Boston UX designer, UX consultant, educator and author
Later this month and into February General Assembly and American Graphics Institute are teaming up to present a series of three Adobe Creative Cloud seminars in Boston. These are one-day workshops are covering the most popular Adobe applications, including Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign. These are designed for users with no formal training or who are […]
This February is the time to head south and learn the latest Creative Cloud tools at Adobe Photoshop seminars in Miami taking place as part of the Graphics of the Americas (GOA) exposition. The GOA exposition brings together thousands of graphics professionals from around North and South America, the Caribbean, and around the world. The […]
I recently created a one-day design fundamentals class at the request of one of our clients. It was based off a presentation that I gave at the Graphics of the Americas seminars in Florida, and in both cases it was both successful and fun. American Graphics Institute has added it to their regularly scheduled courses, […]
UX Design encompasses the design of all aspects of a service that impact a user of a product, system, or device. Within the realm of technology, such as apps, websites, and devices. In this context, UX Design involves all aspects of how an individual interacts with these services. The interface, graphics, design, physical interaction, and […]
Rapid prototyping is an important UX principle that I share in the UX courses I teach. It’s such an important topic, that I’m now teaching a dedicated rapid prototyping course. Too many people get far too invested in designing their final apps or websites before they have created a rough, sketched version of the user […]
I’ve just returned after teaching a UX training class for clients creating apps and websites. I’m balancing my time between teaching UX design and working as a UX designer on a number of modern, responsive websites. While I enjoy the balance between delivering UX training and working as a UX designer, I get to see the benefit […]
Now that there are more than one million Adobe Creative Cloud users, I’ve assembled some Adobe training resources to help you get the most out of the Adobe CC apps and keep your career in the fast-lane with the skills you need: Live Adobe Classes: You can enroll in any of these Adobe training classes […]
If you’re interested in user experience design for the Web or apps, I’m leading several UX courses over the coming weeks, including a class this coming Thursday and Friday in Philadelphia. You can find complete details and registration information here: http://www.agitraining.com/ux/classes The workshops cover an overview of UX design, the workflow and planning processes which […]
I’m teaching a UX Design Class in NYC next week, June 17-18, at American Graphics Institute and there are a few open spot remaining. The course is titled Introduction to UX Design Principles and is perfect for designers, developers, business analysts, program managers, and anyone that needs to help better understand UX and communicate design […]
There are many methods for cropping your image in Photoshop; in this Photoshop Tutorial we focus on the easiest method, but we crop with the use of a grid to help create a more dynamic image. If you want to follow along, find this image here. Select the Crop tool. When the Crop tool is […]