[This post is part of a series on Mentors and Heroes]
Who needs a plumber when you have Twitter?
I’m a do-it-yourself kinda girl, so instead of putting in a work order with the building staff, I’d prefer to at least try to fix things around the apartment myself. Lately I’ve been noticing a problem with my dishwasher, so I thought I’d ask Twitter: Not surprisingly, I got a lot of great advice. Here’s [Keep Reading…]
Twitter Redesigns Follower and Following Pages
Today Twitter launched a redesign of the Following and Followers pages. By default the Expanded view is displayed, but you can switch to the List view in the top left: It’ll still show you 20 people per page, but without the location and last tweet sent. On the right side of each username are two [Keep Reading…]
So you wanna be a user experience designer — Step 1: Resources
Pretty much every single day I get a tweet, email, or in person request for information on how to get started in the field of user experience. I’ve recently had a few people reach out to me even asking me to mentor them throughout the process. Given that I often find myself repeating the same [Keep Reading…]
Who is Amanda Jahn’s mentor?
[This post is part of a series on Mentors and Heroes] Amanda Jahn is a lead user experience designer at Yahoo! in London where she leads UX for Yahoo! Answers globally. Previously she was a web designer for Investis. Follow her on Twitter @yahnyinlondon. Amanda Jahn’s mentors are… Wesley Corbett, Head of Design at [Keep Reading…]
Widgets on Pleasure and Pain
A few weeks ago my lovely friend Livia Labate asked me what widgets I use in the sidebar of this blog. Since I thought it might be interesting information for everyone, I’m posting it here. Twitter Widget Google Calendar embed Dopplr blog badge Disqus recent comments widget Amazon Carousel Widget MyBlogLog Recent Readers Widget Enjoy!
An Event Apart Boston was wicked good
I had the immense pleasure of presenting at An Event Apart in Boston on Monday. My talk titled DIY UX: Give Your Users an Upgrade (without calling in a pro) got a lot of great responses. Here are just a few: And I really loved this one: It’s so amazing when you can have an [Keep Reading…]
Ultra Light User Experience
A couple months ago Graham Lawlor asked me to be on the July panel for Ultra Light Startups, a group of entrepreneurs who collaborate to help each other launch startups quicker and cheaper. Their events have a unique format. As Graham describes it, “The first hour is ‘introductions by elevator pitch’ where people give a [Keep Reading…]
In case of fire: Do Not Use Twitter
Last week this photo was posted to BuzzFeed and made the rounds on Twitter. It’s originally from johnpiercy on Flickr. I think it looks doctored, but John isn’t sure. It’s just too hilarious to be real! What do you think? P.S. If I was caught in or near a fire, I definitely WOULD use Twitter. [Keep Reading…]
Who is Chris Fahey’s hero?
[This post is part of a series on Mentors and Heroes] Chris Fahey is a co-founder of Behavior, an interaction design consultancy, and is on the inaugural faculty of the School of Visual Arts’ new MFA program in Interaction Design, starting in the fall of 2009. He writes about user experience design on his blog [Keep Reading…]
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