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Annotating Document Change

The UX document’s change history expresses “What’s different now compared to before?” It is a revered page, and crucial to documents of any length and being updated with any frequency. Change histories can also really suck, in that they are often: Viewed as unsexy minutiae getting in the way of sharing ideas. Written haphazardly and [...]


Pictures on the Left, Words on the Right

When annotating a wireframe, which side do you put the picture on? And, more importantly, are you doing it right? Information architects devote much time and care producing annotated wireframes. In large part, this boils down to positioning pictures (i.e., a wireframe) adjacent to words (i.e., the annotations) to tell a story that neither could [...]

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