In the last year, I kept asking myself “what has to change” and I started to find ways to make my life more balanced and my work more rewarding. The biggest change was joining LeanDog which has been amazing – fast paced, really interesting work, and a fantastic environment. But I also set a goal to speak at a conference and am happy to say that I just met my goal giving the talk “No one reads anything – designing for users on the move” at the 2012 M3 Conference in Columbus.
Sharing stories of what goes into making great mobile designs and tips on getting started, I found speaking quite easy and I ended up going a little faster than I expected. It was such a great experience for me, I’m already thinking of some other talks I’d like to get together. Anyhow, if you have any questions or just want to walk through some of these ideas, drop me an email or tweet – I’d be happy to talk.
Pinterest – my mobile inspiration boards
UI Style Guide Samples
Feel free to model after these – I provide these at the start of a project so the basics of the app can get defined and made into reusable components.
Resources
List available as PDF
Design & Interface Guidelines
Design Principles
- UK government design principles
- Gestalt principles
- Comprehensive read on the elements of mobile user experience
Patterns & Inspiration
- Mobile Design Pattern Gallery
- Pattern Tap
- Mobile Patterns
- Six Revisions – List of 10+ sites
- Android Patterns
- Lovely UI
- Dribbble
- UI Parade
- Meerli
- pttrns
Templates & Tools
- Ultimate Collection of Printable Mobile Sketching Templates
- Invision
- Illustrator templates
- iPhone Illustrator template
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