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Interaction ‘10

February 22, 2010
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It’s been almost two weeks now since I returned from Interaction ‘10 in Savannah, which was a fantastic conference packed with phenomenal people and content. Now that I’ve had some time to reflect (and recover from post-conference illness), here are some of my takeaways.

Meaning
Finding and providing meaning in the products and services we create was [...]

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Welcome! and some thoughts from Alan Cooper

August 18, 2009
Angel on skype with Alan Cooper

Flipping through my notebook recently, I came across my notes from our second LA UX Book Club meeting. We discussed About Face 3, and were lucky enough to have a phone Q&A with the original author and inventor of personas, Alan Cooper. I thought it would be great, along with the public launch of this [...]

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Presenting Nudge to IxDA LA

July 31, 2009

A few weeks ago, I presented an introduction to the Nudge concepts at the LA IxDA meeting. This was my first UX public speaking appearance, and I was pretty nervous leading up to it, but I think it went well. The audience (though small) seemed pretty engaged and interested, I had a lot of fun [...]

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I started a UX Book Club

July 27, 2009
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In December of last year, I started seeing a lot buzz on Twitter about a new wave of local book groups under the global banner of UX Book Club. I got really excited, because I realized I’ve been hoping for something exactly like this.  Motivation to read the books I’m always meaning toread, and a [...]

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