User Kind is the work and portfolio of Cory Shaw. I craft exceptional user experiences though the process of user centered design. Learn More →
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More Posts →I established User Kind out of my passion to make the internet a user friendly place. My core principal is to make web applications work hard so that users don't have to. This means that I dig deep into understanding the behavior of your users and the products that they use so that I can put the right things in the right places at the right time. The measurable results of a user friendly application can improve your conversion rates, profit, customer retention, word-of-mouth, frequency of use, and many other factors.
With over 15 years of experience making the internet a better place, I have the core knowledge and skills required to make your product the best it can be. I have served and delivered for the world's top brands, technology startups, and small businesses.
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I help startups design great user experiences around great ideas.
When you’re a startup, making design mistakes can be costly. I’ll help you get it right the first time.
User Centered Design is the methodology I use to iterate on designs. This allows user feedback to fuel what quickly becomes an excellent user experience.
Wordpress
Everything from theme design to a fully customized site design powered by Wordpress, I can help you bend the world's most versatile CMS to your will.
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P.F. Chang's Hawaii needed a Hawaiian style spin-off of their corporate brand, as well as a menu and CMS that they could easily update regularly. Using Menumill I was able to build a CMS-backed site wrapped in a completely custom design.
chi.mp's → homepage went through a complete overhaul from the bottom up to achieve one main objective: increase registration conversions. The end result was A/B tested against the original design and quickly showed a 34% increase in registrations.
When Blue Lava Technologies launched iLovePhotos →, they needed a marketing video to clearly introduce it to the world. With a week to go before launch, I threw together a script, dusted off my recording equipment, and polished it off the night before launch at DEMO Fall →.
Kindfish → is a social photo sharing website that was in need of a fresh user friendly design. After a month of design and css/html/javascript coding, we launched an innovative ui for browsing and sharing photos.
Damian "Jr Gong" Marley's → website needed a fresh look for his award winning new album, "Welcome To Jamrock". Utilizing a CSS based layout and the artwork from the cover, the end result was a fresh new look and helped Damian break new boundaries in his musical success.
iLovePhotos → needed an icon that represented their mac software. Mac software icons have a reputation for being simple and beautiful, so I took that lead and created the bold and shiny iLovePhotos heart icon.
While working on BobMarley.com →, the Marley Legend book was released and I was tasked with designing and coding a page to help promote the book.
During my time working at Lodging.com →, they were acquired by Orbitz →. I worked with the Orbitz team in Chicago to integrate Lodging.com onto the Orbitz platform with a design that preserved the Lodging.com brand, but fit within the guidelines of the Orbitz requirements.
Yahoo Travel → needed a landing page to promote their vacation packages. Working within their design guidelines, I delivered a clean landing page that performed very well for their targeted traffic.