Blog of Much Holding

Writing up research findings… # Still writing up research findings… #UX # Still writing up research findings (I'm determined to get this draft done today) and wishing I was in LA with @dvdgeeks and @televixen…#UX # Oh, Omnigraffle Pro –…

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W00T! All the personas are created and validated against our field data. Now on to final finding definition… #UX # RT @BreakingNews: BULLETIN — ACTRESS FARRAH FAUCETT HAS DIED. # Wow, Michael Jackson is dead. Again… Wow. # Powered by…

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User research data analysis, day 2. Still going well, and should have draft personas defined by end of the day… #UX # Day 2 of data analysis complete: 4 draft personas, 2 aligned by a common theme, were created. Thanks…

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Finally shook the last of this cold, thanks to a deep sleep (courtesy Tylenol PM and 2 gin and tonics – for purely medicinal purposes). # RIP Ed McMahon http://www.CNN.com # Coming this Christmas, all the actors who played The…

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Ah, Monday… You confound me so. # Merging interview data from excel into word, to print out stickers for an affinity exercise, is – surprisingly – not very exciting. #UX # Hmm… How Apple and At&t are closing the mobile…

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Well, I needed a good nights sleep – didn't get it. Now I'm off to buy a Nintendo DSi for my son Neal's early birthday present… # Hmm… Paramount and Sony potentially merging? Here's reax/analysis to the rumor (from @DrewAtHitFix):…

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My official title in my day job was, for a long time, “User Experience Designer”. I now go by the more prestigious title “User Experience Architect,” which looks better on the business card but, like my earlier one, is a…

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At Target, getting steaks to fix for the wife… Yes, fathers day weekend, and I'm fixing dinner… # Heh – Shatner gives Conan his own version of the Vulcan salute – with one finger… http://digg.com/d1uC1y #startrek #Spockyou'rehalfhuman # @amyhillman So,…

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Whether you are a fan of Obama or not, this video of John Hodgman from the Radio and TV Correspondents’ Dinner yesterday is comedy GOLD, especially for geeks like me. [youtube]yW7OPByRGDY[/youtube]

Morning, feeling a little better thanks to nyquil, dayquil and sleep. On my way to the Apple store to get you-know-what. # Over 100 people in line at the Apple store at Mall of GA… And they just told us…

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Meh. # @amyhillman When you get your iPhone tomorrow you have to install Tweetdeck, just released. O. M. G. # @megUX heh, that's awesome. Enjoy the spa! in reply to megUX # Beginning to feel symptoms of a head cold……

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It's too early to deal with government employees, but I'm doing it anyway. Need more coffee. # Meetings, I have meetings… # Finally I leave work. 12 hours after my day started. Lots of stuff accomplished, but I be pooped.…

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Good morning Internets! # Reviewing video from last week's user research, taking notes… # Had a couple of good meetings, successfully pitched my next research project, and now, I'm off. I'm also leaving. # Diane, it's 6:15 PM. Just read…

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Back from a day at Six Flags with the family. Condition: exhausted. Skin color? Steamed-lobster red. # Major spoilers for David Tennant's last Doctor Who (including info on 2 big guest stars) here: http://is.gd/12Xo1 # Powered by Twitter Tools.

Returned home from #PDX to find the water in our white trash pool was greener than my grass. Algaecide & two pool filters later, all is well # @mindykaling Yup, I'm gonna go see it again this afternoon (listening to…

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