

Every action builds on the experience of the brand as if it were a person. Recently we have been frequenting a [...]]]> http://www.lushai.com/2009/07/13/why-does-brand-rarely-follow-the-user-experience/feed/ 2 Why I love Threadless or how to turn your shop into a fashion icon – Part1 http://www.lushai.com/2009/06/19/why-i-love-threadless-or-how-to-turn-your-shop-into-a-fashion-icon-part1/ http://www.lushai.com/2009/06/19/why-i-love-threadless-or-how-to-turn-your-shop-into-a-fashion-icon-part1/#comments Thu, 18 Jun 2009 22:43:54 +0000 Brent http://www.lushai.com/?p=110 I have to be honest I’m an online shop-a-holic but I don’t just buy any old thing. I’m an animal of habit and I buy the things I love; mainly sneakers, books, vinyl (the spinning record type) and t-shirts. Like most people, once I cotton onto a good thing, I can’t get enough so I tend to frequent Pick your shoes, Fishpond, Juno and the mighty Threadless.

Now out of all of these, Threadless is the rare [...]]]> http://www.lushai.com/2009/06/19/why-i-love-threadless-or-how-to-turn-your-shop-into-a-fashion-icon-part1/feed/ 1 Grateful Post http://www.lushai.com/2009/06/07/grateful-post/ http://www.lushai.com/2009/06/07/grateful-post/#comments Sun, 07 Jun 2009 00:44:03 +0000 Lulu http://test.lushai.com/?p=35 This morning I suddenly realised that I and most of us don’t voice kudos enough to those who have helped us in our lives. I read somewhere that saying out loud “Thank you or I am grateful for [insert name here]” is a great way to make yourself feel better especially when you’re feeling down.

There are lots of things that you experience that shape your life but sometimes there are people you meet that just seems like it was meant [...]]]> http://www.lushai.com/2009/06/07/grateful-post/feed/ 0 Dawn of the age of the "newbie" consultant? http://www.lushai.com/2009/05/07/dawn-of-the-age-of-the-newbie-consultant-3/ http://www.lushai.com/2009/05/07/dawn-of-the-age-of-the-newbie-consultant-3/#comments Thu, 07 May 2009 00:46:17 +0000 Lulu http://test.lushai.com/?p=39 http://www.lushai.com/2009/05/07/dawn-of-the-age-of-the-newbie-consultant-3/feed/ 0 How are the front and back stages of your service? http://www.lushai.com/2009/03/24/how-are-the-front-and-back-stages-of-your-service/ http://www.lushai.com/2009/03/24/how-are-the-front-and-back-stages-of-your-service/#comments Tue, 24 Mar 2009 05:42:50 +0000 Lulu http://www.lushai.com/?p=84 I just read about the online shoe store Zappos on FastCompany, #20 on their this year’s top 50 most innovative companies. I was quite taken by their services and their employee policy. I think there are still lots to learn and still lots of opportunities out there if we get the mix right – customers and staff.

They offer “Free shipping BOTH ways, 365-day return policy, 24/7 customer service” – because of this people are less scared [...]]]> http://www.lushai.com/2009/03/24/how-are-the-front-and-back-stages-of-your-service/feed/ 2 Our Approach http://www.lushai.com/2009/02/23/our-approach/ http://www.lushai.com/2009/02/23/our-approach/#comments Mon, 23 Feb 2009 10:39:20 +0000 Lulu http://www.lushai.com/?p=59 I’ve been asked a few times by friends and clients to write up the steps I take to produce the design documents that we give them. This is my attempt at putting a process or approach together. I think these constitute what we usually do at Lushai. I will update and refine it as I work on more projects. I’ll even put in a diagram.

So, here goes…

Lushai’s approach to projects is based on transparency, adaptability to clients’ requirements and quality. [...]]]> http://www.lushai.com/2009/02/23/our-approach/feed/ 0 Homepage design principles – Revisited http://www.lushai.com/2009/01/30/homepage-design-principles-revisited/ http://www.lushai.com/2009/01/30/homepage-design-principles-revisited/#comments Thu, 29 Jan 2009 14:42:28 +0000 Lulu http://www.lushai.com/?p=45 http://www.lushai.com/2009/01/30/homepage-design-principles-revisited/feed/ 1 Grateful Post http://www.lushai.com/2008/11/11/43/ http://www.lushai.com/2008/11/11/43/#comments Mon, 10 Nov 2008 23:32:25 +0000 Lulu http://www.lushai.com/2009/02/09/43/ http://www.lushai.com/2008/11/11/43/feed/ 0 Time for planning? http://www.lushai.com/2008/10/19/time-for-planning/ http://www.lushai.com/2008/10/19/time-for-planning/#comments Sat, 18 Oct 2008 23:37:16 +0000 Lulu http://www.lushai.com/?p=1 http://www.lushai.com/2008/10/19/time-for-planning/feed/ 0 dawn of the age of the “newbie” consultant? http://www.lushai.com/2008/10/19/dawn-of-the-age-of-the-newbie-consultant/ http://www.lushai.com/2008/10/19/dawn-of-the-age-of-the-newbie-consultant/#comments Sat, 18 Oct 2008 13:08:42 +0000 Lulu http://www.lushai.com/?p=39 http://www.lushai.com/2008/10/19/dawn-of-the-age-of-the-newbie-consultant/feed/ 0