With all of my elation yesterday, I completely forgot to acknowledge that on August 3, 2005, I signed the paperwork that established my LLC. I was 7 months into my first full-time job at Digitas, and struggling to make ends meet. Since friends and family were already asking me to “just help them” with their [...]
Entries from August 4th, 2010
Fulfilling My Dreams, and Saying No Along the Way
August 3rd, 2010 · 32 Comments · Articles, Career, Pleasure
I am crying. And I am desperately trying not to smear the mascara I just put on. I’m emotional this morning (well, more emotional than normal) because a professional dream of mine has been fulfilled: I’ve been published by A List Apart. I read A List Apart when I was in college and needed to [...]
Whit Hour – Week 12
August 3rd, 2010 · No Comments · Whit Hour
Thank you so much to the 35 people who showed up for the twelfth week of Whit Hour — my weekly one-hour video chat to answer any and all of your questions about user experience, consulting, and whatever else you throw at me. Tune in every Monday night from 10-11pm Eastern Time at http://www.livestream.com/whithour (new [...]
Tags:Blogging·Books·Career·Clients·Community·Consulting·Design·Methodology·Speaking·Twitter·User Experience·Video·Whit Hour
Introducing StartUXs
August 2nd, 2010 · 4 Comments · Consulting, Startups
I’m very excited to be the guest author on this week’s 52weeksofUX, a blog by Josh Porter and Josh Brewer, two people I greatly admire. My topic is the increasingly crucial role that user experience design plays in the success of a startup. I called the piece StartUXs (get it? startups with an X instead [...]
By supporting New Work City, you make what I do possible
August 2nd, 2010 · No Comments · Community
I am a founding member of New Work City, the premiere coworking community in Manhattan. I’ve written before about why I work there, and have tweeted endlessly about the inspiration and genius that fills its walls. In April we found out that we lost our lease and immediately had to move into a temporary home [...]
