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• 10.24.11
  The Truth About ‘The Lean Start-up’ Design, design process, honesty, prototype, Prototyping, UX | (0)

  My one treat I give myself when I travel is a trip the magazine rack. I stock up on Fast Company (my personal fav), Inc., The Harvard Business Review and when I’m really spoiling myself a Dwell. The October Inc. looked promising, ‘The Lean Start-up’, with Mr. Lean himself, Eric Ries on the cover. And his start-up story has the painfully familiar melody that most of us can relate to. I didn’t have the misfortune of tanking my own venture, but I woefully bared witness to two Titanics destined for the ocean floor. And my work in design and user ...
• 11.09.10
  UX is Game Theory Design, design process, Games, innovate, inspiration, Prototyping, UX | (0)

  Daily product discussions heard around every experience design table; balancing motivations and behavior against the business objectives, reading system and data structure to better understand the needs that drive desired results, dissecting user tasks to make them easier and more satisfying to accomplish, building authentic conversations that reduce the barriers built by the old ranks of business. This is the rather complicated business of design, a business that still seems to be missing key players (I am looking at you CFO, CTO, CEO, COO. Innovation needs you.). Neutral, common ground is needed. Enter the undeniable link between user experience and ...
• 09.20.10
  User Research – Start with Yourself Design, design process, ethnography, innovate, UX | (0)

  With a new project, it’s easy to jump in without even a second of reflection. We’re moving fast, but the deadlines always seem to move faster. Before you run off to read or create the scenarios, before you write the survey questions or determine what’s important, take a moment to look around…at YOUR environment. A key piece of empathy, understanding and articulating any audience is first reflecting on how you fit in to the picture. Experience design guidance always cautions us to not design for ourselves, but don’t let that interfere with your own self-ethnography. I have started a Self ...
• 07.10.09
  Did I mention I am writing a book?! Blend 3, Design, design process, innovate, prototype, Prototyping, Sketchflow, sketching | (0)

  A sneak peek at the Dynamic Prototyping cover design. Chris Bernard and I have embarked on a book for designers by designers. This will be a easy hands-on way to jump in and use Sketchflow in Expression Blend 3. We will also be sharing our thoughts on creativity, design process, sketching, idea capture and prototyping. The books website, www.dynamic-prototyping.com has links to a free chapter of the book and everything you need to get started. Let me know what you think : ) Expression Blend 3 has launched, you can test it out here!
• 05.20.09
  Needed: Process, Practice and Productivity Workshops for Teams design process, innovate, inspiration | (0)

  Jared Bienz Presenting to Web Design Meetup in Houston It seems that most everyone involved in product and technology service is open to process change and would like to see things get better. I have talked here about getting unstuck, collaboration, fixing our process, but writing about it doesn’t feel like enough. Tony Tulathimutte wrote this wonderful, insightful chapter on Remote Research that got me thinking, why not SHOW people how you work/how it’s done. Every facet in execution of product or project process could most likely use a fresh set of eyes at the very least, if not a total makeover. ...

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