Featured portfolio: UI design examples

These featured projects show the range our work. Products include Web applications, Web sites, business applications and software embedded in non-PC hardware. They may be design projects, usability testing or expert reviews, but all use versions of our design process.

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SWIFT: Web 2.0 conference sites

Problem: There's a lot of information at a conference, more than most people can take in during the event.

Solution: An application with a Web site and a Facebook presence that help attendees, presenters and organizers share information before, during and after a conference. Blogs, video, audio, links, photos and more make this a rich experience.

Results: A new way to experience conferences. You can see who's speaking and attending, plan with friends, plan your schedule, review audio and video after the event and more.

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Dictaphone: Microphone for physician dictation

Problem: Dictaphone needed UI and industrial design to create a new dictation microphone. This was part of a suite of tools we developed.

Solution: I organized a design team (UI design, industrial design and graphic design) to work with Dictaphone's engineers to devise specs.

We began with a Group Design Workshop using wood blocks, and then developed prototypes that we put through a usability study in a radiology lab. It became a successful product.

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ACM — Web site analysis and redesign

Problem: acm.org needed a redesign. The goals were to improve the appearance, make navigation easier, incorporate new features and let all users know about the broad range of information that ACM offers.

Solution: Continuing from a previous engagement, we created a project plan that included the necessary design steps and a usability study to test our design. We worked with a visual design firm to ensure that the final product met the needs of ACM, its members and prospective members. Read details of the project plan.

Results: A new site that met ACM's goals and impressed ACM members in our study.

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