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From: Coleman Yee <coleman...@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2012 22:33:21 +0800
Local: Fri, Mar 2 2012 9:33 am
Subject: Re: [HackerspaceSG] Looking for a UX/UI dude to co-found a travel-related business that will hit global

> Anyone can be good at UX. Use an off-the-shelf toolkit like Twitter
> Bootstrap or Zurb Foundation. Read a few books like:

I don't believe that ANYONE can be good at UX. If a person has difficulty
with empathizing or seeing things from perspectives other than their own,
they probably won't be good at UX, especially if the UX is meant for users
who aren't like themselves. Good UX requires empathy.

coleman.

On Fri, Mar 2, 2012 at 3:45 PM, Stephan February <stephan.febru...@gmail.com

> wrote:
> Anyone can be good at UX. Use an off-the-shelf toolkit like Twitter
> Bootstrap or Zurb Foundation. Read a few books like:

>  1) Information Architecture for the World Wide Web
>  2) Don't make me think

> There are a few others, but these are good starting points. Just like
> picking up a good Design Patterns book is obligatory for OO developers,
> pickup a few good UX books are essential for web devs. This is not solely
> the domain of designers.

> Cheers
> Stephan

> On Mar 2, 2012, at 3:36 PM, Gibson Tang wrote:

> From what I know, UX/UI guy means the guy that makes that makes the UI and
> the UX(User Experiences). An example would be an awesome dude who create
> droolworthy buttons for your website, but he places the buttons in places
> that leave the user wondering where the buttons in the website are. That
> would be a good graphic designer, but bad UI/UX guy. A good UI/UX guy will
> have a sense of aesthetics, but also know what makes a good user interface
> and user experiences, such as removing textboxes that asks for users to key
> in their passwords again, changing links that do not look like links etc

> On Fri, Mar 2, 2012 at 3:27 PM, Mingming Wang <mingofd...@gmail.com>wrote:

>> is it graphic designer?

>> UX/UI is quite abstract to me, what's the skill set needed?

>> I also want to beatify my web app, but not sure to hire/partner a
>> graphic designer or so called UI/UX guy...

>> On Fri, Mar 2, 2012 at 12:48 PM, Krystal Choo <
>> workatkrystalc...@gmail.com> wrote:

>>> Good day, new friends!

>>> I'm submitting a plan for a globalised travel-related business in 2
>>> weeks and found it pressing that I include a UX partner as a co-
>>> founder. This may be a bit unconventional, but hey there are different
>>> routes to the same goal right? :D (I hope.)

>>> Anywayyyyyy.

>>> UX and UI is super important as presentation of a product can make or
>>> break if people use it, regardless of how brilliant the back-end is.
>>> Are you talented or know someone who is? I need one more eensy-bitsy
>>> quality - PRIDE OF OWNERSHIP. I'm looking for someone who is ambitious
>>> and likes a good, rewarding challenge, who is passionate about his
>>> designs because this will be HIS baby and he will own it. The kind of
>>> guy who wants to say, "I did all of this." To commit to it to see it
>>> grow and succeed, and of course, reap the bountiful benefits of that
>>> hard work.

>>> Technical: Web and mobile UI design and integration together with
>>> backender.

>>> I'm on gtalk/ichat at katkrystalc...@gmail.com or Skype at krystalchoo
>>> if you want to take this discussion to me directly!

>>> Best,
>>> Krystal.

>>> --
>>> Chat: http://hackerspace.sg/chat

>> --
>> Chat: http://hackerspace.sg/chat

> --
> Regards
> Gibson Tang
> www.azukisoft.com
> +65 96565537
> www.gibsontang.com

> --
> Chat: http://hackerspace.sg/chat

>  --
> Chat: http://hackerspace.sg/chat


 
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