1. UX Design
Gerard Roy
g@gerardr.com

2. Great UX Design
1
•Intuitive
2
•Organizes Data
3
•Specializes

3. Intuitive
• Intuitive => Don’t have to think
• Best Instructions = No Instructions
– Instagram
– Mint.com

4. Instagram
• Create great looking pictures… simply
– 1 button filters
• Share with others… simply
– Other options

5. Mint.com

6. Organizing Data
• Provide a lot of info in an Easy to Digest Form
– Hipmunk
– Weathery
– Foodspotting
– Recollect.fm

7. Hipmunk
• Orbitz, Priceline
• “Agony” Category

8. Weathery
• Beautiful
• Simple
• Intuitive
• Informative
• Fun
• Creative

9. FoodSpotting
• Maps
• Pictures
• Button
hierarchy

10. Recollect.fm
• Twitter Song Recommendations
• More “humanly” to visualize info

11. Specialize
• Do one thing and people think you do it really
well
– Yahoo vs Google

12. Specialized?

13. Allow yourself to be
inspired
• Many Great Websites
– Dribbble.com
– Creattica.com
– DesignMoo.com
– Awwwards.com

14. Get Feedback
• http://forrst.com/

15. General Advice
• If you have an idea – Just Try It
• Get Feedback
• Iterate
• Repeat