Pleasure and Pain

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Pleasure and Pain: photos by Whitney G. Hess

Entries Tagged as 'New York'

Whit Hour – Week 14

August 23rd, 2010 · 1 Comment · Whit Hour

Thank you so much to the ~27 people who showed up for the fourteenth 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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By supporting New Work City, you make what I do possible

August 2nd, 2010 · No Comments · Community

I am a founding member of New Work City, the premiere coworking community in Manhattan.
I’ve written before about why I work there, and have tweeted endlessly about the inspiration and genius that fills its walls.
In April we found out that we lost our lease and immediately had to move into a temporary home at [...]

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When You Startup With UX

July 24th, 2010 · No Comments · Articles

On Wednesday, UX Magazine published my article, When You Startup with UX — a look into how a few successful startups are integrating user experience practices.
I posed 5 questions to 5 people (4 folks at 3 different startups and 1 venture capitalist) to find out how they think about UX and what it means [...]

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Photo of the day: The corner of W 13th St and W 4th St

June 16th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Accessibility, Pain, Photography

For anyone who’s ever been to Manhattan, or perhaps even heard of Manhattan, chances are you know that our roads are based on a grid — Streets are east-west and are numbered, Avenues are north-south and are numbered or named.
62nd Street and 2nd Avenue
106th Street and Park Avenue
1st Street and 1st Avenue
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Meet me at NYC’s Internet Week 2010

June 7th, 2010 · No Comments · Community, Events, Industry

Internet Week 2010, starting today and ending on Sunday, is a wide array of events all around NYC raising the profile of our ever-growing tech industry.
I’ve been generally underwhelmed by the daytime offerings, but will be out and about each night.
Where you can find me (and if you see me, say hello!):
Monday, June 7
Zappos CEO [...]

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