It’s March, which means another SXSW! This being my first SXSW I really did not know what to expect and I felt that being a rookie gave me some solid unbiased opinions about this world famous conference...

Whether you’re a developer or designer, 3 rd party tools can improve productivity and just make life easier. Here you will find my top 5 tools I use on a day to day basis. Hopefully you will find them...

One quick and easy way of making any application or website more usable is to identify primary actions and secondary actions. Primary actions are the most frequently used that guide the user along an...

Recently I published an article for MSDN's online magazine. The article covers common missteps that developers tend to make when creating mobile apps for Windows Phone and how to avoid them. To check...

Being trained traditionally as a Graphic Designer, I have noticed a field that has evolved from Art departments without a single computer to a variety of disciplines in web, print, application, and...

As most of know Silverlight has built in effects, however these effects can be pretty memory intensive. One solution would be is to use an image for the shadow, however if you’re planning for the object...

Whether you're a designer, a programmer or a hybrid, you need to work in a way that makes easier on members of your team. This comes from Martin Fowler's book Refactoring : "There is another user of...

Animation - if used correctly - can boost the users experience and help draw attention to certain areas of you application. It can also inhibit a user’s experience if used incorrectly. The key to good...

If your a developer you may often over look design but there are some techniques you can use that take a small effort but produce big benefits. Here I'm going to show you how to use a Content Control...

Coming up with a simple grid system for your ui or website layout can make designing easier and produce more professional results. Not only are you making it easier on yourself your making a user friendly...