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GDBD: The AllRecipes Cross-Platform Ecosystem
Good Design Bad Design, Web Design
February 22nd, 2011
First, let me just say that I hate cooking. There’s work on either end, usually while hungry on the one side and lazy on the other. To me, the only thing worse than cooking is all the dishes you have to do afterwards. Anyway, I’ve found the AllRecipes apps are so well designed, the geek in me is soothed enough to make the cooking experience much more pleasant; almost, dare I say it, enjoyable.
The Verdict: Good Design!
The Takeaways:
- Designing for the total user experience is more relevant than ever with cross-platform applications, and doing a good job at this makes both Web and smartphone applications stand out above the competition.
- Excellent cross-platform functionality makes other design flaws easier to forgive.
- Leveraging communities brings additional value to information which could otherwise be found elsewhere.
The Details
AllRecipes has done a fantastic job of integrating their website, which clearly came first, with their iPad and iPhone apps. Keep Reading
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Total Experience Design – Why Should a Web Designer Care?
August 7th, 2010
Paul Dawson of EMC Consulting
This is a guest post graciously contributed by Paul Dawson, who spoke at MIX10 about Total Experience Design. He runs a consulting blog and is Experience Director at EMC Consulting, one of the largest digital interactive agencies in Europe and about to go global. EMC bought Paul’s previous company, Conchango, about three years ago. He’s been in “new media” since it was — “new” that is, working on early day websites and multimedia work from 1996. Now he works with clients like Tesco, Virgin Atlantic and Barclays on digital experience strategies, as well as making the rounds talking about EMC Consulting’s approach to design; particularly their “Total Experience Design” philosophy. Keep Reading
MIX10 Session Summary: Total Experience Design
March 16th, 2010
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- What is Total Experience Design?
- TxD for Web designers, guest post by Paul Dawson
- Paul’s fancy Prezi slideshow
- Paul’s Mix10 talk on video
This was officially Day 1 for Microsoft’s MIX10, and I left feeling energized and excited to be a part of this field. “Total Experience Design” by Paul Dawson was especially phenomenal, and I’ll do my best to summarize it here.
Paul used a flashy presentation software that got everyone’s attention right away, and the substance of the session lived up to its presentation. Update: I tracked down the presentation itself and embedded it at the end of this post. Keep Reading
