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Join the NZ Front End Web Dev Google Group

Posted on 17/05/2013 by Nathaniel Flick — No Comments ↓

I just started it here, it’s a place to share ideas about Front End Web Development. Join today!

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LinkedIn updates their iphone app again

Posted on 10/09/2012 by Nathaniel Flick — No Comments ↓

I wrote about LinkedIn’s iphone app being changed slowly, and the masses don’t seem to be complaining at all, which seems to be proving my point. Small changes win! The app now has more sensible icons for Updates, You, Messages…

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Change your UI without losing users

Posted on 14/08/2012 by Nathaniel Flick — No Comments ↓

Just finished reading this post on UX Mag about Overhauling a UI Without Upsetting Users. It discusses in great detail how companies like Facebook and Twitter, and even Google, have riled user with large, wholescale design updates. I’ve discussed the…

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Usability is simple – it’s the golden rule

Posted on 30/05/2012 by Nathaniel Flick — No Comments ↓

Do unto others are you would have them do unto you. It’s a simple concept, but we’re not born knowing this. We’re born kicking and screaming into the world, we are selfish little beasts, and then we have to learn…

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Usability testing – Is your great design actually making things worse?

Posted on 16/04/2012 by Nathaniel Flick — No Comments ↓

Is your great design making things worse? Usability testing can help you find out. First, you need to know what is usability so you can make most effective use of the data you collect. More on usability Jakob Nielsen, usability…

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Are we there yet? How the Four Hour Workweek applies to Usability

Posted on 12/04/2012 by Nathaniel Flick — No Comments ↓

I’ve started reading The Four Hour Workweek and while the title is overly catchy, there’s some truth there. I first heard about the book and the author Timothy Ferriss in The New Yorker magazine (thanks mom!) and the principles therein…

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Choose one thing

Posted on 27/01/2012 by Nathaniel Flick — No Comments ↓

There are many distractions in web and application development and lots of discussion going on about how to manage these. But what is your application’s primary function? I keep coming back to the car example in my mind. In a…

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New New Twitter Forgets Its Reason for Being

Posted on 09/12/2011 by Nathaniel Flick — No Comments ↓

Twitter came out with the #newnewtwitter redesign today, available to limited accounts (I’m not sure what the criteria is for this). In a word? Twitter has forgotten its reason for being. Twitter is following instead of leading with this one.…

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New Website Design is Live

Posted on 08/11/2011 by Nathaniel Flick — No Comments ↓

The new website launched last night to little fanfare, but I’m really excited. Goodbye old free template, hello bespoke Dirt and Rust design! This redesign is more than just a change, it’s a sign of where my business is headed.…

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Website Checklist

Posted on 10/07/2010 by Nathaniel Flick — No Comments ↓

Your website is complete, but is it! You need to have a website checklist and here are some things you should use and look for. Woorank.com A great place to start to get a baseline for this website checklist is…

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