Money is a topic that most people dance around because they don’t want to be rude, or tacky, or misunderstood. But if we avoid talking about it, we avoid learning a very essential part of our business and our industry. In order to thrive as a professional community, we need to have a strong handle [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Startups'
My SXSW Core Conversation: “Breaking Taboos: Pros Get Real About Money Matters”
March 7th, 2011 · 3 Comments · Career, Conferences, Consulting, Startups
Tags:Career·Conferences·Consulting·Learning·Speaking·Startups
NY Tech Meetup — March 2011
March 3rd, 2011 · No Comments · Events, Startups
It’s been a really long time since I’ve done a NY Tech Meetup roundup, but Tuesday night’s event was so great that I thought it would be worth posting my tweets here. I know it’s not much, but it’s all I’ve got. The presenters were: RadBox Tout SocialWorkout Tim Soo‘s Invisible Instruments Aviary Crisp Media [...]
Why I detest the term “Lean UX”
February 27th, 2011 · 17 Comments · Design, Startups, User Experience
Any user experience designer worth their salt takes the needs of the company they’re serving into account and adapts their approach accordingly — identifying the appropriate process, methods and tools to get the job done. This has been the case for as long as information architecture and interaction design have been in practice. Rigid methodology [...]
Tags:Argument·Design·Methodology·Pain·Startups·User Experience
Introducing StartUXs
August 2nd, 2010 · 4 Comments · Consulting, Startups
I’m very excited to be the guest author on this week’s 52weeksofUX, a blog by Josh Porter and Josh Brewer, two people I greatly admire. My topic is the increasingly crucial role that user experience design plays in the success of a startup. I called the piece StartUXs (get it? startups with an X instead [...]










