The Future of Genealogy Software is not “Hard to See”
Many years ago I was (incorrectly) singing the words to the song, “Que, Sera, Sera” and my wife pointed out my humorous mistake. Instead of singing: Que Sera, Sera, Whatever will be, will be The...
View ArticleHow Does the Genealogy Community View Design?
Ideas. Design. Experience. Innovation. It seems that those words are continually bouncing around in my head. I am fascinated by them. They motivate me. Sometimes they frustrate me. Two books that I...
View ArticleMore Design in the Genealogy Community
… Continued from this previous post. The previous post ended by asking a few questions. One of these was: Do we really need designers anyway? Bill Buxton would answer that we need designers. Just...
View ArticleSketching Quickly Communicates Ideas
When I think of “sketching” (or the process of communicating design ideas), I think of Leonardo da Vinci and his invention drawings. Although not the first known examples, they might be the most well...
View ArticleUser Experience Track at MIX08 Conference
Although not specific to genealogy, these video presentations on User Experience (UX) from the recent MIX08 conference should be of interest to the Genealogy Software Community: Getting Clued in to...
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