I met a really nice guy at STC Summit named Eric Roberson [LinkedIn] [Twitter]. He attended my Evangelizing Yourself talk, and was apparently very moved by it (which moved me). The next day when I saw him in another session, he took out his phone to show me something he’d discovered earlier in the day. [...]
Entries from June 11th, 2010
Awesome Email of the Day: How Little You Really Know
June 10th, 2010 · 1 Comment · E-mails, Pleasure
Back in February, I wrote a blog post titled How Little You Really Know. If you haven’t read it, go check it out now. I got the below email in response, and have kept it in my inbox as a reminder of why I do what I do. It’s a few months late, but I [...]
Tags:Emails·Inspiration·Pleasure·Props
Meet me at NYC’s Internet Week 2010
June 7th, 2010 · No Comments · Community, Events, Industry
Internet Week 2010, starting today and ending on Sunday, is a wide array of events all around NYC raising the profile of our ever-growing tech industry. I’ve been generally underwhelmed by the daytime offerings, but will be out and about each night. Where you can find me (and if you see me, say hello!): Monday, [...]
Old Guard Versus New Guard: An Interview by Tom Johnson
June 2nd, 2010 · 1 Comment · Community, Industry
While at STC Summit in Dallas a month ago, Tom Johnson, a technical writer for the LDS Church in Salt Lake City, asked if he could interview me for his blog I’d Rather Be Writing. From Tom’s blog post: In this videocast, I talk with Whitney Hess at the STC Summit in Dallas about her [...]
Sketchnotes from UK UPA’s UX Clinic
June 1st, 2010 · 2 Comments · Events, Pleasure, User Experience
Like I mentioned in my post on UX London, I also had the pleasure of being on a UK UPA panel with Dave Gray, Jeff Patton, and Stephen Anderson titled UX Clinic. We spent about two hours answering the audience’s questions — some previously submitted and some on the fly. It was a blast. Eva-Lotta [...]
