The words inspiration and aspiration are often used interchangeably, and I think it’s important that we draw a clearer distinction.
Inspiration is defined as, “the process of being mentally stimulated to do or feel something.”
Aspiration is, “a hope or ambition of achieving something.”
Stimulation versus ambition. Excitement versus action. And most significantly, external versus internal.
Inspiration is [...]
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Inspiration and Aspiration
July 27th, 2010 · 3 Comments · Career
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Whit Hour is back! Week 9
June 29th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Whit Hour
After an eight-month hiatus due to a lack of decent live broadcast platforms, Whit Hour is BACK and now hosted by Justin.tv.
Whit Hour is my weekly video-based “office hour” in which I answer any and all questions about user experience, consulting, and whatever else you wanna throw at me.
Tune in every Monday night from [...]
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June 11th, 2010 · 6 Comments · Pain, User Experience
I met a really nice guy at STC Summit named Eric Roberson [LinkedIn] [Twitter]. He attended my Evangelizing Yourself talk, and was apparently very moved by it (which moved me).
The next day when I saw him in another session, he took out his phone to show me something he’d discovered earlier in the day. When [...]
Reaching outside the UX tribe at STC’s Technical Communication Summit
May 10th, 2010 · 3 Comments · Career, Community, Conferences, Pleasure
In Transcending Our Tribe, my closing plenary at this year’s Information Architecture Summit, I asserted that in order for the field of user experience to survive, we need to stop spending so much time looking inwards, and start reaching out to the larger business and technical communities.
Because I’m a big fan of practicing what I [...]
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Holy crap…I gave the closing plenary at IA Summit 2010
May 10th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Career, Conferences, Pleasure
Thirty days later and it has still barely sunken in that I gave the closing plenary at IA Summit 2010 in Phoenix, AZ, titled Transcending Our Tribe. Being bestowed with this tremendous honor was a shock in and of itself, but having actually survived the months of preparation, the intense trepidation, and the profound duration [...]
