Brad Miller smiling at the beach.

BRAD MILLER

Category: User Experience

  • UX Design Is Like Predicting The Future

    UX Design Is Like Predicting The Future

    I think the reason I love UX and started Lift UX was because I loved predicting the future, and using data and user interactions to make well informed decisions. It felt like we were avoiding circumstances that were inevitable when you design something a certain way.

    It was our job to prepare for what the user could do, not what they will do. And to design an interface and system that could not only help them with their desired task, but to bring delight to everything else around it. That is design, that, is UX.

    I’m going to take some time over the next few months to think about the future, and how user experience impacts our lives. It’s a passion of mine and I think it could be a great way to hypothesize about design and technology in general.

  • Home Automation Will Empower The User Experience Design Industry

    I’ve always felt that technology would eventually cross over into our daily lives and everything we use would be connected with technology. As a child I dreamt of being able to wake up and talk to my home much like Tony Stark talks to Jarvis, in the Iron Man films. “Good morning, Brad. Would you like some coffee?”, Jarvis would say. I respond with some excitement, “Absolutely, Jarvis”. From the kitchen the sound of a coffee machine starts. I smile and I start reading the morning news displayed on the window overlooking some large body of water.

    Home Automation Will Change the User Experience Design Industry

    User experience design is a huge part of my life. Design and web development has limitless possibilities, the main reason I went into a web and application design field. But I see a change in the way people interact with their technology and the experience is very much intertwined into our daily lives. I mean look at what the iPhone did. You can’t go into a restaurant without someone taking a photo of their food or surfing the web. This is precisely why restaurants offer WiFi connections as a benefit to eat at their establishment. It’s a normal part of our lives to be connected to the internet and because of that, the internet industry is thriving more than it ever has.

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