Working with a group to create a logic model? I created a little activity book to help you on your way. Prerequisite (Before you Download) This activity book assumes that you are trying to take action and do something. Or that you’ve already taken action. If you haven’t, you’ll have to imagine yourself taking action […]
What is UX Design? Cartoon Glossary
This is a series of posts providing quick overviews of important topics in research, evaluation, and design. Each post in this series will include at least 3 cartoons from my archives and at least 3 links to recommended resources. I only give quotes here and recommend that you follow the links below each quote for more […]
How to Create a Sidebar Style One-Pager in Adobe XD
This is the third in a series of posts on data design in Adobe XD. Today instead of charts, I’ll show you how to use Adobe XD as a print design tool for one-pagers. We’ll design a really simple but totally versatile sidebar style one-pager. What you’ll find in this post: An Oversimplified How To […]
How to develop a data visualization color palette.
In this post I am going to walk you through the process of creating your own data visualization color palette. Why you should have a color palette before you chart Picking your first color Picking Color Number 2 Picking Colors 3, 4, 5, and 6 Developing a color palette guide Accessibility Checks Why you should […]
The Evaluation Mindset: The Role of the Evaluator
“Let’s take a shortcut back to the car.” I was 19 and hiking through the woods with one my best friends. We were both eagle scouts, and had spent much of our young lives wandering through the woods. The area we were exploring was one of our favorites and we had hiked it a dozen […]
The Evaluation Mindset: Charting a Course
Describing how a process works is valuable for two reasons. It forces you to make sure you know how it works. Then it forces you to take the reader through the same sequence of ideas and deductions that made the process clear to you. William Zinsser The whole point of having an evaluation mindset is […]