Receiving a request from someone who wants to translate your blog posts into other languages is thrilling and humbling. It’s such an honor to know that these pieces resonate with anyone at all — but to find out that they cross geographical and cultural barriers is truly amazing! Here are some of the translations I [...]
Entries from July 24th, 2010
Evaluations of my STC Summit 2010 talks
July 14th, 2010 · 3 Comments · Conferences
A few months ago I wrote about my experience presenting at STC Summit in Dallas — my first time speaking at an event outside of UX and web design. Yesterday I received the evaluations of my two talks — 10 Most Common Misconceptions About User Experience Design and Evangelizing Yourself — and I’m quite pleased [...]
Whose life is this?
July 12th, 2010 · 5 Comments · Pleasure
As my 28th birthday comes to a close, I can’t help but reflect on the past year. I experienced the deepest love, faced my greatest fears, and found accomplishments I never knew I could have. Life feels like it’s happening to me, like I’m largely out of control. And perhaps I am, but I need [...]
Tags:Pleasure·Realizations
Email of the Week: I Do Software
July 7th, 2010 · 2 Comments · E-mails
Recently got this zinger in my inbox: Sorry if I find your site overwhelming. And I don’t want to be a UX designer. And I am too busy to blog or tweet. But I do software. So knowing about UX design is not an issue for me. That was the beginning. The rest was asking [...]
Tags:Humor·Pain·User Experience
My Best Advice for Conducting User Interviews
July 7th, 2010 · 30 Comments · Research, User Experience
In a previous life, I was a Professional Writing major and part-time journalist. I contributed to my school’s student newspaper, as well as the faculty and staff newspaper, and almost every week for two years, I wrote an arts column for the Pittsburgh City Paper — Western PA’s leading alternative newsweekly [read my old clips]. [...]
Tags:Methodology·User Research
