from the notebook

When the UX, well, SUX: How to improve the user experience when the boss says “no”

We don’t always have the luxury of working with perfect clients or sublime art directors. But there are opportunities to enhance the user experience even when crippled by draconian design guidelines.

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in their words

• "Chris is an expert at ideation, conceptualization, design, prototypes, proof of concepts, and front-end code."
  —CM, American Chemical Society
• "Chris has the right approach to web UI design and implementation. He implements standards-based designs with a heavy utilization of his sharp CSS skills, his facility with semantic markup, and his overall usability experience..."
  —MS, FINRA
• "Not only can he produce excellent work, but he does it faster than most people could in his field."
  —SK, InfoReliance
• "Chris was able to quickly access our needs, turn around deliverables, and readily provided innovative UI direction beyond the scope of the projects."
  —RW, ProShares, Inc.
• "Chris provided a fresh look at the early design we were working on, and was very innovative at fashioning dynamic solutions for our interface."
  —AF, CCPace
• "The final product he provided is a very usable design that is also very pleasing to the eye".
  —PW, CCPace

All comments with complete citations are available on LinkedIn.com