Pleasure and Pain

Improving the human experience one day at a time

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The Excellence better known as Interaction10 #ixd10

February 8th, 2010 · 7 Comments · Conferences, Design, Pleasure

I just got home from Savannah last night, and I’m already missing everyone terribly. The four days I spent there at IxDA’s Interaction10, their third annual conference, was one of the best conference experiences I’ve ever had (and as you may know, I go to a lot of conferences!).

Not only is Savannah a wonderfully beautiful, [...]

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Take our Twitter survey for a chance to win a $200 Amazon gift card

December 1st, 2009 · 4 Comments · Twitter

It would mean a lot to me if you could please take a moment to complete the survey below. I’m helping to design a new Twitter client and your input will be invaluable. Thank you.
Survey link: http://bit.ly/4mMZWJ
Fill out my Wufoo form!
Tweet this survey!
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A Hippocratic Oath for User Experience Designers

October 2nd, 2009 · 2 Comments · User Experience

I have made some slight adjustments to the Hippocratic Oath, the ethical code of conduct for medical doctors, in order to serve as a vow for user experience practitioners.
Please join me in reciting this oath and pledging to uphold the principles defined herein.
The UX Hippocratic Oath
I swear to fulfill, to the best of my ability [...]

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Seeking All Independent User Experience Professionals in NYC

August 28th, 2009 · 4 Comments · Community, Consulting

Yesterday Lis Hubert and I got together at New Work City to talk about the ins and outs of being self-employed user experience designers. We realized that between the two of us we can count the number of indie UXers we know in NYC on one hand. Given how much networking we both do, it [...]

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Answering Your Questions

March 5th, 2009 · 3 Comments · Blogging

I check my blog analytics pretty regularly. I like to know how many people are visiting, coming from where, for how long, reading what, etc. My keyword activity, the search terms that lead people to my blog, is particularly interesting and hilarious. I realize that I have a sultry blog title, and as a result [...]

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