It’s a funny thing — the more you share your opinions openly, the more people ask you for them. As the year is coming to a close, if you’re thinking about starting a blog next year or writing more frequently on the one you already have, don’t just make an empty resolution. STICK TO IT. [...]
Entries Tagged as 'User Experience'
What I learned in 2011 and my predictions for 2012
December 19th, 2011 · 4 Comments · Articles, Customer Experience, User Experience
Follow-up to “You’re not a user experience designer if…”
June 7th, 2011 · 8 Comments · Blogging, Community, User Experience
The blog post I wrote about six weeks ago titled, You’re not a user experience designer if…, got way more attention than I ever could have predicted — in fact, I think it got the most traffic of any post I’ve ever written. Sure, it’s an antagonistic title and that always gets people riled up. [...]
Silver Winner of the Inaugural User Experience Awards
June 7th, 2011 · 1 Comment · Awards, User Experience
I am incredibly honored to have won an award at last night’s User Experience Awards at the Parsons School of Design. I was awarded one of four Silver prizes for my work on the Boxee beta application, and was given the distinction of Best User Centered Design Process. Wow! Thank you so much to the [...]
Tags:Awards·Props·User Experience
Design Principles: The Philosophy of UX
May 4th, 2011 · 6 Comments · Conferences, Design, User Experience
On Monday, I had the honor and privilege of presenting a new talk at An Event Apart Boston 2011, titled Design Principles: The Philosophy of UX. This is my third year speaking at AEA and it never gets less exhilarating — and terrifying! Design Principles: The Philosophy of UX View more presentations from Whitney Hess. [...]
Tags:Consulting·Design·Pleasure·Props·Speaking·User Experience
You’re not a user experience designer if…
April 23rd, 2011 · 82 Comments · Industry, User Experience
The UX field is booming. It seems like the number of user experience practitioners has doubled in the last year — from newbies who’ve just entered the workforce, to mid-career changes, to folks who’ve been doing this all along but finally found out what to call themselves. It’s incredibly reassuring to finally see a long [...]
