a few observations

I just finished the second pair of weeks as part of the firm Tangible. Things have really started to pick up. In the last two weeks, I have put together 4 project proposals, met with 3 potential clients in person and 2 by phone. I have had lunches and coffees with a couple of developers and a couple of interaction designers and with my partners. I have spent hours on the phone and sending emails with my partners. I signed up for Yahoo!’s Hack Day. I gave a brown-bag talk in San Diego and today I received the contract from O’Reilly for our book.

It has been ages since I have felt so energized by my work and the profession of user experience design. I have so much to do, so many really cool opportunities in the works. I feel like a kid in the candy store who doesn’t know what to do first or where to focus. I start really working on my first design project next week. I have started writing the book…

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about erin malone

My expertise is developing and designing interactive experiences—software and web applications and tools—that enable people to be more productive and efficient in their life and work. I have worked closely with and directed the efforts of interaction designers, visual designers, user researchers, technologists, technical writers and information architects across various product efforts, brand initiatives and interactive projects at Yahoo!, AOL, AltaVista and other companies.

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