Pleasure and Pain

Improving the human experience one day at a time

Pleasure and Pain: photos by Whitney G. Hess

Entries Tagged as 'Pleasure'

My Top 10 User Experience Blogs to Watch in 2010 on Blogs.com

February 26th, 2010 · Comments · Blogging, Pleasure, User Experience

Last April I had the honor of contributing a guest list on the 10 Best UX (User Experience) Design blogs [the list, my blog post] for Six Apart’s Blogs.com.
I still regularly read almost all of the blogs I listed, but recently realized that there are many new, revamped or lesser known UX blogs that really [...]

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Photo of the day: Bags on Board

February 23rd, 2010 · Comments · Photography, User Experience

My cousins have an adorable Boston Terrier named Luna. She likes to play tug of war, and fetch, and tear her toys apart. And unlike the dogs I had growing up, she also likes to poop outside.
Over the summer my cousins were taking Luna for a walk and I noticed their completely amazing leash.

Made by [...]

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Sketching made easier by UI Stencils

February 22nd, 2010 · Comments · Design, Pleasure, Productivity

Yes, I’m obsessed with Konigi’s Omnigraffle wireframe stencils, but what if you could have real-life stencils to help you sketch? You can. They’re called UI Stencils, and they’re made by Design Commission, an experience design agency in Seattle.

Drawing can be intimidating for a lot of folks, and the fear of not being a “good drawer” [...]

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Photo of the day: Trash Can Copywriting

February 17th, 2010 · Comments · Photography

I get my hair cut at Bumble & bumble’s downtown salon. Not only does Dante always give me a great cut, but Bb creates one of the most exceptional customer experiences of any service in my day-to-day life.
They’re a high-end salon, but a key aspect of their brand is a playfulness that they inject into [...]

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Pleasure and Pain now on UX Magazine

February 17th, 2010 · Comments · Articles, Pleasure

I am happy to announce that starting today, some of my posts on this here blog will be syndicated to UX Magazine.
UX Magazine is an online publication for user experience professionals that was founded in 2006 and was nominated for a Webby in 2007. In their words:
Every month we combine original articles with the best [...]

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