Web analytics is a sort of side interest of mine, having been responsible for navigating through and analyzing years of metrics during the EarthLink site redesign (while working at Tribal DDB). Understanding metrics, knowing what to track and when, and being able to make sense of the results are essential skills for an user experience [Keep Reading…]
Archives for September 2008
Links from 8/31/2008 to 9/20/2008
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Web 2.0 Expo NY: Jason Fried’s “10 Things We’ve Learned at 37signals”
I was really looking forward to seeing Jason Fried of 37signals speak because he has a particular reputation — I suppose you could call it a big ego. In all honesty, he didn’t phase me at all. Maybe I’m jaded. While I didn’t agree with all of his points, I found his perspective rather refreshing. [Keep Reading…]
Web 2.0 Expo NY: Lane Becker’s “Customer Service is the New Marketing”
The first session I attended on Wednesday morning at Web 2.0 Expo NY was “Customer Service is the New Marketing” by Lane Becker (a.k.a. @monstro), co-founder of Adaptive Path & Get Satisfaction My Twitter notes from the session: @monstro telling the @zappos story about the woman who didn’t return her shoes on time b/c her [Keep Reading…]
Web 2.0 Expo NY: Joshua Porter’s “Designing for Community”
Here is the first of many round-ups from this week’s Web 2.0 Expo NY. Tuesday afternoon featured in-depth half-day sessions. I was only able to attend in the afternoon and I caught Josh Porter’s “Designing for Community.” My Twitter stream from the session: @bokardo is currently doing UX design for Chi.mp. Mentioned party tonight @shakeshack [Keep Reading…]
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Find me at Web 2.0 Expo NY this week
O’Reilly’s Web 2.0 Expo is in New York this week at the Javits Center. This is the largest tech conference that NY has ever seen and those of us who live here are thrilled to finally get the attention that NY tech so greatly deserves. There are eight tracks for four days of sessions, everything [Keep Reading…]
The ups and downs of consulting
In my first week as an independent consultant, I wrote a blog post boasting about my 33+ hours of billable time. Now that two more weeks have passed, I thought it only fair to share some of the obstacles I’ve experienced as well. (But before I do, let me say this: I have awesome clients. [Keep Reading…]
Congrats to the new IAI board members
I just received an e-mail to notify me that I was not elected to the Information Architecture Institute’s board of directors. While I am disappointed that I won’t be able to represent the IAI in an official capacity and help them to reach a new generation of IA practitioners, I’ll still keep fighting the good [Keep Reading…]
I’m running for the 2008 Information Architecture Institute board of directors
The Information Architecture Institute has four open spots on its Board of Directors and the 2008 election process is underway. A few weeks ago, my friend Livia Labate encouraged me to nominate myself, and while I was apprehensive at first, I decided to throw my hat into the ring. I believe I can help to [Keep Reading…]