On the afternoon of Friday, August 22, 2008, I “left work” for the last time. It was my last day at my full-time job and I was officially self-employed. The last two years have been a whirlwind, and the benefits and repercussions of that single action have been far more significant than I ever could [Keep Reading…]
Recent Reads – 8/23/2010
Here are the most recent additions to my Delicious bookmarks. Hope you enjoy, and please share your thoughts in the comments. Worth a read: the Paradoxical Commandments of Leadership – Good ExperienceSomething I really needed to read right now, sent to me by a very kind friend. Give the Client What they Want — Robot [Keep Reading…]
If the product doesn’t work, its “user experience” doesn’t matter
I recently edited an article for UX Magazine (When You Startup with UX) in which I interviewed four startups on what User Experience means to them. Of all the things that people said, the quote that stood out to me the most was from Mike Singleton, a developer at Foursquare: “…when you only have three [Keep Reading…]
Whit Hour – Week 13
Thank you so much to the ~29 people who showed up for the thirteenth 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.livestream.com/whithour. Whit [Keep Reading…]
Awesome email of the day: The unglamorous side of UX
A few days ago, I received an amazing email from someone I have never before met, wanting to share some information. The purpose of the email is irrelevant, but the opening paragraph is SO classic, it’s worth reposting here. You should know that somewhere in the depths of the UX world there are a bunch [Keep Reading…]
Recent Reads – 8/5/2010
Here are the most recent additions to my Delicious bookmarks. Hope you enjoy, and please share your thoughts in the comments. Working with PMs: A Q&A with Whitney Hess « Brett HarnedThanks to @brettharned for making me the first in this great series 15 Developer/Hacker Women to Follow on TwitterProps to the chicks who code, [Keep Reading…]
The 5-Year Anniversary of My LLC
With all of my elation yesterday, I completely forgot to acknowledge that on August 3, 2005, I signed the paperwork that established my LLC. I was 7 months into my first full-time job at Digitas, and struggling to make ends meet. Since friends and family were already asking me to “just help them” with their [Keep Reading…]
Fulfilling My Dreams, and Saying No Along the Way
I am crying. And I am desperately trying not to smear the mascara I just put on. I’m emotional this morning (well, more emotional than normal) because a professional dream of mine has been fulfilled: I’ve been published by A List Apart. I read A List Apart when I was in college and needed to [Keep Reading…]
Whit Hour – Week 12
Thank you so much to the 35 people who showed up for the twelfth 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.livestream.com/whithour (new [Keep Reading…]
Introducing StartUXs
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 [Keep Reading…]
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