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Invitation to Join the Conversation on Member Engagement – Breakfast Event in Ottawa on May 18
Over the last few months I've had quite a few conversations with leaders from Canadian associations about the importance of member engagement. Engagement has become a buzz word, but in my opinion that does not make it any less relevant or important. For a variety of reasons, associations are dealing with [...]
Is there a “Doneness Test” for UX Design?
On the weekend I was out in my backyard grilling up some steaks for a few friends (now that spring has finally arrived here in one of the world’s coldest capital cities). I like cooking in the great outdoors as much as the next guy, but my biggest challenge [...]
Capitalizing on Context for Better UX design
As I was leaving my office the other night, I glanced at my phone. Unprompted, it informed me that traffic was unusually heavy and that it was going to take me 42 minutes to drive home. Not exactly what I like to hear as I’m rushing out the door, [...]
Trying to Reach Millennials? Try Email
“Nobody reads email, least of all millennials.” How many times have we heard this before? It’s become a truism that millennials don’t use email anymore because they communicate in new ways that have evolved way beyond email’s limitations. They’re not reading email, the theory goes, because they’ve got more novel [...]
Create Your Own Flat Icons and Make Your Web App Really Pop (Part 2)
Let's say you're a developer and the application you're building lets you flag both an upcoming task and an upcoming event. Most stock icon libraries, like Font Awesome, include a flag icon that would typically be used to represent something that needs user attention. But if you've got two things [...]
Who Really Cares About Software Development Process? You Do!
The software development process... it’s not something the average person spends a lot of time thinking about. And, frankly, if you don’t work in the software business, it’s kind of hard to get very excited about it. But if your organization happens to be in need of a new web or [...]