Wells Fargo is thinking about the users

ATMs have been here for a long time now. So it’s nice to see how Wells Fargo has made an effort to innovate and change the traditional interaction of those machines. They have hired a great design agency, Pentagram, and the results are sweet – a great and clear user experience. The banking and financial industry is a complicated market and we usually see how users fail to understand how things work.

By crafting this new experience with the ATMs, at least one bank/user interaction is solved.

You can read the full story of this redesign as written by Holger Struppek.

Better UX = Better Grades?

My love is in her 2nd year of her studies for a B.A. in Chemistry in Tel-Aviv University. Usually she gets really upset before big exams. 

Now, she is having this big exam in 2 days, and I see her happy and content. Trying to understand what causes this change of behavior, I ask her and she tells me she has a great book to study from. “What’s so great about this book?”, I ask. And she surprises me: “It really helps me understand this material”.

Even more curious, I get closer to examine the book. And suddenly it all becomes clear. This is maybe the most friendly, easy, clear and fun book to learn with. Just look at those headers, colors, clear problem boxes, yellow highlights (originally in the book).

So, if it’s easier to study from, it’s easier for the student to succeed in the exam. User Experience matters!

p.s. – Somehow those colors and highlighting reminds me of Basecamp.

Vitamin – The web2.0 magazine for the people who build it

Carson Systems brings us Vitamin - an online magazine covering topics like : Design, Web Development, Enterneurship and more.

With features written by Jason Fried, Ryan Carson, Thomas Fuchs, Eric Meyer and more it seems as if Vitamin is going to be a valuable resource for the people who build the next web.

Enjoy it.