Ben Spencer
UX Researcher & Writer
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This Week. May 18, 2018
What Pantone’s Color of the Year Means to Fresh
As the year rolls into May, the flowers are already blooming. Looking at the right field, you’ll see shades of purple abound. It’s timely that today we reflect on Ultra Violet, Pantone’s Color of the Year, and what it means to our work as creatives. The Pantone Color Institute proposes that “Complex and contemplative, Ultra … Continued
January 29, 2018
Dev Terminology 101: Common Programming Languages (and their key frameworks)
Language enables human communication – spoken or written – with words and phrases structured in a conventional way. Just like we need different languages to communicate with one another, we also need different languages to communicate with computers. In an article on Stack Overflow, Matt Sherman writes that at a foundational level, all programming languages … Continued
January 26, 2018
UX Lessons Learned from the Hawaii Missile Alert
By Ben Spencer
Is there such a thing as a user error? Or when errors are made, does the blame lie with the design of the interface? On January 13th, the state of Hawaii realized firsthand the danger of what some are calling a “user error.” If you’re a designer, and see the interface, you’ll likely agree that … Continued
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