Upcoming Talks…
Henry Stewart: Digital Asset Management New York Hilton NY, May 20-21, 2010 “The Art and Practice of Managing Digital Media ” New York Archives Conference Marist College in Poughkeepsie, NY, June 2-4, 2010 Presentation Title: It works, but is it usable? Usability and DAMS In 2009, the Metropolitan Museum of Art attempted to determine whether its current Digital Asset Management (DAM) system could be re-engineered to increase overall user acceptance. The approach was to use best practices from information science and user-experience to guide the process of needs discovery and analysis. This talk will outline Nielsen’s usability heuristics which were used as a means of application evaluation and as a reporting framework for the study. Examples from the user study will be used as a means to illustrate these heuristic principles. You can download my presentation here.
Inspiring Designs
Some of my recent favorites are: http://www.sachagreif.com/ – I really appreciate the subtle colors that allow the header to pop and the black text seems soothing against the pale brown background. The page is also divided into upper and lower levels, with the lower level having a design relationship with the top nav bar. The font choices are perfect and the section headers are clearly distinguishable from the body content. http://www.webdesignerwall.com/ – This one is busy done properly. That is, the busyness does not detract from the navigation or layout of the page. The paper textures throughout the design give the page a three dimensional quality. The date tabs before each entry make it very easy to navigate and quickly see where each new entry begins. The body text is not my favorite use of a serif as I prefer a cleaner san-serif for body text. However it does fit… Read More »
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