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Telling a Good Story with Interactive Line Charts

The New York Times does a great job using interactive graphics to tell a story. Recently the New York Times reported on the details of the United States 2011 budget proposal and how the projected budget deficits may affect US policies and power in the...

Published 02-02-2010 2:31 PM By Amy Quinn

Filed under: UX, UX Critique, User Experience, Best Practices, Data Visualization

Label Alignments in Long Forms - New Edition of “Ask UXmatters”

UXmatters is a peer-reviewed web magazine about the complete breadth of user experience. I like their professionalism and their spirit. I published a couple of articles last year there. They also have an “Ask UXmatters” column where readers...

Published 01-18-2010 11:09 PM By [Infragistics] Tobias Komischke

Filed under: Announcement, UX Patterns, UX, User Experience, Best Practices, Community

Blog series: User-Centered Data Visualization. Part 2 - The Pizza Effect

In one of the recent editions, Time magazine featured this graphic: The underlying data set is pretty simple. It consists of just 8 numbers which are used for four target/actual comparisons: how many swine flu vaccinations 4 organizations...

Published 01-05-2010 3:31 PM By [Infragistics] Tobias Komischke

Filed under: UX, UX Critique, User Experience, Design Thinking, Best Practices, Data Visualization

New blog series: User-Centered Data Visualization. Part 1

One of the trends in UI design is data visualization. With data volume and complexity continuously rising, data visualization becomes more and more important as a means to translate data into information and further information into knowledge. Edward...

Published 11-22-2009 6:25 PM By [Infragistics] Tobias Komischke

Filed under: UX, UX Critique, User Experience, Design Thinking, Best Practices, Data Visualization

HCII2009 & BASTA2009

Part of what we do to stay up-to-date is attending technical conferences. It’s great to learn what others are doing, what topics are hot, and also to get feedback on own work and thoughts. Here are some notes on two conferences that we attended...

Published 10-02-2009 2:20 PM By [Infragistics] Tobias Komischke

Filed under: User Experience, Conferences

It's So Hot - Sink a Drink of Aqua

Nestling into the "dog days" of August, musing where did the summer go? Think positive dude, football ahead. But still I slip back to June, when the mornings were cool, and summer stretched ahead in an endless expanse, like the feeling you had...

Published 08-26-2009 11:49 AM By [Infragistics] Peter Meany

Filed under: UX Strategy, UX, User Experience, Design Thinking, Best Practices, Community

You Can Quince, Too!

Thanks to everyone out there who is using Quince and leveraging it in your daily work. We couldn’t have asked for a better reception and the continued usage and comments we hear speak to Quince as a valuable reference tool for people. But it was...

Published 08-26-2009 10:02 AM By [Infragistics] Ambrose Little

Filed under: Quince, UX, Community

MSDN Webcasts on Complexity and User Experience

We published two webcasts on MSDN that focus on the way user experience design can help users cope with complexity. Check it out! English Version German Version Summary: Technology is advancing and complexity is increasing – that’s not necessarily...

Published 07-16-2009 9:11 AM By [Infragistics] Tobias Komischke

Filed under: User Experience

Summer Drink: UPA Highlights, Shot of Lewis & Clark, & a Twist of Dylan

In 1803, Thomas Jefferson commissioned the Corps of Discovery, to be led by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark. They were asked to explore the land obtained via the Louisiana Purchase, a deal that doubled the size of the United States, adding a vast parcel...

Published 07-15-2009 3:55 PM By [Infragistics] Peter Meany

Filed under: UX Strategy, UX, User Experience, Design Thinking

Obama, Healthcare & Aqua

At Monday's meeting at the White House -- which President Obama called a "historic" and "a watershed event in the long and elusive quest for healthcare reform" -- healthcare industry leaders pledged to trim healthcare costs by...

Published 05-21-2009 12:49 PM By [Infragistics] Peter Meany

Filed under: UX, User Experience, Best Practices, MSCRM