I’m behind on summing up my thoughts on this year’s SXSW Interactive. A lot of people have panned the conference, saying “SXSW sucks,” “SXSW is dead,” and more constructively, “the conference isn’t that good.” Fast Company called the keynote with Twitter co-founder and CEO Evan Williams, “the most horrifically devastating keynote presentation in SXSW history,” [...]
Entries from March 26th, 2010
SXSW Interactive: Never As Good As the First Time
March 26th, 2010 · 11 Comments · Conferences, Pain
My 20 Guiding Principles for UX Design on Monster.com’s InsideTech
March 26th, 2010 · 3 Comments · Articles
Last month I mentioned that UX Magazine would now be syndicating some of the content from Pleasure and Pain. A couple weeks ago they republished my Guiding Principles for UX Designers post, which then in turn got picked up by Monster.com’s InsideTech, a “meeting place for IT professionals.” The article has more than 2,600 views [...]
See For Yourself on Johnny Holland Magazine
March 18th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Articles, User Experience
Yesterday the wonderful Johnny Holland Magazine published my essay, See For Yourself: About the Power of Observing. The article, or more accurately, rant, is all about how imperative it is for user experience designers to actively observe the world around us on a regular basis. Re-reading it now, it feels quite different than most of [...]
Can Leadership Be Learned?
March 6th, 2010 · 12 Comments · Consulting, Strategy
The words both start with L-E-A, but can leadership really be learned? As a consultant, I have the pleasure and challenge to work with a variety of different teams. I am a team of one, but I collaborate with agency teams (such as Happy Cog, whom I’m working with on the US Holocaust Memorial Museum [...]
Around the World in 80 Days
March 6th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Conferences, Travel
In thinking about my upcoming travel schedule, the classic French adventure novel Around the World in 80 Days (Le tour du monde en 80 jours) popped into my head. Then I quickly looked at the calendar and counted the days – exactly 80 days from today. I have a few upcoming speaking engagements, a couple [...]
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