The following report provides a plan to test and improve the usability of the website www.dreamhost.com. The initial evaluation was performed using a heuristic evaluation as a usability inspection method. This method involves the evaluator comparing a set of pre-defined usability principles to an existing website while attempting to complete a task. The task chosen for this […]
Project Scope: The Walker App is a mobile application that was commissioned by a religious organization. Their goal was to provide a method for users to gather, retrieve, remember and share information through their community. The system provides a tangible way of measuring one’s progress by logging changes in behavior that are a direct result […]
Project Scope: In 2013, a client approached me about creating a donor wall for a local area hospital. The digital display would be an interactive touch-screen system that would allow users to search for certain donor information. The donor wall would be an incorporation of all previous donors and future donors. This project was especially […]
Project Scope: For this project I was tasked with mapping out an application that allowed sales managers to track and communicate with their sales teams. The application would allow each individual salesperson to track themselves on a daily, weekly and monthly basis, based on the goals that they selected. It would display daily, monthly and […]
Project Scope: I was charged with the task of making the company’s intranet easy to navigate for both experienced and new associates. When I first arrived at this project, it was a train-wreck. The firm’s solution for making everything “easy to find” was to “put it all on the front page”. Needless to say, this […]
It’s all about what we expect…. As humans, whenever we are about to experience a new thing. We automatically make assumptions on how the experience is going to go. This can create all types of feelings. Sometimes it can make us excited while other times we experience anxiety, maybe even fear. As designers we can […]