Time for Change. NOW.
I’ll admit up front that this is really a rant with no direction. But it’s something that’s been eating at me for the past week. And when anything sticks with me that long, I know there’s something that matters buried within. So maybe this is nothing more than...
The question everyone looking at your UX portfolio is REALLY asking
I’d like to take you back in time for a minute — back to 1989, to be exact. The place is Kent State University, where I studied Graphic Design in one of the toughest programs in the country. And you need a little backstory on that to fully appreciate what I’m about to...
Thoughts on the New Year: you have all you need.
Friends, I’d like to share a few thoughts on the coming New Year, and a little UX career advice I hope is helpful. A few days back I answered a question in my Private Facebook Group, where a young man asked what he could do to prepare for a second round design...
Cut the bullshit: it’s time to end the tyranny of UX terminology.
Here’s a conversation I was party to earlier today, between the VP of Product and an in-house UX lead: UX: “So what we really need to do is institute DesignOps. We need to put together a DesignOps strategy.” VP: “A what strategy?” UX: “DesignOps.” VP: “What the...
Why you didn’t get that UX job interview.
Let’s say I’m a recruiter — or a UX hiring manager — looking at your UX portfolio. If the story it’s telling looks and sounds like one I’ve already heard a thousand times before, I’m moving on. No matter how great the work lurking under your cover may be, my...
