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 [...]
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
Early on in the week, Tara Hunt asked us if we “would sacrifice love for greatness”: Do you have to sacrifice love for greatness? And, if so, what would be your choice? (Disclosure: I was also at the Comfort Food Club dinner.) It reminded me that I wrote a very short post several years ago [...]
Categories: dreams