Photo of the Week: Have You Seen the Scary Tree in Ypsilanti?

Ghoulish face of big eyes and large teeth added to craggly tree trunk

Did you see the tree? My reply, Of course, I saw the tree. All those beautiful orange and gold trees in the back, right? No, I’m talking about the tree along the side of the road. Huh? Which tree? Wait, I’ll turn around so you can see it. Watch the right side of the road… Continue reading Photo of the Week: Have You Seen the Scary Tree in Ypsilanti?

7 Useful Tips for Managing Your Remote Team [Infographic]

designer working on laptop and pen tablet

A web designer is updating the style guide in Tampa, Florida, while a developer codes new search features in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

A content specialist in Traverse City, Michigan crafts the words describing benefits of the new product that will be released next month.

Sounds like a typical day in the life of a web professional, doesn’t it?

Would you believe they’re all members of the same team working on the same project? Continue reading 7 Useful Tips for Managing Your Remote Team [Infographic]

Michigan World Usability Day 2016: Card Sorting to Improve Findability

Michigan State University World Usability Day 2016

Today I joined over 200 usability and user experience professionals at the 14th annual Michigan World Usability Day event at Michigan State University in East Lansing, Michigan.

One of 69 events in 22 countries around the world, the annual event was a half-day of talks focused on this year’s theme: sustainable UX.

In her Card Sorting to Improve Findability presentation, Carol Righi explained what card sorting is, how to conduct card sorting research, shared case studies, and provided practical tips for people organizing websites and applications.

Here are my notes. Continue reading Michigan World Usability Day 2016: Card Sorting to Improve Findability