Remember when being a sci-fi or fantasy fan was FUN? Yeah, I know – it seems like a long time ago, right? Those days are gone, especially if you have a presence on the toxic beast that is social media.…
Geek, Movies, TV
Fandom is not a zero-sum game
Featured Articles, Technology, UX Articles
Why UX is more than “making something pretty”
I’ve seen a frustrating trend lately regarding how many outside of user experience teams think of the discipline. Their opinion may be simply ignorance, or may have been influenced by how UX folks on our side “sold” themselves (or the…
My Quora answers, UX Articles
How can one apply design thinking to develop a good mobile app?
Some suggestions: Identify the problem you are trying to solve in the design. Is it to accomplish a task, to enjoy a free moment, to communicate or capture a moment? Have a clear-cut problem statement and direction for what you…
Geek, Movies
The best movie scores of all time (IMO)
This article was recently posted online, listing the top 50 soundtracks of all time. As a fan of film music, I eagerly clicked on this list – and was profoundly disappointed. Apparently the author of this list barely considered any…
UX Articles
Why AI and UX projects have a lot in common
As I work on more and more Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning engagements, I’m seeing more similarities to UX engagements than differences. Compare and contrast: User Experience design is an iterative process. UX practitioners learn, define a candidate experience, test…
Geek, Movies, TV
Celebrating the talented people we lost in 2018
It’s that time of year, the time where we cast off the shackles of the previous year and look forward to the opportunities that the new one will present. I decided to take one more look back, though, to contemplate…
Apple, Technology, UX Articles
The commoditization of UX
Let’s go back in time a bit – over a decade ago. Macworld, 2007. Steve Jobs stood before a crowd of True Believers and revealed not just one, but THREE revolutionary new products. A new, Innovative widescreen iPod. A next-generation…
UX Articles
Lessons in UX: I’m a lumberjack, and that’s OK.
I’ve already written about how, when I approach a design problem, I start with the assumption that “I am probably wrong.” Now I’d like to write about a way you can “test” and refine your designs without taking them to…
UX Articles
The World is Changing: UX in the Enterprise
I love movie trailers… Especially older trailers, because A) they didn’t reveal the entire movie’s plot in 2 minutes time and B) they had the BEST voice-overs. Orson Welles, for example, did the voice over for the first trailer for…
Family
Me, Alphabetically
Available/Single? Nope. Best Friend? She Who Must Be Obeyed (see previous answer) Cake or Pie? Pie. Key Lime, or Cherry. Drink of choice? Coffee in the morning, water during the day, some fine wine or scotch in the evening. Essential…
UX Articles
Lessons in UX: The Cambrian Explosion of UI Design (and where we are now)
“How do you use this?” Whenever any new piece of technology is released, this is the core (usually unspoken) question that consumers of said technology have. How does it work? What does it do? The better designed devices and applications…
Movies
RIP Burt Reynolds
This is one of the tough ones. Celebrity deaths happen all the time – and so many celebrities of my youth have already passed. And yet… sometimes, sometimes the passing of one particular celebrity means more. A lot more. For…
Featured Articles, UX Articles
How to Avoid “UX Theatre”
I’ve been involved in a lot of projects in my many MANY years as a UX professional – some good, some bad, most… interesting. One thing I’m beginning to see as a trend is the rise of what I consider…
Family, Technology, UX Articles
The #UX of Vacations: How technology can provide a better experience
It’s summertime, and to many of us that means one thing: vacation. I’m one such person, with two trips scheduled, with a third (potentially) in the offering. Travel of any sort often comes many anxieties… Delayed flights, lost reservations, and…
Featured Articles, Technology, UX Articles
Little Moments: How technology connects us more, not less
Scott Adams, the creator of Dilbert, published a blog posting a while back that claimed that technology was making us more self-involved and narcissistic, that the end result of this self-centeredness would be a culture of sociopaths who are more…
Geek
Twitter thread on one of the best toy lines ever, Micronauts
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