Midwest UX is now accepting registrations. It looks like it’s shaping up to be a great event. There will be 3 keynote speakers: Christina Wodtke, Abby Covert & Karl Fast. Looking forward to this event in Grand Rapids! The next Akron UX Meetup event will be on Weds, Sept 11 at the Tannery in downtown…
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A Kickstarter that could have been inspired by Bret Victor’s talk!
Check out this kick-starter–it feels like it could have been inspired by the Bret Victor talk on the future of programming. NoFlo Development Environment
Read moreFantastic talk on the dangers of dogma
Bret Viktor on the Future of Programming This talk is amazing–his approach reminds me a lot of reading an article by Atul Gawande (one of my personal heroes). The best kind of constructive criticism.
Read moreThe Unintended Consequences Of The Publicis And Omnicom Merger
Probably a smart move, I don’t know nor do I particularly care. But what I do know is that holding companies have shifted the priorities of the agencies they hold from ideas to money. This mega-merger will only accelerate that trend. Read the rest here. Keen insights from Will Burns to which I can only…
Read moreWhat I’m Reading this week
Great remedial article well worth reading–4 forgotten principles of usability testing Insights on productivity from Joss Whedon, who must be doing something right…http://www.fastcocreate.com/1683167/how-to-be-prolific-guidelines-for-getting-it-done-from-joss-whedon Fast Company has a great piece called “You Tell Me if This Word Processing App is Worth $15 Million. .http://www.fastcodesign.com/1673153/you-tell-me-if-this-word-processing-app-is-worth-15-million#1 Here’s the best line: Because the alternative–and it’s a pretty dark one, I warn you–is…
Read moreUX gets the attention of Business (again)
The Rise of UX Leadership is a recent post on the Harvard Business Review blog. Fortunately, there is a great training ground for new UX leadership: the startup market. MBAs and other aspiring professionals are seizing the opportunity to create something new, emulating start-up heroes like Mark Zuckerberg, Jack Dorsey and Dennis Crowley. Not all of…
Read moreInformation Artist
A new title–Heather Dewey-Hagborg calls herself an Information Artist. She creates portraits in the form of masks derived from DNA she collects from detritus on the street–cigarette butts, chewing gum.* She uses a 3-D printer to create her masks. View some of the pieces from Stranger Visions. From the article: “If you care about privacy,…
Read moreInfoGraphic: The Disciplines of User Experience Design
The Disciplines of User Experience Design infographic by envisprecisely. Interesting infographic as much for the way it can be criticized as for what it captures effectively. Needless to say, you will never be able to make everyone happy when we’re all so busy with our silos and empire building (aiming this criticism at myself as…
Read moreMidwest UX
Just a plug for Midwest UX, a regional conference that started a couple years ago and has been a roaring success. Strong speaker line up, reasonable registration costs.Karl has attended the last two years as a speaker, I’ll be attending for the first time this year. Looking forward to spending a few days in lovely…
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UX Designer Memes
This should probably be a TGIF post, but it’s too delicious not to post today: Siliconrepublic’s “Career Meme of the Week is the UX Designer.” My personal favorites: “I don’t always user test 3 prototypes but when I do, the users like the one that was included as an afterthought.” (superimposed over the Dos Equis…
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