A Better Presentation: UX Edition

Wrapped up attending the ModevUX Conference today. One thing I always notice during keynotes is that presentations could be improved. No matter what the conference, these principles can be applied and are usually warranted.

One of the biggest points, that I can’t stress enough is put all key information towards the top of the slide. This includes: links, twitter handles, key concepts etc.

Favorite Apps in my OSX Menu Bar

Inspired by Brett Terpstra (@ttscoff) and Mark Frauenfelder (@Frauenfelder), I decided to dive in share what handy apps that I keep in the menu above.

Main menubar

From left to right are…

Swarm by Foursquare: more than just your check-ins

Foursquare is splitting their app into two parts. One for check-ins and the other for finding what your friends are up to.

The concept is that check-in experience will become passive. Foursquare will be about search, discovery, and more on the interaction with the apps ( and your friends ) as opposed to get in and get out app experience that they have had thus far.

Baron Fig Notebook

To this date, this is by far my favorite notebook. I take it with me everywhere. There are three types of paper for the Baron Fig Notebook: blank, ruled, and dot grid.

I purchased both the dot grid and blank version. The latter I use for sketching and the former, I use for planning my day.

New Awesome Bar in Google’s Chrome Canary

In Google’s Chrome Canary the awesome bar has been tweaked. Not a fan of the interface adjustment. From the perspective of a search engine, it makes sense. However, from the perspective of the user it is a bit more confusing.

Once the page has loaded, the URL is now in grey on the left hand side and the user can search on the right hand side. This reminds me of old versions of Safari but with a twist.