I’m very excited to be the guest author on this week’s 52weeksofUX, a blog by Josh Porter and Josh Brewer, two people I greatly admire.
My topic is the increasingly crucial role that user experience design plays in the success of a startup. I called the piece StartUXs (get it? startups with an X instead of [...]
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I had the distinct pleasure of presenting at An Event Apart 2009 in Boston and Chicago (read about my experience), so imagine my delight when Jeffrey and Eric asked me to reprise my talk this year in Minneapolis and San Diego!
AEA attendees are a tough crowd — they’re already smart, successful and very well-informed on [...]
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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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Recently got this zinger in my inbox:
Sorry if I find your site overwhelming.
And I don’t want to be a UX designer.
And I am too busy to blog or tweet.
But I do software. So knowing about UX design is not an issue for me.
That was the beginning. The rest was asking me to help them find [...]
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Thank you so much to the 35 people who showed up for the tenth 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.justin.tv/whitneyhess.
Whit Hour – [...]
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