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  A Day In The Life of a User Experience Professional

  8 FEBRUARY 2010 / COMMENTS (0)

  l often get requests to describe what I do. Either the interested party just wants to figure out what the heck User Experience is or how one can get a job doing it. So instead of defining what I do I thought I’d give you a quick glance into my…

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  Reflections from UXCamp DC

  25 JANUARY 2010 / COMMENTS (0)

  I have witnessed the future. And it is User Experience. This past Saturday, I had the distinct pleasure to learn, share, and socialize with my peers. The venue- an Arts-based charter school in Northwest DC. The event- UXCamp DC. If you haven’t attended a “barcamp” before then you are missing out.…

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  The User Experience Revolution

  21 SEPTEMBER 2009 / COMMENTS (1)

  While perusing a copy of the latest Macworld magazine I realized that the advertisements from software companies highlighted design and ease of use. As a matter of fact, the company that makes Mailplane; a Gmail client for the Mac, is named Uncomplex. So what happened to PC World magazine software…

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  Great Design Isn't Free

  10 SEPTEMBER 2009 / COMMENTS (5)

  Everyone is not a designer. Most designers aren’t great. Great design is based upon research, creative churn, experience, and flat out top notch execution. Let me be clear- this is why great design isn’t free. More and more we are asked to do homepage compositions for proposals. We don’t get paid…

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