A few days ago, I received an amazing email from someone I have never before met, wanting to share some information. The purpose of the email is irrelevant, but the opening paragraph is SO classic, it’s worth reposting here.
You should know that somewhere in the depths of the UX world there are a bunch of [...]
Entries Tagged as 'E-mails'
Awesome email of the day: The unglamorous side of UX
August 11th, 2010 · 4 Comments · E-mails
Email of the Week: I Do Software
July 7th, 2010 · 2 Comments · E-mails
Recently got this zinger in my inbox:
Sorry if I find your site overwhelming.
And I don’t want to be a UX designer.
And I am too busy to blog or tweet.
But I do software. So knowing about UX design is not an issue for me.
That was the beginning. The rest was asking me to help them find [...]
Tags:Humor·Pain·User Experience
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 wanted to [...]
Tags:Emails·Inspiration·Pleasure·Props
Awesome Email of the Day: Evangelizing Myself
June 2nd, 2009 · 2 Comments · E-mails, Pleasure
Being able to help people change their lives for the better is worth more than any client check. I’m very fortunate to get amazingly kind emails from strangers around the world. I promptly add them to my Happy File to look back on when I’m feeling down and doubting myself. Here is a recent email [...]
Who coined the term “wireframes”?
November 2nd, 2008 · 2 Comments · Design, E-mails, Web Development
Wireframes, wireframes, wireframes. It’s one of the those “insider” terms that gets thrown around the user experience design community all the time. We go to great lengths to explain what they are — to our colleagues, our clients, and our friends (“What exactly do you do again?”). [Dan Brown's explanation on Boxes and Arrows; Sarah [...]
Tags:Design·Methodology
