MICHAEL HOLZER
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Opsware
2011
Interaction Design, Usability, User Research
Opsware Desktop Application Design Specification
  • I jumped headfirst into the enterprise technical landscape working for Opsware. To this day I've yet to work on more complex scenarios. I mostly focused on interaction design at Opsware but also dabbled in user research, usability testing and prototyping. My most exciting project while there was working on their first desktop application (below). 
  • Together with Kevin Mullet we created the information architecture for the new client experience. Since Opsware had years of legacy and tens of thousands of users whom rely on the software for their daily workflow it was difficult task to create a hierarchy that made sense to many different clients that improved their workflow without introducing so much change as to slow anyone down. 
  • Below was a spec for the agent deployment UI which allowed system administrators to search for servers by text or IP range. The results would show them server details, their access methods, and allow them to deploy new Opsware agents to the server. 
  • One of Opsware's key features was group management which greatly reduced repetitive work for system administrators. This screen shows how important key value pairs are shown in an editable UI so the admin can update an entire group at one time. 
  • As a job was running an admin could drill into the details to see what actions the job was performing. This UI showed the admin important details about the job, it's current status, an issues the job has run into, and the output of the job as well.
  • The snapshot browser allowed administrators to quickly see the details of any server the Opsware system managed (assuming they had permission). The browser would dynamically show the right info for the right type of server, e.g. windows vs. redhat linux. 
  • Servers could be managed individually or as groups. This UI is showing the parent/child relationship of groups of servers. Even more complex but not covered in this mock up was the notion of inheritance of changes as they're propagated to a group. 
  • This was one of the spec pages showing the menu structure of the application. The green numbers show which screens should show the menu item as disabled because they weren't applicable. 
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  • Zvents Nameplates
    Mocks from the zvents event and venue nameplate redesign.
    Interaction Design, Visual Design
    2011
  • Zvents Search
    Mocks from the Zvents search results page redesign.
    Interaction Design, Visual Design
    2011
  • Zvents Hot Tickets
    Analysis and redesign of the Zvents event detail page right rail.
    Interaction Design, Design Research, Visual Design
    2011
  • Zvents Top40
    Mock up of the Zvents Top40 site.
    Product Management, Interaction Design, Visual Design
    2011
  • Zvents for Facebook
    This is a set of designs for the Zvents Facebook App.
    Product Management, Interaction Design, Visual Design
    2011
  • Knack.Me
    This is the concept work for my startup called Knack.Me
    Entrepreneurship, Design
    2011
  • Xobni for BlackBerry
    This is a sample of the design work I did for the Xobni Mobile for BlackBerry.
    Product Management, Interaction Design, Visual Design
    2011
  • Xobni Enterprise
    This is a sample of the product and design work I did for Xobni Enterprise.
    Product Management, Interaction Design, Visual Design
    2011
  • Xobni Extensions
    These are the designs for a couple of Xobni Enterprise Extensions
    Product Management, Interaction Design, Visual Design
    2011
  • hi5 IM
    This is the design for web based on IM on hi5.com
    Interaction Design, Visual Design, Product Management
    2011
  • hi5 Gifts
    This is the design for hi5's virtual gifts
    Interaction Design, Visual Design, Design Management
    2011
  • hi5 Mobile
    This is the design for the mobile hi5 site.
    Interaction Design, Visual Design, Design Management
    2011
  • hi5 Homepage
    This the design and iteration examples for the hi5 homepage redesign.
    Interaction Design, Visual Design, User Research
    2011
  • hi5 Design Patterns
    Examples from the hi5 design pattern library.
    Interaction Design, Visual Design, Design Management
    2011
  • Cyclocross Magazine
    This is work I did as a co-founder of a magazine about the niche cycling sport of Cyclocross. The magazine is still up and running by my co-founder, I stepped away to continue to work on digital projects.
    Print Design, Entrepreneurship
    2011
  • Yahoo! Pingbox
    Yahoo! Messenger Pingbox allows users to chat anonymously with their website visitors using the Yahoo! Messenger service.
    Interaction Design, Design Management
    2011
  • Yahoo! MyM
    Yahoo! MyM blended IM and Social Networking.
    Interaction Design, Design Management, Visual Design
    2011
  • Yahoo! Messenger SMS
    Integration of SMS into the Yahoo! Web Messenger Product.
    Interaction Design, visual design, design management
    2011
  • My Yahoo! IM Widget
    This is the design for the My Yahoo! Messenger Widget.
    Interaction Design
    2011
  • Yahoo! Mac Messenger
    Yahoo! Messenger for Mac
    Interaction Design, visual design, User Research
    2011
  • Yahoo! Messenger Plug-ins
    This is the design for the first version of the Yahoo! Messenger Plug-ins.
    Interaction Design
    2011
  • Yahoo! IM Archive
    Yahoo! IM message archive project.
    Interaction Design, design management, User Research
    2011
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