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Internet piracy

Fri, Aug 14 in General

His favorite philosopher is Yarrrchimedes. He only watches G-rated movies. No Arrr.

(More) tips for writing well

(More) tips for writing well

Wed, Jul 8 in Business of Design, Working better

Sixteen tips for writing well when writing about design learned from the trenchant trenches at Boxes and Arrows.

UX Health Check presentation from Redux DC

Mon, Jul 6 in Conferences, Featured Projects, Metrics & Validation

Watch Livia Labate's quick, 20 minute introduction of the UX Health Check at Redux DC on video, or view the slides.

Agile + UX: (un)Synchronizing UX and development

Tue, Apr 7 in Information Architecture, Interaction Design, Web Development, Working better

User experience can help agile teams create better experiences, but agile isn't designed to manage user experience.

It's just "User Experience"

Mon, Mar 30 in Business of Design, Experience, Information Architecture, Interaction Design

Richard Dalton has started an online petition for replacing IA and IxD with "user experience design". Go sign it.

IA Summit 2009 presentation slides

Sun, Mar 29 in Conferences, Information Architecture

The Non-linear Creations blog has collected a list of IA Summit presentations that have posted their slides.

The User Experience Health Check, quantitative metrics for the qualitative user experience

The User Experience Health Check, quantitative metrics for the qualitative user experience

Fri, Mar 27 in Business of Design, Conferences, Experience, Metrics & Validation

At the 10th annual IA Summit, Livia Labate and I presented the UX Health Check, a method for evaluating any user experience.

Random collected thoughts on design

Random collected thoughts on design

Fri, Mar 27 in Design Thinking

Random thoughts on design's basic constructs, the contexts in which these constructs live, and what out methods really help us do.

Things you need to do to write a book

Things you need to do to write a book

Thu, Mar 12 in Working better

Six lessons-learned while working on the second edition of Blueprints. Write your first book like it's your second.

The secret to writing well

The secret to writing well

Wed, Mar 11 in Working better

Answer three questions for the audience, and you'll be on the road to writing well.

A 21st century primer

Wed, Feb 18 in Design Thinking

Four great pieces highlight what the 21st century will look like and how you can design it so.

Frank Gehry interview from TED

Mon, Feb 16 in Business of Design

Nice interview from RSW from a TED conference a few years ago where Frank Gehry talks a little about why he does the work he does.

Presentation - Faceted seach best practices - Wed, Feb 4

Presentation - Faceted seach best practices - Wed, Feb 4

Wed, Jan 21 in Experience, Information Architecture, Metrics & Validation

I’ll be presenting with two others Wednesday, February 4, as part of the Taxonomy Community of Practice series of teleconferences.

EVENT: Steven Heller at the Museum of Fine Arts, Wed Jan 21

EVENT: Steven Heller at the Museum of Fine Arts, Wed Jan 21

Sat, Jan 17 in Visual design

Steven Heller, the noted designer, author, and critic speaks Wednesday, January 21 at the Houston Museum of Fine Arts.

Design Camp - Bryan/College Station - Sat, Jan 17

Design Camp - Bryan/College Station - Sat, Jan 17

Thu, Jan 15 in Conferences, Interaction Design, Visual design, Web Development

Design Camp, a bar camp for designers kicks off Saturday, January 17 in Bryan. It's free so head on up.

EVENT: Web-based startup school - Wed, Jan 14

EVENT: Web-based startup school - Wed, Jan 14

Tue, Jan 13

Josh Tabin, Startup Houston co-founder, speaks about emerging web trends at this Wednesday's Web-based Startup School.

Austin, the social object, destroyer of worlds.

Tue, Jan 13 in General

My personality outposts, points of contact, and beachheads on the web and throughout the known social-verse.

EVENT: Houston NetSquared w/ Carlos Lama - Tue, Jan 13

EVENT: Houston NetSquared w/ Carlos Lama - Tue, Jan 13

Tue, Jan 13

At the next Houston NetSquared, Carlos Lama will talk about the Contemporary Arts Museum's history and educational programs.

The producers, making things, and monsters

The producers, making things, and monsters

Wed, Dec 17 in Featured Projects

Madness is always a matter of hindsight.

Methods for our madness

Methods for our madness

Wed, Oct 29 in Design Thinking

For all our galumphing, we have only seven primary design activities, and these are them. Exterminate, annihilate, destroy.

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