Learning - Whitney Hess

Entries Tagged as 'Learning'

Whit Hour – Week 13

August 17th, 2010 · No Comments · Whit Hour

Thank you so much to the ~29 people who showed up for the thirteenth week of Whit Hour — my weekly one-hour video chat to answer any and all of your questions about user experience, consulting, and whatever else you throw at me.
Tune in every Monday night from 10-11pm Eastern Time at http://www.livestream.com/whithour.
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Do Not Underestimate the Power of a Great PM

August 2nd, 2010 · 2 Comments · Productivity

Brett Harned is one of the best project managers I’ve ever known. I have the pleasure of working with him at Happy Cog, and getting to watch his skills put to work for the benefit of our team and the client team alike.
Despite being an adamantly behind-the-scenes kind of guy, he recently started blogging about [...]

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Tags:Clients·Learning·Productivity·Teams

Evaluations of my STC Summit 2010 talks

July 14th, 2010 · 3 Comments · Conferences

A few months ago I wrote about my experience presenting at STC Summit in Dallas — my first time speaking at an event outside of UX and web design.
Yesterday I received the evaluations of my two talks — 10 Most Common Misconceptions About User Experience Design and Evangelizing Yourself — and I’m quite pleased with [...]

The Honor and Burden of Chairing a Conference

June 16th, 2010 · 3 Comments · Community, Conferences

I attend a lot of conferences. Okay, more than a lot — an ungodly amount. Just check the Conferences tag on this blog.
Attending them is a ball, inspirational but tiring. Speaking at them is a privilege, stressful but rewarding. Organizing them…now that isn’t something I’d wish on my worst enemy.
Why? Because it’s a thankless job, [...]