UI/UX Designer from Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
User experience design (UXD or UED) is the process of enhancing user satisfaction by improving the usability, accessibility, and pleasure provided in the interaction between the user and the product. User experience design encompasses traditional human–computer interaction (HCI) design, and extends it by addressing all aspects of a product or service as perceived by users.
A video will teach a lot how computer can be relate to mind as an bicycle, As being human we are all tool builders…
A basic relation of computer to human is as a tool they can afford to utilize & own to do their daily tasks in fashionably manner that only human can afford to do… As we are tool builders.
A neat study by Steve Jobs himself on Human to Computer relationship…
(more…)Few collection of thoughts from my experience of design freelancing & pursuing design processes & doing design oriented business for living for last more than 4 years.
When somebody asks for Mockup before starting any paid & finalised project,
Following situations can be seen & felt by designer
Now you can understand why we don’t do Mockups for any clients or any prospective client.
Thanks & Regards
Mandar Apte
I have realized after implementing Google Adsense in my blog with right background with borders while matching it to style of Adsense ads they are surrounding to,
CTR i.e. Click Through Rate is increased now with 100%
I am getting good results & comments offline & online, Nobody feels presence of ads distracting or useless or nobody asks about why I am using Google Adsense.
Simple answers I use to give that to monetize my blog & fund my online projects with website’s self-sufficiency.
But I now can tell you that use right CSS Backgrounds in Website’s HTML & Color Styles in Adsense Templates your CTR will increase & you will find difference in few days or two.
Best Luck… Design Buddies…!!!
Thanks & Regards
Mandar Apte
Some of My Observations About Design of Modern PC Operating Systems:
After watching OSX 10.8 Mountain Lion Preview & Windows 8 consumer preview, Here are few of my observations about their design…
Windows 8 Preview Video
OSX 10.8 Mountain Lion Preview
Similarities
Gestures
Now All Mobile or PC (Desktop & Laptop) Apps & OS has built in Gestures support.
Apps Centered
With popularization of concept of ‘App Store’ & it’s success they switch to App Centered OS i.e. Replicating iOS (iPad, iPhone & iPod Touch) experience on Desktop & Laptop
Touch
With introduction ‘Magic Trackpad’ for Desktop ‘Touch’ OS & Apps are hot favorites of all consumers
Intel based
Now Macintosh & Windows are intel based architecture with Multithreading & Multicore technologies.
Mobile Operating System
As Apple calls OSX a Mobile operating system as they sale more laptop macintoshes than Desktops like iMac & Mac Pro
Multitouch
Multitouch, A Touch & Gestures with more than one finger is hot property on OS market now a days
Differences
it’s Windows
After all Windows 8 OS is after all ‘Windows’
Tablet Or PC
W8 Works on Tablet & Desktop & Laptop but OSX 10.8 only on Laptop & Desktop
Finally I have to admitt that I am writing this on my iMac, So for me Mac OSX is right choice Operating System & Personal Computer. Like Apple nobody designs hardware & software & integrates it as fluently than Apple itself.
So I choose OSX as my present & future Operating System…!!! What About You? Do let me know with comments….!!!
Thanks & Regards
Mandar Apte
Today with broadband connection on my iMac & connected to the World Wide Web fearlessly with my own website & design blog… Switching from one website to another, reading blogs, going through Twitts, reading Facebook updates… Sometimes I feel It’s really easy to get inspirations through web if you do it right…
Not like olden days when you only have to visit art gallery exhibition to see art & get inspired with…
Here are few links that I find as inspiration to learn & do design…
Apple Developer
A website dedicated to Apple Mac, iOS & safari developers. Registration is free & site is loaded with deleopment learning videos & ebook learning resources… So happy Learning…!!!
Adobe Developer Connection
Adobe’s website do feature developer resources to develop for their adobe products or just learn to design using thei products like Photoshop, Illustrator etc.
Adobe Developer connect is do present on iTunes Podcast Directory… You can find it here.
Adobe TV
Adobe TV is like adobe’s version of YouTube but all gathered to learn & get inspired about designing & learningthrough their products.
Animation Mentor Blog
You may know ‘Animation Mentor’ as an Online Animation Training school for learning Character Animation. But they do featured their own blog which is worth reading & bookmarking. Here is link for ‘Animation Mentor Webinar’. Here is link for ‘Animation Mentor Podcasts’
Here are two free ways to learn to design & develop for iOS devices like iPad, iPhone & iPod Touch.
I know you definitely know Apple’s Website but there is one website dedicated to developers only called developer.apple.com
As you may know Apple has ‘World Wide Developer Conference’ i.e. WWDC every year dedicated only to Developers on Apple Platform. Lucky thing is that Apple releases it’s WWDC keynote & learning session videos on web through their own developer site which is mentioned above.
To access those videos you have to have ‘Apple ID’.
That means you have to register on ‘Apple Developer Website’.
Videos are available on web to view or You can download it to your iTunes application.
Here is iPhone Development videos on iTunes
(more…)Here are few words about Design Job Interview preparation from my own experiences.
Here are my two earlier blog post that will allow you to prepare Resume & Portfolio
Details of Preparation
Preparing specific job related Resume
It’s not bad idea to have separate resume for different domains of Design dedicated to each i.e. If you work in this three domain called Web Design, Animation Film Design & Graphic Design then you can prepare three different resumes dedicated to each three domains.
Preparing specific job related Portfolio
If you have three types of resumes dedicated three different domains that can also go with three differently designed ‘Portfolio’ dedicated to three separate domain of design. e.g If you are going for post of Web Designer then surely you can show Web Design Portfolio & Web Design Resume to recruiter to tell him you have mastered the web technologies like HTML5, CSS3, ActionScript & even design tools like Adobe Dreamweaver, Adobe Flash, Adobe Photoshop etc.
Just Today (i.e. 25th August 2011) after coming home I read the News through RSS feeds of respective companies…
The big News was, “Steve Jobs Resigns from Apple’s CEO Position”
First though come to my mind was, There will be no more Apple Keynote Events Starring Steve Jobs no more breath taking announcements or new product launch… he dominated style called Marketing like Steve Jobs, A Stetment like – ‘It Just Works!’, ‘And there is one more thing’
So I sat down & made one study about Charisma of these people from silicon Valley called Steve Jobs 7 Bill Gates. So, here is small study,
A college dropout like Steve jobs has contributed to design industry…
Steve Jobs – Apple CEO & Founder
After founding Apple in 1976, A company dedicated to create Personal Computer revolution with Apple 1, Apple 2 & Lisa & then reinventing personal computer with Macintosh at 1984 with Graphical User Interface was milestone for Personal Computing Revolution from which Designing on Computer started & took center stage.
Here is image of Steve Jobs with First Macintosh
After Returning to Apple on 1997 after gap of 17 years, apple’s product line with great Industrial design has evolved immensely with first iMac, iBooks, & Power Books. Today Apple Dominates Personal Computing era with their MacBook Pro, iMac & Mac Pro.
Today’s iMac Design is so immensely revolutionary that competitors can’t resist or even think beyond design of iMac’s Design
Here is iMac’s Design:
(more…)Today I decided to compare different design tools or computer applications available in market to just to differentiate them with each other
Before even talking about Computer Design Applications you can guess what big companies are involved in to developing them, examples are Adobe, Autodesk, Apple, Microsoft
Sometimes as Graphic Designer, Web Designer, Animator is really hard to understand what tools to choose before even starting a design process but you have to keep in mind that tool are just tools not an design solution that will dictate your design process but it will just help you to do your job done.
Comparison of Design Tools can be made on following basis:
Price
Price of paid apps like Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator are around $ 1,000. Paid apps may cost too much to your pocket if you are starting a fresh as a freelancer. But there are other opensource apps may just cost nothing to you pocket & save lot of investment in digital assets like apps
Let me help you to buy your personal computer to do design…!!!
As Apple’s Boilerplate suggest, ‘Apple ignited the personal computer revolution with the Apple II, then reinvented the personal computer with the Macintosh. Apple continues to lead the industry with its award-winning computers, OS X operating system, and iLife, iWork and professional applications. Apple leads the digital music revolution with its iPods and iTunes online store, has reinvented the mobile phone with its revolutionary iPhone and App Store, and has recently introduced its magical iPad which is defining the future of mobile media and computing devices.’
It all started with Macintosh & Mac Paint…
But in decade of 90’s Microsoft’s Windows system dominated the User Interface Driven & icon & folder driven computing.
But When you want to buy a personal computer to do design tasks in your work routine you will want to buy a better computer with great processing power, a large display to occupy big images than to just minimizing & maximizing images, with good internet & networking support, big amount of RAM, Larger capacity hard drive.
If you go by cost factor attached to buying a personal computer then assembled computer will win the race as computer hardware will cost around $500 & installing a linux operating system will add no cost to the bill. but you have to keep in mind the Adobe doesn’t support Linux operating system so most Adobe Apps like Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Flash will not work & support Linux.
Then you will say what about Dell, HP & Sony computers…??? Well don’t they just are another type of Branded Assembled Computer who are using Windows 7 Operating system???
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