I finished reading the book Presentation Zen this morning, by Garr Reynalds. Garr, is the blogger who runs presentationzen.com, a site I frequent and subscribe to. Garr’s book compiles much of the tips, tricks, styles, and suggestions you’ll find reading though the many posts on his blog. It’s an easy read, concise, picturesque, and informative. [...]
Whenever I start designing interfaces, I do it with paper and pencil. There’s something about stepping away from the computer that frees up my mind, and allows me to experiment more. Also, I find drawing a lot quicker than even my best skills in Photoshop at mocking up interfaces. When designing applications for the HTC [...]
Two years ago, I went to the NNG Useability Conference. While I was there, I had the opportunity to see a session with John Pruitt and Tamara Adlin on the Persona Lifecycle. Ever since that session, I’ve been a big fan of Tamara’s, and had followed her blog “Corporate Underpants” (which has since moved here). [...]
This is a great video of a new interface for homes called, Control of Remotely Interacted Systems using Touch-based Actions in Living spaces (CRISTAL). In the demo they’re using an overhead projector, but I could just as easily see this working well with Microsoft Surface. Regardless, it’s an amazing idea of interacting with objects by [...]
This is the first application I dreamed up, and I meant to post it Monday. On of the problems with the Google Voice application for Android, is that the only way you can toggle when Google Voice gets used, is either the Home screen short cut (Fig. 1), or by launching the application and opening [...]
One of the design principles Donald Norman covered in his book, was mapping. Mapping, being the creation of interfaces that directly relate to their physical locations. For instance, placing knobs on a stove that directly relate to the layout of the burners. In the book, Donald had created a wall mounted room map, with light [...]
I recently finished reading the book “Design Of Everyday Things,” by Donald Norman. I have know doubt that this is required reading for those going through an educational system for Interactive Design. The book, as the title suggests, is about how to design things with their express usability in mind. One careful point that Donald [...]
I’ve spent the last few years of my life going through a bit of a career change. What used to be a career in graphic design and web development has slowly morphed into that of an Interaction Designer. I’ve decided to turn over a new leaf, and dedicate this blog space solely to talk about [...]
Brenton Klik is an Interaction Designer in the Washington DC area. He designs interfaces and experiences for web, mobile, and desktop platforms.
Over the years, Brenton has worked for Carrier Corporation, SAP America, and others to create rich instructional applications, project management solutions, and web based applications. Recently, he has perused interactions in the mobile space, such as data entry and communication tools.
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