I spent a good part of today at INIS’ first Project Columbus event on Transmedia Storytelling.
To those of us who live and breathe the web, and who have grown up with the cacophony of various media all going at the same time, “transmedia storytelling” seems like a fancy name for an experience that we have [...]
Categories: communications, design, user experience
One of the side effects of running UXMTL, a growing local community forum for Montrealers interested in UX design, is that I’d often get asked: “Know a good information architect?” “Who’s the top UI person in town?” “Do you know an amazing UX person I can hire?”
I find myself employing a favourite answer of [...]
Categories: user experience
Late last week Planet 100 covered their top-5 “eco-shock campaigns”. It’s somewhat disturbing that these videos (some produced as long ago as 2008) are handed kudos in such a crass fashion. There’s enough debate around shock advertising, but in the case of climate change, I’m not convinced that this is the right way to go. [...]
Categories: communications, environment, sustainability
Ada Lovelace Day is an international day of blogging to celebrate the achievements of women in technology and science. Find out more on findingada.com.
If I were to look back at my long journey as a web professional spanning over a decade and to identify my key influences, the person who truly set me on the [...]
Categories: women+tech
Tagged: #adalovelaceday, #ald10
A little over three weeks ago when I happened to be in Barcelona, my friend Professor Carlos Scolari snagged me for a guest appearance in one of his classes. I hadn’t done an “unlecture” before — being technically on holiday and it being a last-minute arrangement — I came armed with my brain and not [...]
Categories: design, user experience