Published in UX Collective·PinnedMember-onlyBeware the “Design Test”Before I landed my current position I spent some significant time interviewing for various senior design positions at a variety of companies. Overall these processes were similar. They started with a vet from a recruiter, then a conversation with a hiring manager, a portfolio review and then often an in…Design5 min readDesign5 min read
Published in UX Collective·PinnedThe importance of feedbackCan you give it? Can you hear it? Cultivating a growth mindset with an abundance of feedback. There are few things that make people more uncomfortable in the workplace than critiquing someone’s idea or being critiqued ourselves. Just to define it, “feedback” is communication around an event that has recently…Design6 min readDesign6 min read
Published in ITNEXT·May 30, 2019A REALLY Really Light LightboxTaking a break from my regular UX writing to share something I just created. I am constantly tweaking my portfolio and at some point I realized it was time to implement a lightbox for the images I display. Buuuuuttttt…I didn’t want a plugin or anything too heavy. …CSS1 min readCSS1 min read
Published in UX Collective·Aug 29, 2018Designing less creepy applicationsThe other day I was logged into my Gmail account when I saw a small message overlaid on one of my emails asking if I wanted to follow up on said email. It had been 5 days since I sent the email. A google bot had crawled it, read it…Privacy6 min readPrivacy6 min read
Published in theuxblog.com·Aug 2, 2017When UX design isn’t sexyI recently finished a project for a web application that the company I work for is releasing. This project was a tough one, requiring a lot of approvals, iterations and lots and lots of testing with a vastly diverse group of users. The end product is a solid, well researched…UX3 min readUX3 min read
Published in theuxblog.com·Jan 12, 2017Follow up to “Self Design” and falling down the rabbit holeI’m starting to feel like Alice. I followed the White Rabbit down the rabbit hole and now I’m falling farther and farther into the abyss that is designing without any user data. Let me explain: A few months ago I wrote an article about my experiment in “Self Design” and…UX3 min readUX3 min read
Published in theuxblog.com·Jul 7, 2016A Rare Experiment With “Self Design”Addressing the “Design Vacuum” Conundrum Thankfully, as a UX designer, I rarely have to design in a vacuum. I have myriads of testing tools, prototyping tools, simulation tools and customer contact lists at my fingertips to make sure that my designs are tested until they can be tested no more. And then tested again. But…UX4 min readUX4 min read
Published in theuxblog.com·Jul 1, 2016Web Designers: Learn Your CodeAs the only UX designer at my current company I wear many hats when it comes to the design process. Yet the hat I was asked to wear today provided me with an insight I hadn’t expected. Not an earth-shattering revelation, but definitely an informative one. Today I was asked…Design3 min readDesign3 min read
