Web and UX Design in Ottawa by Hilary Little Ideation & Design http://www.hilarylittle.com Designing products that are elegant, engaging and easy to use. Wed, 08 May 2013 17:56:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 7 Key Questions To Ask When Taking Your App From iOS To Android http://www.hilarylittle.com/blog/2013/03/27/7-key-questions-to-ask-when-taking-your-app-from-ios-to-android-%e2%9a%99-co-labs-%e2%9a%99-code-community/ http://www.hilarylittle.com/blog/2013/03/27/7-key-questions-to-ask-when-taking-your-app-from-ios-to-android-%e2%9a%99-co-labs-%e2%9a%99-code-community/#comments Wed, 27 Mar 2013 19:35:53 +0000 Hilary Little http://www.hilarylittle.com/?p=917 “We thought we could take our beautiful iPhone app, make a few tweaks for Android, and call ourselves ready for development. After all, we had seen this pattern from dozens of other highly successful apps. But after diving into design research, we realized this project would be a lot more complicated.” via 7 Key Questions [...]

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]]> http://www.hilarylittle.com/blog/2013/03/27/7-key-questions-to-ask-when-taking-your-app-from-ios-to-android-%e2%9a%99-co-labs-%e2%9a%99-code-community/feed/ 0 Client Resources http://www.hilarylittle.com/blog/2013/03/27/client-resources/ http://www.hilarylittle.com/blog/2013/03/27/client-resources/#comments Wed, 27 Mar 2013 18:22:13 +0000 Hilary Little http://www.hilarylittle.com/?p=612 Get your website off to the right start. Here’s a list of resources that I personally use and recommend to my clients. Some of these will give you a discount. Let me know if you try any of them, and what you think!   Web Hosting: HostGator is the website and WordPress host I recommend to [...]

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]]> http://www.hilarylittle.com/blog/2013/03/23/conveyux-rethinking-user-research/feed/ 0 Quote of the day http://www.hilarylittle.com/blog/2013/01/20/801/ http://www.hilarylittle.com/blog/2013/01/20/801/#comments Sun, 20 Jan 2013 21:07:33 +0000 Hilary Little http://www.hilarylittle.com/?p=801  The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place. – George Bernard Shaw

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]]> http://www.hilarylittle.com/blog/2013/01/20/801/feed/ 0 3 Design Resolutions for Your Website http://www.hilarylittle.com/blog/2013/01/04/3-design-resolutions-for-your-website/ http://www.hilarylittle.com/blog/2013/01/04/3-design-resolutions-for-your-website/#comments Fri, 04 Jan 2013 16:49:51 +0000 Hilary Little http://www.hilarylittle.com/?p=726 Happy New Year! Ahhhhh, yes. The time of year where we examine where we’re at and where we want to go… and the often lengthy bridge between the two. Instead of denying yourself second helpings and spending 4 hours at the gym, why don’t you consider making your resolutions website design related? Let yourself off the [...]

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]]> http://www.hilarylittle.com/blog/2013/01/04/3-design-resolutions-for-your-website/feed/ 2 4 Reasons Your UX Investment Isn’t Paying Off http://www.hilarylittle.com/blog/2012/10/20/4-reasons-your-ux-investment-isnt-paying-off/ http://www.hilarylittle.com/blog/2012/10/20/4-reasons-your-ux-investment-isnt-paying-off/#comments Sat, 20 Oct 2012 16:25:26 +0000 Hilary Little http://www.hilarylittle.com/?p=642 “EVERY DOLLAR SPENT ON UX BRINGS IN BETWEEN $2 AND $100 DOLLARS IN RETURN.” We all know the business case for doing user experience work: investing upfront in making products easy to use really pays off. It reduces project risk, cost and time while improving end user satisfaction, efficiency and effectiveness. (Don’t know the business case? [...]

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]]> http://www.hilarylittle.com/blog/2012/10/20/4-reasons-your-ux-investment-isnt-paying-off/feed/ 1 Furniture-Flavored Pancakes http://www.hilarylittle.com/blog/2012/09/07/furniture-flavored-pancakes/ http://www.hilarylittle.com/blog/2012/09/07/furniture-flavored-pancakes/#comments Fri, 07 Sep 2012 20:05:47 +0000 Hilary Little http://www.hilarylittle.com/?p=436 … or buttery-flavored furniture, depending on your luck. The Human Factors Blog posted this hilarious example of poor discriminality in package design. I know I’d grab the wrong one from the cupboard.

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]]> http://www.hilarylittle.com/blog/2012/09/07/furniture-flavored-pancakes/feed/ 0 Designing User Focused Solutions: Confessions of a Former Worm Rescuer http://www.hilarylittle.com/blog/2012/09/03/designing-user-focused-solutions/ http://www.hilarylittle.com/blog/2012/09/03/designing-user-focused-solutions/#comments Mon, 03 Sep 2012 15:20:28 +0000 Hilary Little http://www.hilarylittle.com/?p=572 As a little girl, my favorite rainy day activity was heading outside to rescue the worms. A sensitive kid, I felt sad to see these distressed creatures bravely escape their flooding burrows, only to find themselves languishing as they drowned in puddles. So, on went the rain boots and the rescue mission began: bring them to dry [...]

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