I was lucky enough to meet Alisa Cohn by chance. Dorie Clark, who wrote the forward for Forever Employable, invited me to a virtual cocktail party a few months ago where Alisa was the co-host. We kept in touch over the subsequent months and recently I had a chance to catch up with Alisa one-on-one … Continue reading Forever Employable Stories: Alisa Cohn, #1 Startup Coach in the World
Progressing in a User Experience career leads most designers working for companies or agencies (i.e., not freelancers) to a fork in the road. In order to get to the "next level" in your career you need to decide whether you are going to become a manager or master craftsman (sometimes referred to as a subject … Continue reading You can have it all
In a startup environment the mantra of “push early, push often” is often heralded as the right product development course. The theory is one driven by the Agile model – get value to customers in the form of working code as quickly as possible, get feedback, iterate and push more code. This also jives well … Continue reading Push early, fail often
I would venture a guess that in most designers' experience they rarely get to create something from scratch. Typically, we're called in to rework, redesign and ultimately clean up somebody else's mess design. In the dot-com days this was not necessarily the case given the youth of the medium but the landscape is different today. … Continue reading Startup design: The Xmas Light Metaphor
After some great conversations today it became even clearer to me that a startup founder who "gets" user experience and design will likely create a more successful product than one who does not. It's not just because a great user experience makes a product more enjoyable and ultimately fun to use. It's because this type … Continue reading In the beginning (there should be UX)