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  Form Over Function

  19 JULY 2010 / COMMENTS (0)

  It looks like form over function backfired last week when Apple was “forced” to address the public last week regarding its iPhone 4 antennae reception issue. Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO, noted that all mobile devices have reception issues. But it was clear the iPhone 4 had a real reception issue…

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  Web Designer Versus Print Designer

  12 JULY 2010 / COMMENTS (0)

  I recently had the pleasure of reviewing a designer’s portfolio this past week. Her portfolio included the following categories: Print, Illustration, and Web. We largely focus on Web work here at Modal so of course I went right to the “Web” category and saw comps that looked like design exercises-…

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  Silly, Silly JQuery

  21 JUNE 2010 / COMMENTS (0)

  After taking a couple of weeks off from publishing our weekly UXMonday post I find myself heading in the direction of a rant yet again. Based upon the title you know where I’m going with this already. Too much of a good thing can be a bad thing and JQuery…

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  The Greatest Experience of All Time

  7 JUNE 2010 / COMMENTS (1)

  At one point in time USAir had one of the best web sites in the world. Marriott International had a great search and booking experience. And recently Levis created an awesome brand experience with their creative use of Flash. But the greatest UX was on display yesterday as Modal Associate, Jason…

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