This week we have a guest, Jason Beaird, author of The Principles of Beautiful Web Design. Like us, Jason just launched a new version of his website, so we thought it would be a good occasion to talk about both of them.
Chunking: How to Design for a Brain That Can Only Hold Four Things
Your working memory holds about four things, not seven. Chunking groups loose information into meaningful units that slip past that limit, the psychology behind phone numbers, scannable pages, multi-step forms, and grouped navigation.
Thanks for talking through your design Jason. Your new site looks great. Knock ’em dead at SXSW man!
How do you do to record both the cam and the safari window? Do you use a special software?
Cheers
Juani, we use iMovie to capture the webcam from a Macbook Pro, and Snapz Pro to capture the screencast. We record them at the same time, then put it together in Final Cut Express.