Shane Morris: UXB

The Web Directions team are conducting an outreach program this year, and are bringing a new side conference: "Web Directions UX" to Melbourne. Heaps of top Aussie and international user experience speakers. A full day two track conference ...

Ok, Finula's off to have a little lie down because, the Remix Australia 2008 site is open for Registration! The sessions are up (except for the secret one), as well as the speakers and all the good stuff. Those dates again: Sydney May 20,...

This arrived in my Inbox this morning...

Do you have cool Web/UX stuff that should be shown off at Remix? At Remix last year we promised that in 2008 we would turn the stage over to you guys and highlight the great work Aussies are doing with all the new gear. True to our word, we're planning...

We're currently trying to get one of the principal architects of Expression Media out to Australia in May to do some presentations and meet with customers. To do that we need to convince the good folks in Redmond that we can make the trip worthwhile....

Just got an email from Mitch Denny - I've got a spot at Code Camp ! "Code Camp Oz is a .NET developer community-driven event which allows people with interests across the .NET platform to come together in one location and see speakers (including...

Ok, Finula has aligned all the necessary ducks, and we are go for Remix 08 in Australia! This year we are sharing the love around and taking Remix to: Sydney - Tuesday May 20th, and Melbourne- Thursday May 22nd For those that weren't at Remix...

I was taught to avoid high-fidelity mockups for as long as possible. But there is an important role for high-fidelity mockups as well. If only we could have both... I've just finished reading " Design Vision " by Luke Wroblewski, Dirk Knemeyer...

Check out this MIX post from the Canadian team summarising the various Microsoft programs and partnership options for web and design agencies. http://blogs.msdn.com/canux/archive/2008/03/06/summary-of-the-partner-program-session-at-mix08.aspx Aussie agencies...

I was lucky enough to help out on a very quick project the other week to build a Silverlight video player for the Quiksilver Pro surfing event, currently on the Gold Coast. Basically we got 1 week to add Silverlight to the event site hosted by Quiksilver...

For the last week Kordesy and I have been at the Microsofties' version of 'Artists in Residence' at Microsoft in Redmond. The idea of Artists in Residence is to give a developer/designer pair the chance to get some training and mentoring from experts...

Kordesy and I skipped class at the Silverlight Artists in Residence program at Microsoft in Seattle today to seek out a Microsoft Surface and find out if they are real. Check out the video:  DG.TV Microsoft Surface Turns out they are real! The interaction...

Anna Ulrich, from the Expression Web product team at Microsoft, has launched a new blog:  http://blogs.msdn.com/anna/ . She's already published two Expression Web tutorials. One on creating CSS buttons , and one on centering content using CSS . Check...

I only just came across this great post at watchingapple.com from last year that describes many of the key animations in OSX (pre-Leopard). Core Animation Indeed For many years animation had a bad reputation amongst UI designers, mostly because of its...

Thanks to Christian Longstaff for pointing out that Expression Web is available to download for just $US99 as an upgrade from FrontPage, Office (any version) or if you're an owner of a bunch of Adobe products. http://blogs.msdn.com/chlong/archive/2008...

Sorry everyone, the Expression Media 2 Beta announcement snuck out the gates a little early - it's not quite release time! I'll keep you posted (but maybe I won't be quite so quick to blog next time!) Shane Expression Media 2 Beta is now available...

Molly Holzchlag, web standards guru, will lead an informal Q&A in Melbourne on Wednesday evening, the 6th of Feb: Details courtesy of Russ Maxwell Weakley: http://www.maxdesign.com.au/2008/01/25/molly

Noted U.S. user interface designer, Luke Wroblewski will be in Melbourne for the VALA conference in February, and has kindly agreed to present at the first CHISIG Victoria meeting for 2008. Topic: “ Designing for Web 2.0 ” Venue: University...

US News and World report has listed " Usability/User Experience Specialist " as one of the best careers for 2008. I couldn't agree more! Just a couple of notes comparing the US market to the Australian market, though: First the bad news: I'm...

If you are a designer working on a Silverlight 1.0 project, or if you are working with designers, check out the video by Arturo Toledo entitled "Workflow of Silverlight with Expression and Visual Studio from the recent " Silverlight 1.0 Fire...

Here at Microsoft it is online training season. As a UI designer, I always look forward to the latest online training offerings because you never know quite what you're going to get in terms of usability. This season, however, I was pleasantly surprised...

MIX registrations are open for those who want to go old-school and actually pay for your ticket to Microsoft's Next Web party showcase in Las Vegas in March. (Note, early-bird ends Jan 15.) Or, you could have a tilt at winnin' your way to Vegas (baby...

Videos from the UX MIX conference are up, including heaps of stuff on Silverlight and Expression, as well as general user experience design stuff. You'll find them here: http://www.microsoft.com/uk/mix07/agenda.aspx

Here are my slides from the AIMIA ' Future of Usability ' Panel on the 3rd of December. I really enjoyed the panel - lots of great ideas and discussion. If anyone would like a copy of the "Adding Software Value through Effective User Experience Design"...

A number of usability industry luminaries, plus me, are speaking on an AIMIA panel entitled "Customer Experience: The Future of Usability" in Sydney on Dec 3. I plan to talk about emerging pressures on user-centred-design: faster design, design by everyone...