The Occasional Mentor: More on the UI/UX Controversy, Learning UX, Hiring Designers and Hackathons

THE OCCASIONAL MENTOR: A monthly column based on questions I’ve answered on Quora, heard on Slack groups, and other career advice I’ve given over the prior month. Feel free to challenge me in the comments, if you have a different experience. Below are questions I answered in February. Why are UX advocates very picky about … Read more

Among the Information Architecture Luminaries

It was an honor and a joy to serve as the Experience Director and impromptu panelist at The 20th Information Architecture Conference this past week in Orlando. Jorge Arango in a blog post described members of the panel on the history and future of information architecture as “luminaries” and while I appreciate the recognition, I am … Read more

The Occasional Mentor: On Constraints in Service Design and Hiring Freelancers

THE OCCASIONAL MENTOR: A monthly column based on questions I’ve answered on Quora, heard on Slack groups, and other career advice I’ve given over the prior month. Feel free to challenge me in the comments, if you have a different experience. Below are questions I answered in January. What Projects Did You Create in a … Read more

The Occasional Mentor: Happy New Year! Resolutions and Bad UX

THE OCCASIONAL MENTOR: A monthly column based on questions I’ve answered on Quora, heard on Slack groups, and other career advice I’ve given over the prior month. Feel free to challenge me in the comments, if you have a different experience. Below is a question I answered in December (slow month) and an idea for … Read more

The Occasional Mentor: On UX and Journalism, Portfolios, Online Classes and … Pie?

THE OCCASIONAL MENTOR: A monthly column based on questions I’ve answered on Quora, heard on Slack groups, and other career advice I’ve given over the prior month. Hope you like it, but feel free to challenge me in the comments, if you have a different experience. Below are questions I answered in September. Can a … Read more

The Occasional Mentor: On Data Science or UX and Getting Started

THE OCCASIONAL MENTOR A monthly column based on questions I’ve answered on Quora, heard on Slack groups, and other career advice I’ve given over the prior month. Hope you like it, but feel free to challenge me in the comments, if you have a different experience. Below are questions I answered in August. Should I … Read more

The Occasional Mentor: On Computing Resources in Digital Humanities

THE OCCASIONAL MENTOR A monthly-ish column based on questions I’ve answered on Quora, heard on Slack groups, and other career advice I’ve given over the prior month. Hope you like it, but feel free to challenge me in the comments, if you have a different experience. Below are questions I answered in July. What Should … Read more

The Occasional Mentor: On Data Science in UX, Content Strategy vs UX Writing and the Durability of Digital Humanities

THE OCCASIONAL MENTOR A monthly(ish) column based on questions I’ve answered on Quora, heard on Slack groups, and other career advice I’ve given over the prior month. Hope you like it, but feel free to challenge me in the comments, if you have a different experience. Below are questions I answered in June. How are … Read more

The Occasional Mentor: On UX Certificates vs Conferences

THE OCCASIONAL MENTOR A monthly-ish column based on questions I’ve answered on Quora, heard on Slack groups, and other career advice I’ve given over the prior month. Hope you like it, but feel free to challenge me in the comments, if you have a different experience. Below are questions I answered in May. Is it … Read more