Pretty much every single day I get a tweet, email, or in person request for information on how to get started in the field of user experience. I’ve recently had a few people reach out to me even asking me to mentor them throughout the process. Given that I often find myself repeating the same [...]
Entries from June 30th, 2009
So you wanna be a user experience designer — Step 1: Resources
June 30th, 2009 · 118 Comments · User Experience
Tags:Learning·User Experience
Who is Amanda Jahn’s mentor?
June 30th, 2009 · No Comments · Career
[This post is part of a series on Mentors and Heroes] Amanda Jahn is a lead user experience designer at Yahoo! in London where she leads UX for Yahoo! Answers globally. Previously she was a web designer for Investis. Follow her on Twitter @yahnyinlondon. Amanda Jahn’s mentors are… Wesley Corbett, Head of Design at [...]
Tags:Career·Mentors and Heroes
Widgets on Pleasure and Pain
June 26th, 2009 · No Comments · Blogging
A few weeks ago my lovely friend Livia Labate asked me what widgets I use in the sidebar of this blog. Since I thought it might be interesting information for everyone, I’m posting it here. Twitter Widget Google Calendar embed Dopplr blog badge Disqus recent comments widget Amazon Carousel Widget MyBlogLog Recent Readers Widget Enjoy! [...]
Tags:Blogging
An Event Apart Boston was wicked good
June 25th, 2009 · 4 Comments · User Experience
I had the immense pleasure of presenting at An Event Apart in Boston on Monday. My talk titled DIY UX: Give Your Users an Upgrade (without calling in a pro) got a lot of great responses. Here are just a few: And I really loved this one: It’s so amazing when you can have an [...]
Ultra Light User Experience
June 25th, 2009 · No Comments · Events, User Experience
A couple months ago Graham Lawlor asked me to be on the July panel for Ultra Light Startups, a group of entrepreneurs who collaborate to help each other launch startups quicker and cheaper. Their events have a unique format. As Graham describes it, “The first hour is ‘introductions by elevator pitch’ where people give a [...]
