nomadique musings

I’ve moved!

nomadchique — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 20:28:11 +0000

Well, just my blog has moved. Hi everyone, please check me out on my new blog space here:
http://www.nomadchique.com/blog

Just discovered Google Wave

nomadchique — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 00:26:53 +0000

I guess I live under a rock. At Max this week, people were talking about Google Wave. It’s still in preview but interesting. It’s like IM, email, social networking all in one big thing.

WARNING THIS IS REALLY LONG.
Grab some coffee.
…and maybe some donuts too.

iPhone App of posters from our class at Adobe Max

nomadchique — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 22:29:47 +0000

Pretty neat-o. Take a look at what we’ve been doing for the past 2 days

Go here to get the iPhone app to view our slideshow:
http://www.russellbrown.com/iphone/max2009/
Must browse to this url using Safari on your iPhone.

Follow me on Twitter for more updates while I’m at max @nomadchique

Gone Live – Banamex

nomadchique — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 17:31:47 +0000

I was pleasantly surprised today to see that a portal redesign project I worked on with HFI is finally up!
Congrats Banamex!

http://www.banamex.com/

Amazing feat of “motion graphics” design – human jumbotron

nomadchique — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 21:52:11 +0000

In honor of football day at the Lee household, thanks to my husband Minh.
I must find out who the art director is

Reading: 10 UI Design Patterns You Should Be Paying Attention To

nomadchique — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 06:09:16 +0000

http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2009/06/23/10-ui-design-patterns-you-should-be-paying-attention-to/

1. Lazy Registration

2. Progressive Disclosure

3. Forgiving Format

4. Clear Primary Actions

5. Breadcrumbs

6. Account Registration

7. Required Field Marker

8. Steps Left

9. Subscription plans

10. Hover Controls

How I used Twitter to get Adobe to fix their website

nomadchique — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 17:23:11 +0000

Could Twitter be better than an 800 customer service number? Or even email for that matter? Maybe…

Over the past two days, I had my first foray into the world of using Twitter for something other than “shouting into the darkness” about trivial meaningless daily activities. I was trying to register for the upcoming Adobe Max conference and discovered that the session I wanted to sign up for was sold out due to limited seats. I was kicking myself for not signing up sooner because I really wanted to join Russell Brown’s art directors pre-conference. Samurai themed! I participated last year in the Jurassic themed pre-conf and had a blast, and won myself a new Wacom tablet in the process. Of course, I didn’t keep Russell’s email and so I wrote him through his website to see if he had a waitlist, not knowing if he’d get my request in time since he’s so busy. Well I had also seen that Adobe had a Twitter account, so I looked them up and sure enough, found threads for the conference. I took a flying leap and decided to throw my request into the Twittersphere to see if anyone could help. This was on Tuesday. By end of day Tuesday, someone from Adobe tweeted me back and was trying to trying to troubleshoot for me. I explained that the site said it was full…which apparently they didn’t know. As it turned out, the session was NOT full and seats were still available. I guess somehow other folks had signed up for the wrong thing online and had inadvertently closed out that item on the registration store. Wednesday mornign, the Adobe rep tweeted me back to let me know they were fixing it, and by mid-day yesterday, they had fixed the site, and I was able to sign up. Done. Sold. Happy customer.

This morning, I just got an email from Russell letting me know that a few openings became available this week.
Yup, thanks to Twitter. Imagine that.

Good news for Flash-lovers everywhere? Adobe buys Omniture

nomadchique — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 22:27:30 +0000

Brains (good data) behind the beauty. Who wouldn’t love that? Adobe just announced they are acquiring web marketing number crunching powerhouse Omniture.

“In an interview, Adobe senior vice president Paul Weiskopf said the deal will allow Adobe to merge the “art” of developing and delivering content with the ‘science’ of measuring the impact of that content.”

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-10353733-56.html

Ew! How 20 popular websites looked when they launched

nomadchique — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 20:27:47 +0000

Well, I guess you have to start somewhere right? For all my fellow web/UI designers and tech-preneurs out there (you know who you are), I think you’ll find this comforting, and funny! Thanks to Ciao for sharing. Here’s just a few examples, go to the full article for more. Enjoy.

#1 Google.com - launched in 1996

#2 Facebook.com - Launched in 2004

#16 Dell.com - Launched in 1996

4. Yahoo.com - launched in 1994

Full Article on Telegraph

Get listed on Google Maps – it’s free and easy

nomadchique — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 20:59:32 +0000

Today I had a friend from TEAM ask about how to do this. Here’s where to go and how to do it. You just need a Gmail account.

http://www.google.com/local/add