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Archive for December 2009

Posted by Patrick Neeman | December 28, 2009

The Science Of White Space In Design

Sometimes we forget about this, but white space is a very important component in design and user experience. Inspired Magazine has a great post about the usage of white space in design, even if it is print.

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Posted by Patrick Neeman | December 26, 2009

Silly Saturdays: Social Media Christmas

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Posted by Patrick Neeman | December 21, 2009

Career Mondays: UI Designer — San Diego, California

Certona Corporation is the creator of ResonanceR, a real-time personalization and revenue optimization platform for multi-channel retailers. Resonance automates a company’s ability to provide relevant, individualized experience and product recommendations in real-time, increasing average order value and revenue per visit. With seven patents pending, the “self-optimizing” system is powered by sophisticated neural networks and a portfolio of algorithms to deliver real-time product, content, and promotional offers through multiple channels – web, email, call center, point-of-sale, and mobile. Clients are typically up and running in less than a month, and include some of the most recognized online and multi-channel retail brands across all popular verticals. For more information, visit www.certona.com.

Position Description

Certona Corporation is looking for an experienced UI Designer to create the next generation of analytics and merchandising tools for Certona’s ResonanceR personalization platform. The successful candidate will have experience with the full software development lifecycle, starting with gathering requirements from internal and external customers, graphical design, GUI development, and testing. Understanding of software usability, SaaS applications, e-commerce, enterprise dashboards, business intelligence, predictive analytics, and e-mail automation is a plus.

Responsibilities

  • Work with Product Management to ensure understanding of business requirement and use cases
  • Establish design patterns working with common interface components
  • to promote consistency and reuse across applications
  • May need to assist in the development of UML diagrams and wireframes
  • May need to provide UI prototypes for usability evaluations
  • Develop presentation layer for web-based applications in XHTML/CSS/JS/.Net
  • Ensure that presentation layer code is semantically correct, liquid, well-formed, and valid
  • Ensure that the presentation layer architecture supports localization and internationalization Create UI specification for Development and QA

Qualifications

  • BS in Human-Computer Interaction, Cognitive Science or related field
  • Five years UI design and UCD experience with web-based applications
  • Expertise with XHTML, CSS, and JavaScript is mandatory
  • Familiar with semantic, liquid layout design is a must
  • Familiar with localization and internationalization standards for web-based applications
  • Familiar with chart and other data presentation controls for the web
  • Proven communication skills and ability to excel in a team-oriented environment
  • Self-motivated and attentive to detail

Please send your resume and cover letter to careers@certona.com.

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Posted by Patrick Neeman | December 19, 2009

Silly Saturdays: Bananarama…rama…rama…rama

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Posted by Patrick Neeman | December 12, 2009

Silly Saturdays: Price Checked

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Posted by Patrick Neeman | December 09, 2009

Graphics Gone Bad: The Winners Of Bad Infographic Design


What were they trying to say again?

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Posted by Patrick Neeman | December 05, 2009

Silly Saturdays: Zero Results Found

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About Patrick Neeman
And Usability Counts

Patrick NeemanPatrick Neeman is an User Experience and Social Media Strategist that spends a lot of time in seat 14D on United Airlines. His days on the ground are in San Francisco, Seattle, Vancouver (BC), Portland and Los Angeles.

He thinks the internet is a fad, and has thought so for the last 12 years, along with dinosaurs, the pet rock, and Tainted Love covers.

Patrick is currently working on something very cool with Microsoft that's going to change the landscape of social media and personal communication. His past experience includes Microsoft (again), Disney (twice), MySpace, Realtor.com, BlackBerry, WebEx, Orbitz, eBay (twice), and Stamps.com.

He is a featured speaker about User Experience and Social Media, and is an instructor for the Online Marketing Institute.

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