An interesting question about the state of UX in 2012 was raised on Quora last weekend, one that I actually found quite difficult to answer, given that there are so many cool things rocking the UX world at the moment.

Alex Nichol in Ancient Stuff

Nov 23, 2011

Minority Report UI just around the corner…?

Alex Nichol in Ancient Stuff

Aug 18, 2011

Three clicks or bust

There are lots of popular design myths passed off as ‘best practice’ these days by armchair designers, particularly within the web design industry. Somehow these guidelines manage to work their way into the public consciousness, often taking root in briefing and specification documents where…

Alex Nichol in Ancient Stuff

Mar 8, 2011

Designing the emotional user experience

I was reading a blog post recently by a member of our Riff Raff web design team, Richard Powell posing the question of whether user experience design is an emotional or logical discipline.

Alex Nichol in Ancient Stuff

Mar 4, 2011

An iterative approach to UX design

So all great web design projects start out with that spark of genius. You’re so convinced that your latest inspiration will be the answer to all your marketing prayers that you funnel your budget into it with gusto.

Alex Nichol in Ancient Stuff

Sep 30, 2010

UX: Getting the climax right

This has been around for a while now, but I love this classic TED talk by Nobel laureate and founder of behavioural economics Daniel Kahneman, where he explains how a bad ending can destroy the memory of an otherwise beautiful experience.

Alex Nichol in Ancient Stuff

Sep 17, 2010

Project Canvas: Project Clunky

I was privileged to be a part of the Future Tech 2010 Conference in Media City, Salford on Wednesday, surrounded by a broad cross-section of digital media and technology types, exploring the exciting new projects and initiatives launching across the North West over the next…

Alex Nichol in Ancient Stuff

Aug 4, 2010

Should-be iPhone killer

Technology just doesn’t last like it used to. Take my iPhone 3GS for example; it’s less than 18 months old and already it’s a doorstop. Upgrading to the latest iOS pretty much ground it to a halt.

Alex Nichol in Ancient Stuff

Aug 3, 2010

Touchscreen vs. Mouse

Mashable are running a poll to find out which user input device is most popular: Touchscreen or Mouse. When I posted my vote the mouse was blazing ahead, which seemed a little ironic to me.