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Andrew Maier

Andrew Maier designs interactions and user experiences for a variety of clients, having formerly worked at Hashrocket, a world-class web application consultancy. He lives to write, speak, and teach about design and its intersection with the internet. When he's not crazy busy, Andrew likes singing, practicing yoga, and drinking strong coffee. Good lists apparently come in threes, as evidenced by this bio.

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Posts by Andrew Maier

Jumpstart your initial research with a diary study

January 3rd, 2012 2 Comments

Reduce Noise to Encourage Flow

November 29th, 2011 14 Comments

In Search of Search: Discussing Analytics with Lou Rosenfeld

October 19th, 2011 7 Comments

Playing UX Matchmaker

August 2nd, 2011 2 Comments

Design’s Survival Forms

May 18th, 2011 1 Comment

UX London 2011 In Review

April 28th, 2011 4 Comments

Thoughts on Corporate User Experience

January 25th, 2011 14 Comments

Crafting The Perfect Design Conference

January 20th, 2011 37 Comments

Questioning Authority: Our interview with Colleen Jones, author of Clout

January 6th, 2011 20 Comments

On Potential Experience

October 26th, 2010 2 Comments

Under the cover: an interview with the authors of Undercover UX

September 30th, 2010 17 Comments

Our Friend, the User Researcher: an Interview with Bill Albert

September 16th, 2010 6 Comments

8 Must-see UX Diagrams

September 9th, 2010 20 Comments

Complete Beginner’s Guide to Content Strategy

July 20th, 2010 26 Comments

Complete Beginner’s Guide to Web Analytics and Measurement

July 6th, 2010 27 Comments

Considering Prototypes

June 15th, 2010 9 Comments

Complete Beginner’s Guide to Design Research

June 1st, 2010 24 Comments

The User-Centered Design Conundrum

March 2nd, 2010 15 Comments

Interview with the Authors of Remote Research

February 16th, 2010 45 Comments

Telling Your Website’s Story with Sketchboarding

February 9th, 2010 8 Comments

Q&A with the Speakers of UX London 2010

January 26th, 2010 1 Comment

Ambient User Experience

January 5th, 2010 16 Comments

Complete Beginner’s Guide to Interaction Design

December 1st, 2009 51 Comments

Long-tail User Experience: how to cultivate (or dissolve) a community

November 10th, 2009 15 Comments

Focusing Interaction Design with Design Strategy

October 20th, 2009 14 Comments

User Experience Designer vs. Creative Director

September 8th, 2009 40 Comments

Foundations of Affordances

August 4th, 2009 11 Comments

Creating Consistently Colorful User Experiences, Part 3: The Craft

June 23rd, 2009 7 Comments

Creating Consistently Colorful User Experiences: Part 2, The Medium

May 26th, 2009 13 Comments

Creating Consistently Colorful User Experiences: Part 1, Theory

April 23rd, 2009 25 Comments

Interview with Travis Schmeisser of nGenWorks

April 9th, 2009 2 Comments

Interview with Dr. Morgan of User Insight

March 26th, 2009 3 Comments

Complete Beginner’s Guide to Information Architecture

March 10th, 2009 61 Comments

The UXBooth Reviews Silverback

February 24th, 2009 4 Comments

How Test-Driven Development Increases Overall Usability

February 19th, 2009 7 Comments

How-To Minimize Load Time for Fast User Experiences

February 3rd, 2009 40 Comments

Adding the “Extras on Demand” UI-Pattern with jQuery

January 20th, 2009 12 Comments

4 Reasons Your Product Needs to be Usable

December 30th, 2008 15 Comments

Discovering Design Careers : A True Story

December 11th, 2008 11 Comments

Creating Usable Links and Buttons

December 2nd, 2008 17 Comments

Usable User Accounts

November 28th, 2008 3 Comments

Resources Submitted by Andrew Maier

A plea for progressive enhancement

January 20th, 2012

Defining Community

January 16th, 2012

Effective Use of Typography in Applications for Children

July 4th, 2011 uxmatters.com

Will the Next Zuckerberg Be a Designer, not a Hacker?

April 25th, 2011 technologyreview.com

Build a Strong UX Foundation

March 2nd, 2011 dswillis.com

An Ethnographic Analysis of UX Professionals

February 27th, 2011 ewherry.com

User Experience and Experience Design

February 16th, 2011 interaction-design.org

How to use metrics in a startup

February 14th, 2011 swombat.com

Do Ask, Don’t Tell: the Evolution of Succeeding Online.

February 13th, 2011 ngenworks.com

Designing Web Registration Processes for Kids

February 11th, 2011 alistapart.com

Little Big Details

January 24th, 2011 littlebigdetails.com

Liz Danzico – The Power of the Pause

January 17th, 2011 vimeo.com

Designing for the Mind

October 14th, 2010 designinformer.com

Giving Users Some Credit

October 13th, 2010 designinformer.com

LaunchList

July 8th, 2010 launchlist.net

Lou Rosenfeld Talks Past, Present And Future Of User Experience Design

June 6th, 2010 threeminds.organic.com

Shaping Your Connection to Art

June 3rd, 2010 misnomer.org

Successful Web Analytics Approaches by Avinash Kaushik

May 24th, 2010 youtube.com

Relative readability

May 8th, 2010 wilsonminer.com

Try the “Lightening Quick” Mental Model Method

April 30th, 2010 rosenfeldmedia.com

Sketching Fundamentals

April 18th, 2010 docs.google.com

On the Mythical Border between Interface and Gameplay

March 30th, 2010 gambit.mit.edu

Usability and Experience Study

March 10th, 2010 usability.wikimedia.org

Meet Tazin, a User Experience Researcher

March 8th, 2010 microsoft.com

Realism in UI Design

March 1st, 2010 ignorethecode.net

How do I get started in User Experience?

February 16th, 2010 riagenic.com

The importance of identity and vision to UX designers on agile projects

February 11th, 2010 slideshare.net

The UX Design Process for the Boxee Beta

February 6th, 2010 whitneyhess.com

Better User Experience With Storytelling – Part One

February 4th, 2010 smashingmagazine.com

Experience is the Product

February 4th, 2010 slideshare.net

Color Theory Quick Reference Poster (Wallpaper / PDF)

February 3rd, 2010 paper-leaf.com

Google Analytics – Optimizing Customer Experiences

January 27th, 2010 youtube.com

iPhone Human Interface Guidelines

January 25th, 2010 developer.apple.com

Ten Questions with TiVo’s Director of User Experience, Margret Schmidt

January 20th, 2010 pvrblog.com

Free Sketching & Wireframing Kit

January 19th, 2010 jankoatwarpspeed.com

Ning – User Experience Freelancers

January 15th, 2010 freelanceux.ning.com

Visual Characteristics and Learning Styles: Visual Hierarchy

January 14th, 2010 spinner.cofc.edu

UX Basis

December 29th, 2009 uxbasis.hellogroup.com

11 Best practices for doing Software Usability testing

December 27th, 2009 productmanagementtips.com

Designers vs Developers- Coming together to build the best RIAs

December 23rd, 2009 slideshare.net

Flexible Fuel: Educating the Client on IA

December 15th, 2009 alistapart.com

Getting Real About Agile Design

December 3rd, 2009 slideshare.net

Spammers, Evildoers, and Opportunists

November 23rd, 2009 powazek.com

Affordances in Modern Web Design

November 20th, 2009 slideshare.net

You Can Get There From Here: Websites for Learners

November 9th, 2009 alistapart.com

Leveraging Business Value: How ROI Changes User Experience

November 7th, 2009 adaptivepath.com

IDEO – Human Centered Design Toolkit

September 8th, 2009 ideo.com

Napkee

August 23rd, 2009 napkee.com

Invasion of the Body Switchers

July 26th, 2009 alistapart.com

A Summary of Principles for User-Interface Design.

July 14th, 2009 sylvantech.com

Unify UX Framework

June 15th, 2009 unify.eightshapes.com

Optimizing the User Experience with Agile Design

June 12th, 2009 classicsys.com

Research-Based Web Design & Usability Guidelines

April 17th, 2009 usability.gov

The Interaction Design Association (IxDA)

April 2nd, 2009 ixda.org

Pattern Tap: Interface collection for design inspiration

February 17th, 2009 patterntap.com

Enhancing Web 2.0 Accessibility Via AxsJAX

January 14th, 2009 youtube.com

Site Reviews by Andrew Maier

Andrew’s Review of www.feedscrub.com

May 18th, 2009 No Comments

Andrew’s Review of signonsandiego.com

April 20th, 2009 No Comments

Andrew’s Review of www.webjam.com

April 6th, 2009 No Comments

Andrew’s review of savetable.com

March 23rd, 2009 No Comments

Andrew’s review of www.theabsolutepeach.com

March 9th, 2009 No Comments

Andrew’s Review of Regator.com

February 23rd, 2009 No Comments

Andrew’s review of FlashDen.net

February 9th, 2009 No Comments

Andrew’s review of www.sketchplanet.com

January 26th, 2009 No Comments

Andrew’s Review of elitebydesign.com

January 11th, 2009 No Comments

Andrew’s review of marios.tziortzis.com

December 29th, 2008 No Comments

Andrew’s Review of www.psdtolife.com

December 14th, 2008 No Comments

Andrew’s Review of OutdoorAdvantageOnline.com

December 1st, 2008 No Comments

Andrew Maier’s www.nicholaspatten.com Review

November 28th, 2008 No Comments
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