First there was the Furby, then the Tamagotchi, soon there will be the iKat, a virtual pet that you can only see through your phone. The iKat even has a shadow.
Though it looks pretty simple, the technology behind the iKat opens up a lot of possibilities for augmented reality apps. The technology allows a phone [...]
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to the promotional site of Erick Clark, an Austin, Texas, based user interaction and visual designer. I specialize in the creation of innovative and unique online user experiences. I've been working as a designer for more than ten years, feel free to take a look at my portfolio and my resume.Latest Blog Posts
A quote from Google vice-president of Global Ad Operations John Herlihy has been getting some attention in the blogosphere lately. He was quoted as saying “In three years time, desktops will be irrelevant. In Japan, most research is done today on smart phones, not PCs.” Obviously that’s what Google is banking on, with heavy investments [...]
A co-worker of mine pointed me to this video on YouTube, Stone and Stone Wheel. I’ve been thinking a lot lately about innovating versus adhering to convention and when and when not to pay attention to user testing data, and this video really got me thinking.
I remember way back in 1999 observing my first user [...]
The New York Times article and the survey it covers reminds me of a blog post I wrote for my old blog about what referred to as offline cookies. I may be in the minority on this one, but I actually am OK with user/consumer behavior tracking, just as long as people are not identified [...]