Yesterday I got to hear John Maeda speak at Sabre as part of the Wundermind series of speakers. I've read John's book (The Laws of Simplicity), and really enjoyed it. He gave a great presentation - it's rare to hear someone who really gets both technology and design (and he's ...

Awhile back I posted my "Universe of User Experience", where I wanted to show all the pieces that needed to come together to create a great experience. This was very helpful in educating people on what User Experience was and why all the pieces were necessary. But this did not ...

SXSWi has come and gone again, this was my fourth time to attend and it just keeps getting bigger every year. When I first visited in 2003 (or was it 2002?) Bruce Sterling was still throwing SXSWi parties at his home and FROG Design hosted everyone in their office, ...

Even if you're not a comic collector and could never pass for "comic book guy" on the Simpsons, that doesn't mean you don't read comics. How about how-tos in home improvement books? Instruction manuals for various electronics, or even the calm as a "hindu-cow" passengers showing you how to evacuate ...

I know we probably don't need another post describing the chasm between Marketing and Design, but here we go ;-) In recent years I've seen Marketing destroy good experiences for political reasons, timelines, advertising, and turf-wars. Of course these are the things that bother us Designers most. We want ...

User Experience has been defined and visually demonstrated many times before, but I've never really seen the "nuts-and-bolts" of a User Experience project listed in a way that's easy to understand. I've come across many people who just don't know what goes into a UX project, and also don't ...

Where do you go to look for new hires? Monster.com maybe? What if you're looking for that perfect culture fit, an individual that both has the skills and that je ne sais quoi you're looking for? Monster.com can easily tell you (if they are telling the truth) the skill set ...

Do you work in a creative workspace? If you work at Pixar or Google you do. Doesn't everyone work better in a relaxing, comfortable, creative environment? If so, then why are so many office spaces the standard "cube it" and "blue it". If you had a chance to ...