Author Archive for Amanda McGlothlin, Creative Director

The Future of Android Tablets Rests With Designers

Posted on November 7th, 2011 By Amanda McGlothlin, Creative Director

honeybee

A little less than a year after its release, Android’s tablet optimized OS Honeycomb has yet to make the splash in the tablet market that we all anticipated. Why, if the device specs are comparable and the operating system robust, haven’t Honeycomb tablets thrived? The answer lies in design.

Category: Design

UX Designers Fight the “Curse of Knowledge”

Posted on July 21st, 2011 By Amanda McGlothlin, Creative Director

iPhone Confusion for UX

The biggest challenge for our mobile user experience experts is that they can never NOT be experts. They can never go back to a time when they didn’t know smartphones like the backs of their hands. UX testing with average users is helping us see usability through new eyes and realize some of the simplest mobile tasks aren’t really so simple.

Category: Design