Even the most sophisticated software system will fail if users don’t adopt the tools, and buy into the new process. However, the technical development, integration, and eventual rollout of a new software system typically get’s all the attention at the expense of an end-user adoption plan. In order to ensure adoption a new system, here [...]
9 software adoption questions to think about
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April 26, 2010
Why Design?
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December 23, 2009
Some of Jungho’s rantings: Great design helps our clients be great… How? Start by building tools that help them work smarter not harder. Tools that help them be more productive. Tools that enable them to do what they need to do faster so that they can spend more time with their family and loved ones. [...]
Introducing Architech Labs
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December 11, 2009
Like you, we at Architech spend a lot of time using the web to save time and make our lives easier. Occasionally, we come across a site that does just the opposite, leaving us frustrated and confused. From these experiences, we rebuild the interfaces the way we think they should work. Architech Labs is a [...]
Press Release: Architech Solutions Calls on SMEs to Remember the Human Factor
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October 13, 2009
Toronto-based custom software firm, Architech Solutions, is advising small-to-medium sized businesses (SMEs) that there is a better way to get more out of their technology developers, and that first rate, cost effective applications can be built using a handful of talented, local firms.
TwitterSheep
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February 20, 2009
Another great Twitter meta data visualization tool. This one creates a word cloud out of all of the profiles of the people who follow you – well, anyone you enter, in fact.
Review: Balsamiq Mockup, the Screenshot Mockup Tool
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February 20, 2009
Balsamiq Mockup is a screenshot mockup tool, designed to allow people who might not be competent with graphics programs or people who aren’t particularly creative from a graphics design perspective to communicate their needs or ideas for software user interfaces and layouts. I used the tool over the last couple of weeks to create a [...]
TweetStats – Fantastic Visualizations
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February 19, 2009
I just fell in love with this website, and it was love at first click (well, second or third). It's an interesting a service and a great idea, but the fact that it shows the frequency of tweets from any twitter account is not what's so great about it. It's the way it presents those stats that makes it so great. The graphs and visualizations of the data (which is really just a frequency chart) are just beautiful. It's amazingly well done – and I recommend you try it. If you don't have a Twitter account, try mine: johntobin.
Top 5 Mistakes in Search Tool Design
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February 19, 2009
Lots of organizations deploy search to help their clients or staff members discover and navigate their content. By understanding the common mistakes outlined here, and follow these suggestions to fix them, hopefully you will be able to make improvements to the search tools your company deploys.
The $300 Million Button
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February 6, 2009
Excellent article on the vital importance of usability and UI design. I don't know how many times I've not used tools regularly or to their fullest extent just because of annoyances in the user interface. If it's clunky and slow, they will go. Or something useful to remember along those lines.
Think about your user interfaces, and ASK your users what they like and don't like. Don't just follow the common way of doing things all of the time, ask yourself how you can make your UI the best interface for users to perform the task they're trying to achieve with the tool or product you're offering them – focus on answering that question for each of the types (or roles) of user that use the tool.
Globally Recognized Avatars
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January 24, 2009
A gravatar, or globally recognized avatar, is quite simply an avatar image that follows you from blog to blog appearing beside your name when you comment on gravatar enabled sites. Check it out!