As someone who has hired UX designers and also been brought in to implement UX design principles into a company (who had no understanding of the discipline), I have some opinions on this question. Here’s the main one: UX designers…
Featured Articles, Geek, TV, Twin Peaks
On Twin Peaks The Return… “A place both wonderful and strange”
“Man… woman… birth… death… Infinity.” Opening to Ben Casey So, we finally have an ending. And it’s one that is both perfect and maddening simultaneously. When you look of pop culture today, you see a world of sequels, reboots and…
Movies, Neglected Cinema
Goodnight, Nutty Professor: Jerry Lewis, RIP
I was driving home form a visit with my Mom when I saw an alert on my phone. Thinking it was a text message or a traffic bulletin, I glance down. And froze. I knew he was old. The last…
Featured Articles, UX Articles
How to get hired as a #UX designer (if you’ve never done it before)
There’s a high demand for user experience professionals these days – LinkedIn recently listed UX designer as one of the top 10 hot tech jobs in 2017. If you are interested in the discipline, but don’t have any practical experience…
Disney, Geek
The ultimate Walt Disney World itinerary
There is a LOT to do in Walt Disney World, and many people can only afford to go once a lifetime. If this is you, and want to get the most out of your Disney trip, here are my thoughts…
Apple, Featured Articles, UX Articles
Lessons in #UX: On Discoverability and Learnability, where Apple doesn’t “just work”
A couple of months ago the New York Times features a very interesting article discussing the newest features that were being added to Apple’s iOS devices. More an op-ed than a news story, the piece interviewed developers and end user…
Disney, Geek
Simple and easy tips to maximize your Walt Disney World vacation
I’m a Disney fanboy. Specifically I’m a Disney Parks fanboy. Even more specifically, Walt Disney World. As I live in Atlanta, I’m only an hour and a half flight away from the (second) house the Mouse built, and I try…
Geek, Movies, My Quora answers
How would you rank all the James Bond movies?
I’d rank them based on six criteria: Plot – Does it make sense in the context of the world of James Bond? Or does random weird stuff just happen? Action – Are the action sequences impressive, even after repeated viewings?…
Featured Articles, Technology, UX Articles
Lessons in #UX: How a Design Thinking workshop can help create new experiences
In my many years as a user experience designer I have tried many different techniques and approaches to “kickstart” projects. After identifying what worked and what didn’t, I “landed on” the Design Thinking workshop as my “go forward” strategy. Design…
Geek, Movies
War for the Planet of the Apes a great finale to the prequel series
A quick mini-review noting that as an apeophile (that is, a fan of the Planet of the Apes series) I am incredibly pleased with the newest and final film in the prequel trilogy. If you had told me in 2010…
Movies, Neglected Cinema
Remembering Robocop 3, a middling finale to a series that should have had no sequels
It’s hard to believe that the original Robocop came out thirty years ago this month. For young me, that film was a revelation. It was one of the first movies I saw in the theatre that completely blew me away…
Geek, Movies
Becoming Bond is an entertaining look at the forgotten 007
George Lazenby was a good Bond. That is not a popular opinion, and his one-and-done turn as 007 in On Her Majesty’s Secret Service is a semi-obscure pop culture punch line for the “worst career decision ever”. The full story…
Geek, TV
A celebration of Adam West
This one was tough. I heard about the passing of Adam West from a text message from my sister as I was about to set sail on a seven day cruise with my family – I was sitting in a…
Disney, Featured Articles, Geek, Movies
Star Wars at 40
40 years ago today, a little movie called Star Wars was released. I hear it was pretty good and was fairly well received. In all seriousness, and with no interest in blasphemy, our pop culture should be split into two…
Movies
RIP Roger Moore
When you think of our culture, there are very few things that people ages 8 to 80 have in common. McDonalds, Superman, Coca Cola. And 007. When I heard of the passing of Roger Moore this morning, it was on…
Movies, My Quora answers
Why do movies made by Orson Welles struggle to make money in the box office despite many of them being considered masterpieces?
Several reasons. First off, he was doing independent films for a significant chunk of his career. Because of that he did not have the studio system to promote and distribute his films, so he was facing significant headwinds even getting…