Learning - Whitney Hess

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So you wanna be a user experience designer — Step 2: Guiding Principles

November 23rd, 2009 · 18 Comments · User Experience

[This is part of a series titled So You Wanna Be a User Experience Designer. Check out the previous post, Step 1: Resources]
Five months ago I wrote a post titled, “So you wanna be a user experience designer,” in which I gathered all of the resources in my UX arsenal: publications and blogs, books, local [...]

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Tags:Learning·User Experience

Faceted Filtering…in the Real World

November 16th, 2009 · 10 Comments · Design

I’m completely in love with this new commercial by Freschetta that demonstrates what “faceted filtering” would look like in the physical world.

Pattern Definition
Faceted filtering is a mechanism that allows the user to progressively reduce a large group of items by selecting the desired attributes from various dimensions (or facets) of those items
Note: faceting filtering is [...]

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Whit Hour – Week 6

September 21st, 2009 · 1 Comment · Whit Hour

Thank you so much to the 41 people who showed up for the sixth 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.
I really appreciate everyone’s flexibility in moving over to Ustream at the [...]

Whit Hour – Week 5

September 2nd, 2009 · No Comments · Whit Hour

Thank you so much to the 20 or so folks who showed up for the fifth 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.
I particularly appreciate your patience and determination to stick with me [...]

The first Whit Hour was a success

August 3rd, 2009 · 7 Comments · Education

Last night from 9-10pm Eastern Time I hosted my first Whit Hour — a new weekly video chat in which I answer people’s questions about user experience, consulting, and anything else they ask.
I had an absolute blast and surprisingly talked non-stop — not something I’m particularly comfortable with, but there were just so many great [...]