Pleasure and Pain

Improving the human experience one day at a time

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Entries Tagged as 'Props'

Make sure that whatever you design is fitting a need in the world and has a purpose

August 2nd, 2009 · Comments · User Experience

I have officially made it. I was quoted by Catriona Cornett on inspireUX.

“Differentiate yourself by fully understanding the problem before you attempt to solve it… Don’t just fall in love with a solution and go full-force on making it look great, but really make sure that whatever you design is fitting a need in the [...]

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If I could tell designers one thing

July 30th, 2009 · Comments · Design, Education

A few days ago I got an email from the lovely Liz Danzico asking if I’d participate in a video project she was putting together for the Galapagos Art Space’s Career Camp, “a low-cost, high-value, five-part lecture and networking series for professionals (employed or otherwise!) living in New York City.”
On Tuesday Liz participated in Career [...]

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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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