• The Neuro-Aesthetics of Hillary’s Campaign Logo

    The Neuro-Aesthetics of Hillary’s Campaign Logo

    Yesterday Hillary Clinton announced her candidacy for President of the US, and before 24 hours went by I had a media request to talk about why people were reacting so strongly (in a negative way) to her logo. I’m in the middle of writing my next…

  • Digital Expectations Report From Razorfish

    Digital Expectations Report From Razorfish

    If you haven’t checked out the new report by Razorfish: DIGITAL DOPAMINE: 2015 GLOBAL DIGITAL MARKETING REPORT, you may want to check it out sooner rather than later. And I’m not just saying that because I’m in it! (The report contains a one page interview I…

  • 7 Success Factors For Getting Innovation Going In Your Organization

    7 Success Factors For Getting Innovation Going In Your Organization

    Do you have innovation initiatives where you work? There are seven critical factors you need in place in order for innovation to start, thrive, and stick. Here’s a short video on the seven factors: The seven factors are: 1. OK to iterate — The culture…

  • Growing User Experience In Your Organization

    Growing User Experience In Your Organization

    If you are interested in growing the user experience group or capabilities in your organization, then you might want to watch this webinar recording. Jeff Horvath and I discuss five success factors to pay attention to when/if you want to grow UX. The video is…

  • Creative Market’s 10 Must-Read UX Books

    Creative Market’s 10 Must-Read UX Books

    I was thrilled to see that 100 Things Every Designer Needs To Know About People made Creative Market’s  “10 Must-Read UX Books”. Check out the book on Amazon if you aren’t familiar with it. Here’s the link to Amazon: 100 Things Every Designer Needs to Know…

  • What Would Make An Animated Character Appear “Creepy”?

    What Would Make An Animated Character Appear “Creepy”?

    Have you ever stopped to think about animated characters? With the capabilities of graphics these days it’s possible for an animated character to look just like a real person. And then there are still cartoon characters created that look nothing like real people. Have you…

  • Get A Free Inbound Marketing Strategy Plan

    Get A Free Inbound Marketing Strategy Plan

    The second part of the title is “And help the next generation of digital marketers learn their craft.” Do you believe that you could be doing a better job of marketing your business or organization? Have you been hoping to put together a marketing strategy…

  • Will 2015 Be The Year Of the Demise Of The Keyboard?

    Will 2015 Be The Year Of the Demise Of The Keyboard?

    Maybe I’m giving away my age when I say that I’ve been waiting to talk to computers since I was a kid watching Star Trek. Although voice interfaces have been around for a while, until recently they really didn’t work that well. Along came Siri…

  • Top 5 Reasons Your Site Might Not Be Accessible

    Top 5 Reasons Your Site Might Not Be Accessible

    Today’s blog post is a guest post from Jeff Horvath, Ph.D., who owns Balanced Experience — a user experience consulting firm.  Can you afford a $10M lawsuit? In 2006, the National Federation of the Blind filed a class-action lawsuit against Target claiming that blind users…

  • Your Brain On Stories

    Your Brain On Stories

    One day, many years ago, when I was early in my career, I found myself in front of a classroom full of people who didn’t want to be there. Their boss had told them they had to attend the class I was giving. I knew…