Pleasure and Pain

Improving the human experience one day at a time

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Entries Tagged as 'Props'

Awesome Email of the Day: Evangelizing Myself

June 2nd, 2009 · Comments · E-mails, Pleasure

Being able to help people change their lives for the better is worth more than any client check. I’m very fortunate to get amazingly kind emails from strangers around the world. I promptly add them to my Happy File to look back on when I’m feeling down and doubting myself. Here is a recent email [...]

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Rejected by EuroIA

May 26th, 2009 · Comments · Conferences

The blog posts that I tag with Props are not-so-subtle pats on the back for all my hard work and determination to make a difference. Since I spend enough time tooting my own horn, I thought it only fair to share some disappointment with you as well.
Today I received an email from Eric Reiss, chair [...]

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My Top 10 User Experience Design Blogs on Blogs.com

April 29th, 2009 · Comments · Blogging, User Experience

Wendy Taylor, editor of Six Apart’s Blogs.com, recently got in touch to see if I’d be interested in being a guest author to create a list of the 10 Best User Experience Design Blogs. Of course I jumped at the chance.
Mindful of this honor and opportunity, I was very careful about the blogs that I [...]

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In the Press

April 21st, 2009 · Comments · Articles, Blogging

Inspired by my good friend Matthew Knell, I’ve added a Press page to this site to highlight some of the awesome articles in which I’ve been mentioned. I always get a thrill when asked to contribute my thoughts as a user experience designer or to be featured for my work. It’s truly an honor.
If there [...]

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More great press on the boxee NYC meetup

March 29th, 2009 · Comments · Consulting, User Experience

Earlier this week I told you about the 600+ people that attended the boxee NYC meetup at Webster Hall on Tuesday.
We’ve gotten some great press since then, and I wanted to share it.
First, you can read boxee’s own recap of the event on their blog and check out TechSpank’s video coverage.
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Boxee Gears Up For Beta [...]

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