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 understand the [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Articles'
Fulfilling My Dreams, and Saying No Along the Way
August 3rd, 2010 · 31 Comments · Articles, Career, Pleasure
When You Startup With UX
July 24th, 2010 · No Comments · Articles
On Wednesday, UX Magazine published my article, When You Startup with UX — a look into how a few successful startups are integrating user experience practices.
I posed 5 questions to 5 people (4 folks at 3 different startups and 1 venture capitalist) to find out how they think about UX and what it means [...]
Facebook Privacy Settings Redesign on Fortune.com
May 28th, 2010 · 3 Comments · Articles, Design
Last week, Fortune.com (CNNMoney.com) published an article and screenshot gallery titled Hey Facebook! Here’s your privacy redesign, and I was fortunate enough to have my work included in it.
Reporter JP Mangalindan reached out to me a few weeks ago and asked me to mock up a couple ideas for how Facebook could redesign its complicated [...]
My 20 Guiding Principles for UX Design on Monster.com’s InsideTech
March 26th, 2010 · 3 Comments · Articles
Last month I mentioned that UX Magazine would now be syndicating some of the content from Pleasure and Pain. A couple weeks ago they republished my Guiding Principles for UX Designers post, which then in turn got picked up by Monster.com’s InsideTech, a “meeting place for IT professionals.”
The article has more than 2,600 views in [...]
See For Yourself on Johnny Holland Magazine
March 18th, 2010 · 1 Comment · 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 [...]
