user experience

On Pricing Tables and Mysteriously Familiar Background Graphics

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I answer questions about UX, Information Architecture and other topics on Quora. A selection of these answers will be reposted on Medium with occasional, minor editing for clarity. I took a break in from posting in January. Following are selected questions I answered in February. Should website homepages have a pricing table? February 23, 2018 … Read more

Where Should I Post My UI/UX Portfolio? and Is Wikipedia Failing?

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I answer questions about UX, Information Architecture and other topics on Quora. A selection of these answers will be reposted on Medium with occasional, minor editing for clarity. Following are selected questions I answered in December. What are the best websites to put my UI/UX portfolio, both personally and professionally? Answered December 31, 2017 As … Read more

UX Portfolios, Awards, Priorities and Why Is the User Often “Female”

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I answer questions about UX, Information Architecture and other topics on Quora. A selection of these answers will be reposted on Medium with occasional, minor editing for clarity. Following are selected questions I answered in October. What is the most important thing in UX design? Answered October 31, 2017 The User. As an in-house UX … Read more

Lorem Ipsum, UX Portfolios, Thought Leaders and Designing for a Customer Niche

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I answer questions about UX, Information Architecture and other topics on Quora. A selection of these answers will be reposted on Medium with occasional, minor editing for clarity. Following are selected questions I answered in August. In a UX Portfolio, can I use lorem ipsum or do I have to use the real text from a … Read more

On UX Deliverables, Accessibility, Education and Portfolios

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I answer questions about UX, Information Architecture and other topics on Quora. A selection of these answers will be reposted on Medium with occasional, minor editing for clarity. I answered the following questions in June. Is it worth learning UI or UX design? Do you actually use it to build a product? Answered Jun 30 UX … Read more

The Occasional Mentor: How to Advance as a UX Professional

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I answer questions about UX, Information Architecture and other topics on Quora. A selection of these answers will be reposted on Medium with occasional, minor editing for clarity.  One of the things that makes a very good UX designer is developing empathy not just for the user but also for your entire team. Knowing what … Read more

On UX Deliverables, Hardware and Being a UX Designer and a Fine Artist

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I answer questions about UX, Information Architecture and other topics on Quora. A selection of these answers will be reposted on Medium with occasional, minor editing for clarity. I answered the following questions in May. What are the UX design deliverables? Answered May 24 Early in the history is ASIST’s Information Architecture Summit, there was … Read more

Portfolio: IDEF Registry

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Client: OASIS/Identity Ecosystem Steering GroupVisit Website My Role I led user testing for the Identity Ecosystem Framework (IDEF) Registry as part of the National Strategy for Trusted Identity in Cyberspace (NSTIC), a White House initiative. The IDEF Registry, a digital identity standard assessment tool, launched its alpha version on June 6, 2016. Because development of the alpha version … Read more

What to Ask? Contract to Permanent Salary

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So you’ve been offered a job at a company where you are doing contract work. That’s great news! You’ve shown them your value and they trust you and want you on the team permanently. But you may be thinking, “Am I at a disadvantage in negotiating a salary? The client already knows what they are … Read more