UXAppeal is a combination academic portfolio/blog. When I publish an article or essay, I post a summary of it here with links to the full source. The blog posts are topical reflections on technology and design.
The name UXAppeal carries several layers of meaning. First, it's really hard to find a descriptive blog name today. Everything's been taken. I would have preferred everydayuser.com or everydayux.com, but those were taken.
Nevertheless, UXAppeal is meaningful. It is a pun on "sex appeal": our designs should have "ux appeal," in the sense that users should be attracted to them by the enjoyable user experience they provide. Many business arguments can be made here, but to be brief, I would suggest that designers should consider whether their designs have the "ux appeal" that will please users and make them want more of your work.
"Appeal" also means "implore." I and others who write about these topics appeal to interaction designers to consider the user's experience from start to finish. Honestly, you'll make people happy and they'll come back for more.
Finally, an "appeal" is something people do when they are unsatisfied with a decision. Many of the blog posts on this site will appeal the decisions designers made, and ask them to reconsider them from the user's perspective.
This site is an adaptation of the "clean blog" template from Start Bootstrap.
I took the cover photo of rocks, sand, and water near Newburyport, MA, in 2011, shortly after my brother, Dennis Hannon, passed away.