I started this blog two years ago on January 10, 2008 with a post titled, Genesis. I didn’t know at the time just how fitting a word it was. It truly marked the beginning of my re-creation. Since then I’ve published 447 posts (including this one), received 1,491 comments, and had 159,031 unique visitors. The [Keep Reading…]
Whit Hour – Week 3
Thank you so much to the 20 or so folks who showed up for the third 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. Sorry for the last-minute day change. I was stuck in [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!
WordPress 2.8 is released
I use WordPress to power this blog so I always like to take a close look at new versions to see if they will help or hurt my workflow. Over a year ago I wrote extensively about WordPress 2.5, which was a drastic overhaul of all aspects of the admin tool. I failed to write [Keep Reading…]
Anonymous Commenters
Ever pick up Maxim magazine? It’s topical for men’s issues. Same concept. Not a limitation. Just topical relevance. Originally posted as a comment by openminded. Dear “openminded” (and other anonymous commenters): You’re allowed to have an opposing viewpoint. In fact, I welcome it! But when you don’t use your real name, your comments hold no [Keep Reading…]
This email is bloggable
Last month I got an email from Jonathan Berger, whom I had met briefly at NY Tech Meetup several months back. He just launched an online vintage marketplace called Market Publique and wanted to spread the news (I’ve already bought two items from it and it’s actually pretty rad). I get a lot of emails [Keep Reading…]
A blogger’s worst nightmare
When you hit Save Draft and you get this message: WordPress Failure Notice: Your attempt to edit this post has failed. Please try again. Luckily for me, when I hit the Back button I discovered that WordPress had auto-saved the draft and none of my edits were lost. Still, perhaps they should consider using a [Keep Reading…]
My Top 10 User Experience Design Blogs on Blogs.com
Wendy Taylor, editor of Six Apart‘s Blogs.com, recently got in touch to see if I’d be interested in being a guest author to create a list of the 10 Best User Experience Design Blogs. Of course I jumped at the chance. Mindful of this honor and opportunity, I was very careful about the blogs that [Keep Reading…]
In the Press
Inspired by my good friend Matthew Knell, I’ve added a Press page to this site to highlight some of the awesome articles in which I’ve been mentioned. I always get a thrill when asked to contribute my thoughts as a user experience designer or to be featured for my work. It’s truly an honor. If [Keep Reading…]
Answering Your Questions
I check my blog analytics pretty regularly. I like to know how many people are visiting, coming from where, for how long, reading what, etc. My keyword activity, the search terms that lead people to my blog, is particularly interesting and hilarious. I realize that I have a sultry blog title, and as a result [Keep Reading…]
