10 most common misconceptions of user experience design
(meant to blog this when it came out and obviously I forgot) whitney hess writes a timely and well thought out article about common misconceptions in user exper...
Author: erin
chair IXD bfa program at California College of the Arts :: printmaker and author
What’s coming next?
The other night at dinner, a friend asked how the book was coming and what part I was working on now. I mentioned I was writing about communication and activity...
Upcoming speaking events
The conference season is coming up and I will be speaking and teaching a host of workshops in the coming months. Should be an interesting spring talking about p...
Expanding the toolset to include Fireworks
As I have made the transition to consulting and back to hands on work, I find that the tools I have been using are insufficient for my needs. I can wireframe an...
to consider in the new year
from the blog TheHappinessProject a post about new year’s resolutions and writing up your personal commandments. The author has her 12 for the year but at...
Worth Watching
BJ Fogg and a bunch of other really smart people from Stanford are looking at the psychology of Facebook and how persuasion in the social environment affects be...
The New MFA in Interaction Design at School of Visual Arts in NYC
The School of Visual Arts is taking applications for its very first MFA in Interaction Design. I am proud to say that my friend and former colleague at Boxes an...
Writing and Styling and Posting, oh my
As the writing of the book hits a good momentum, we are starting to share our work with our editors and the patterns with the public. It’s an interesting ...
Opening up our book writing process
As Christian and I start to get deeper into our book, we have discussed between ourselves and our editor, the idea of opening the process up to those interested...
yes we can! wow!
last night as the polls were closing and the election data was coming in, I stayed up to date by flipping around the tv channels AND visiting several websites. ...
sometimes life gets in the way
i have had grandiose plans to blog frequently but then lately lots of things have come up and i keep forgetting. the book writing is in full swing and we are wo...
Moderating People
There is a really good article in the San Francisco Chronicle today about the Community team at flickr – run by Heather Champ. The article discusses the d...
thoughts on transitions
i was having a phone conversation today with a potential client and professional colleague when she asked me if i had thought about submitting a proposal to the...
having a passion outside the job
Folks who know me, know that I spend most of my spare time being a photographer. I spend time out photographing landscapes and other things that interest me to ...
patterns and joining the party
I am currently working on the suite of patterns around joining social sites. the patterns start with registration and then include, sign in, sign in continuity,...