Keep it simple: In general, interfaces should use simple geometric forms, minimal contours, and a restricted color palette comprised primarily of less-saturated or neutral colors balanced with a few high contrast accent colors that emphasize important information. Typography should not vary widely in an interface.

You Don't Have to Go Home from Work Exhausted!

Just how do I design if not with prototyping? An excellent question. The short answer is 'on paper.'

A powerful tool in the early stages of developing scenarios is to pretend the interface is magic. If your persona has goals and the product has magical powers to meet them, how simple could the interaction be? This kind of thinking is useful to help designers look outside the box.

Computers no longer interface with humans--they interact, and the interaction will become steadily deeper, more subtle, and more crucial to our collective sanity and ultimate survival.

No matter how beautiful, no matter how cool your interface, it would be better if there were less of it.

I just try and learn to be a good husband and be a good father before I am a good rock star. That means saying no to certain things that go with the business.