Pretty much every single day I get a tweet, email, or in person request for information on how to get started in the field of user experience. I’ve recently had a few people reach out to me even asking me to mentor them throughout the process. Given that I often find myself repeating the same [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Learning'
So you wanna be a user experience designer — Step 1: Resources
June 30th, 2009 · Comments · User Experience
Tags:Learning·User Experience
Volume 1, Issue 1 of the Journal of IA
May 6th, 2009 · Comments · Articles, Industry
The very first issue of the Journal of Information Architecture was published yesterday, after much dedication and tirelessness from contributors around the world.
The Journal of Information Architecture is a peer-reviewed scholarly journal. Its aim is to facilitate the systematic development of the scientific body of knowledge in the field of information architecture.
The long term [...]
Do you know what you’re designing for?
April 11th, 2009 · Comments · Technology
The world is rapidly changing. Do you realize what is happening around you? Do you understand the context in which the products and services you help to create will be used, reused, and repurposed? Ecosystems are paradigms are shifting so dramatically that the research you do at the beginning of a project may no longer [...]
IA Summit 2009: A functional family reunion
March 29th, 2009 · Comments · Community, Conferences
Families fight. When you share that much time with the same people, and put your faith in them, and share a common history, and become reliant on one another’s successes, it’s very easy to feel disappointed and confused and argumentative when things don’t seem to be going right. But ultimately what allows you to express [...]
Tags:Conferences·Learning·Organizations·Pioneers·User Experience
SxSW: One giant party
March 27th, 2009 · Comments · Career, Conferences
It has been a complete whirlwind two weeks and I’m finally starting to settle down (read: back on my couch). I went from SxSW Interactive in Austin, TX, straight to IA Summit in Memphis, TN, and somehow I got through it.
It was my first time at SxSW and I had an absolute blast. The rumor [...]






