Pleasure and Pain

Measuring the impact of new technology on human experience

Pleasure and Pain: photos by Whitney G. Hess

Entries Tagged as 'Career'

You like us, but do you know who we are?

January 30th, 2008 · 3 comments so far

User Experience as a discipline is finally starting to be recognized by a wider audience. Two recent press mentions in major publications help to expose the value of our expertise, but as usual I find that they’re creating a greater distinction between design and usability than I’m comfortable with. I consider myself a user experience [...]

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Genesis

January 10th, 2008 · 2 comments so far

As of last month, it’s been three years since I finished grad school. Three years in the real world. Three years into a career, not just a string of jobs to pay the rent. I’ve been called an interaction designer, a user experience architect, and most recently a Design Communicator (a role invented here). Three [...]

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