[This post is part of a series on Mentors and Heroes] Chris Baum is a user experience consultant and the Editor-in-Chief of Boxes and Arrows, a peer-written journal for designers. Previously he was a senior project manager at eTrade and Jaman.com, an online social cinema company. Follow him on Twitter @cb. Chris Baum’s hero [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…]
Help me celebrate my 1st year of self-employment
It’s hard to believe that it’s already been a year since I quit my full-time job to give independent consulting a try. In a nutshell, it was the best decision I’ve ever made. I plan on writing a longer post to wrap up the year, but in the meantime I wanted to invite you all [Keep Reading…]
Who is Spencer Fry’s mentor?
[This post is part of a series on Mentors and Heroes] Spencer Fry is a partner and CEO of Carbonmade, an online portfolio website for creative professionals. He is also the founder of the design magazine Burstoid. Follow him on Twitter @spencerfry. Spencer Fry’s mentor is… Paul Fry, English Professor at Yale University How [Keep Reading…]
Who is Todd Zaki Warfel’s hero?
[This post is part of a series on Mentors and Heroes] Todd Zaki Warfel is a founding partner and design researcher at Messagefirst, a consulting firm. He is also the author of the upcoming book A Practitioner’s Guide to Prototyping. Follow him on Twitter @zakiwarfel. Todd Zaki Warfel’s heroes are… Paul Shaffer, [Keep Reading…]
Who is Mike Pratt’s mentor?
[This post is part of a series on Mentors and Heroes] Michael J. Pratt is the co-founder of the Style Coalition, a group of independent online fashion and beauty publishers, and the COO/CTO of Gift Girl. He is also a partner in a statistical arbitrage hedge fund. Follow him on Twitter @mikepratt. Mike [Keep Reading…]
The first Whit Hour was a success
Last night from 9-10pm Eastern Time I hosted my first Whit Hour — a new weekly video chat in which I answer people’s questions about user experience, consulting, and anything else they ask. I had an absolute blast and surprisingly talked non-stop — not something I’m particularly comfortable with, but there were just so many [Keep Reading…]
Who is Keith Lang’s hero?
[This post is part of a series on Mentors and Heroes] Keith Lang is a co-founder and interaction designer at plasq.com, makers of the award-winning Comic Life and Skitch — one of my all-time favorite apps. Follow him on Twitter @songcarver. Keith Lang’s hero is… Doug Engelbart, Computer Pioneer How long have you [Keep Reading…]
Whit Hour starts August 2 at 9pm ET
The results are in. Receiving 27% of the 116 total votes, the most preferred time for Whit Hour, my new weekly “office hour” via video chat, is Sundays from 9-10pm Eastern Time. I’ll be using TinyChat, at least for now. You can join the video conference at http://tinychat.com/whitney with the password whithour. Come one, come [Keep Reading…]
Who is Lou Rosenfeld’s mentor?
[This post is part of a series on Mentors and Heroes] Louis Rosenfeld is an independent information architecture consultant, and founder and publisher of Rosenfeld Media, a publishing house focused on user experience books. He is the co-author of Information Architecture for the World Wide Web. Follow him on Twitter @louisrosenfeld. Lou Rosenfeld’s [Keep Reading…]
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