When it comes to sketching user experiences, should we opt for state-of-the-art software, or a good notepad and set of markers?

UX Booth is excited about its quickly approaching one year anniversary coming this November. To celebrate our shiny new digs and our first birthday, we’ve assembled some amazing prizes for our valued community.

CAPTCHA’s are a visual verification to test if a user is human, but do their spam reduction benefits outweigh their flaws? What’s the cost of slowing down spammers?

We’re hosting a group discussion to go over some exciting new things around UX Booth, to hear your feedback, and get to know the community a bit better. If you’re interested in connecting with others in the community, improving the booth, and having your voice heard—this is the place to be tomorrow night.

Professionals within our industry are completely awash with opportunities by which they can tweak and cajole better user experiences from their projects. The difficult part is maintaining quality across all of these channels. Because of how multifaceted User Experience is, a user experience designer begins to take on a more directorial position within a project/company, which I see as analogous to that of a creative director.

There are some simple steps you can take to create the best bridge possible between you and your clients. The most effective way is through a contact form on your site that will allow users to communicate with you or your business. It is an essential component for any person who is looking to hear feedback as well as anything else their viewers want to suggest.

Usability is one of those crucial elements of a product that we tend to take for granted. When you pick up an object and use it, you often don’t think about the countless hours and immeasurable thought that has gone into making that item do what it’s intended purpose is.

It’s now possible to customize subject lines in your RSS-to-Email syndication through FeedBurner—a feature that communicates better with the user, and can greatly increase the number of people who actually read your email.

While you’ve probably heard the saying, “Content is King,” the sites that reign supreme in today’s Web world don’t just produce great content, they create a culture of passionate participants and a community of conversation.

Last week I was honored to give a talk at the Front End Design Conference titled “Affordances in Modern Web Design.” In preparation for the talk, I did plenty of research; and while the slides are available for download, I’d like to provide readers with a written overview of the history and application of affordances in web design