The world is rapidly changing. Do you realize what is happening around you? Do you understand the context in which the products and services you help to create will be used, reused, and repurposed? Ecosystems are paradigms are shifting so dramatically that the research you do at the beginning of a project may no longer [...]
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Gel conference videos now online
February 18th, 2009 · Comments · Conferences
Not everyone has the chance to attend Gel — it’s pricey and not directly related to the work we do so it can be hard to justify to managers who control your professional development budget. It’s billed as an “inspirational” conference similar to TED, but with a specific focus: creating good experiences (Gel stands for [...]
Tags:Conferences·Inspiration·Video
boxee now in public alpha
January 8th, 2009 · Comments · Consulting, User Experience
So you know I’m the UX consultant for boxee, right? Well they’ve been in private, invite-only alpha since June, and already they have 200,000 users.
Today at CES they announced a new version available to the public. That means you no longer need an invite to get in. With the new version comes a bunch [...]
Redesigning the boxee experience
December 18th, 2008 · Comments · Consulting, User Experience
It’s been a few weeks in the making, but today boxee announced that they’ve hired me to help redesign their user experience from the ground up.
If you haven’t heard of boxee, where have you been hiding? They’ve been in the top 10 trending topics on Twitter for the past month. They’re blowing up the web [...]
Tags:Consulting·Design·Methodology·Pleasure·User Experience·Video
How Twitter has changed my life
July 8th, 2008 · Comments · Twitter
Sometimes Twitter comes up in conversation with my friends and family that don’t work in technology. I never actually bring it up because I know that it’ll require an hour plus of explanation or discussion, at the end of which they’ll think I’m crazy, nerdy or just plain bored. But every now and then someone [...]
