It’s been a few weeks in the making, but today boxee announced that they’ve hired me to help redesign their user experience from the ground up. If you haven’t heard of boxee, where have you been hiding? They’ve been in the top 10 trending topics on Twitter for the past month. They’re blowing up the [...]
Entries from December 18th, 2008
Redesigning the boxee experience
December 18th, 2008 · 20 Comments · Consulting, User Experience
Tags:Consulting·Design·Methodology·Pleasure·Startups·User Experience·Video
Class Schedule for MFA in Interaction Design at SVA
December 17th, 2008 · No Comments · Design, Education
A couple weeks ago I told you about the super awesome new MFA in Interaction Design program launching at the School of Visual Arts in New York City next fall. The first-year schedule is now public! Take a look… SEMESTER ONE, FALL 2009 Monday 2:00-4:50PM Strategic Innovation in Product/Service Design Monday 6:00-8:50PM Interaction Design Fundamentals [...]
Congrats to the winners of Mashable’s 2008 Open Web Awards
December 16th, 2008 · No Comments · Awards
The winners of Mashable’s 2008 Open Web Awards were announced today. Congratulations to everyone! Mainstream & Large Scale Social Networks Winner: Netlog Runner-up: Platinum Lounge Embeddable Widgets Winner: Qoof Runner-up: Sprout Blog Plugins Winner: ShareThis Runner-up: AddThis Social News Winner: Help a Reporter Out Runner-up: Hubdub Social Networking Applications Winner: Artition Runner-up: Digsby Social Bookmarking [...]
I’ll be on Jeffrey Zeldman’s panel at SXSW 2009
December 15th, 2008 · 3 Comments · Conferences
The supremely awesome Jeffrey Zeldman of Happy Cog surprised me the other day by asking me to be on his panel, “From Freelance to Agency: Start Small, Stay Small” at the 2009 SXSW Interactive Festival in Austin, TX. The other panelists will include content strategist extraordinaire Kristina Halvorson and acclaimed magazine designer Roger Black (with [...]
Nate Westheimer is the next organizer of NY Tech Meetup
December 12th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Events
Here are the results of the 2008 election for the next organizer of the NY Tech Meetup: A big congratulations to Nate Westheimer for his landslide victory. And a loving kudos to my friends Sanford Dickert and Oz Sultan for all their efforts. Can’t wait to see what Nate will do in the new year. [...]
