Hello, my name is Mike Gowen.

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One of the most common mistakes I see designers make, is letting look-and-feel decisions influence functionality. This is often caused by jumping into a design program too early, and trying to tackle everything at once. The temptation to move a button, or delete a column of data for the sake of aesthetics can seduce even [...]

During my career as a designer I’ve often been bestowed the great and wondrous gift of “creative freedom”. In my earlier days, I waited and waited for this day to arrive…for this was when I was finally going to show the world what I was made of. When that day did come, the excitement and [...]

For the record, here is my response to the endless iPhone versus other “smartphones” debate…
If you compare the iPhone to another “smartphone” on the basis of quantity of features, the other phone will probably win in most cases. However, if you compare the them on the basis of the execution of those features (even if [...]