Pleasure and Pain

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See For Yourself on Johnny Holland Magazine

March 18th, 2010 · No Comments · Articles, User Experience

Yesterday the wonderful Johnny Holland Magazine published my essay, See For Yourself: About the Power of Observing.

The article, or more accurately, rant, is all about how imperative it is for user experience designers to actively observe the world around us on a regular basis. Re-reading it now, it feels quite different than most of my [...]


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Pleasure and Pain now on UX Magazine

February 17th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Articles, Pleasure

I am happy to announce that starting today, some of my posts on this here blog will be syndicated to UX Magazine.
UX Magazine is an online publication for user experience professionals that was founded in 2006 and was nominated for a Webby in 2007. In their words:
Every month we combine original articles with the best [...]


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Client Matters: Ironclad Contracts: Tougher Than a Pinky Swear

February 8th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Articles, Consulting, User Experience

UXmatters just published the fourth article in my bimonthly column, Client Matters, where I give UX professionals an honest look at initiating and managing relationships with clients.
The latest article is titled, Ironclad Contracts: Tougher Than a Pinky Swear. In it I expound on how to determine the nuts and bolts of your client contract: the [...]


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Client Matters: Needs + Resources + Location + Schedule + Budget = Scope

February 8th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Articles, Consulting, User Experience

This post is two months overdue. Somehow I never linked to the third article in Client Matters, my bimonthly column in UXmatters, where I give UX professionals an honest look at initiating and managing relationships with clients.
Published in December 2009, the article is titled, Needs + Resources + Location + Schedule + Budget = Scope. [...]


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ReadWriteWeb on my Boxee beta UX process, and other thoughts

January 29th, 2010 · 4 Comments · Articles, Pleasure, User Experience

On Wednesday I posted an extensive behind-the-scenes look at the user experience design process I used when Boxee hired me to help them get from alpha to beta: The UX Design Process for the Boxee Beta.
To my utter joy, ReadWriteWeb featured my work in their ReadWriteStart channel, focused on startups: An Inside Look Into Boxee’s [...]


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