I am not a writer but I like to write. It helps me organize my thoughts, fulfills my need to create, and maybe it can be helpful to some people.
Ever since I launched my little personal project a few weeks ago. I've gathered a small posse of real users. And real users, especially those that use the app every day, all have their own specific needs and wants.
TL;DR: I made a tool to help with timesheets. Let me know what you think.
All of last year, I spent working on an EHR redesign project. Unfortunately, the project ended before I had an opportunity to tackle all of the things we wanted to do. One of the things that I wanted to get a stab at and wasn't able to was immunization support. Immunizations are relatively complex to handle in an EHR. Especially if you want to do a little more than just record the immunizations given. If you want to support the doctor's decision process, you have to put some effort into it.
What does refactoring mean for design?
I've recently started a new project with a new customer. It is a rather large project to redesign an old process-control application. I started by working with them on defining a design intent for the project and then I gave them an initial framework to define an information architecture.
It is not because your product is targeted at technical users that it won't benefit from proper user experience design.
We often confuse simple and intuitive. Here's my take on that.