Like any well-intentioned effort, UX for Good has stirred up a few critics. A couple have spoken out publicly; a couple of others have posted critiques under pseudonyms. UXXU 2011 designer Cia Romano takes on one of those critics, point-by-point. “I would offer that this change of perspective is exactly what the ‘idealists’ at UX for [...]
“Chicago is an awesome town and, importantly, it’s not San Francisco! I believe the dedicated technorati of SF need to branch out from the Valley and learn from practitioners elsewhere. This seemed like a perfect occasion for that very thing, even more so than an Interaction’11 or IA Summit (both of which I’m bummed to be [...]
UX for Good superstar designer Chiara Ogan gives us an insider’s look to the work of the team tackling urban violence at UXXU 2011. “Our team spent the 14 or so hours we had trying to better understand the problems that CeaseFire has, how they work, and what kind of help they need and want. [...]
UX for Good designer Riley Graham shares photos and notes from inside the Community Mental Health team room. See more from Riley.
Victor Short Day job: UX Strategist, Allstate Description: How Victor explains his UX job: “Make web sites or applications easier to use based on contextual information.” Superpower: Mind bullets
Haley Ebeling Day job: User Experience Lead, Manifest Digital Description: Haley Ebeling is an expert in applying user-centered design methodology to develop concept and detailed designs for websites, software applications, and intranets in a variety of industries, including: retail, healthcare, fitness services, finance, museum and research institutions, non-profit, and professional services. She has been a [...]
Chad Rupp Day job: Senior User Interface Designer, OfficeMax Description: Chad is “a visual designer by day and a wannabe UXer by night.” He has a fascination with psychology and its role within interaction design. He is currently a Sr User Interface Designer for the eCommerce department at OfficeMax. Before OfficeMax he held positions as [...]
Jennifer Canady Day job: User Experience Specialist Description: Jennifer Canady brings a broad background in film, radio, marketing and sales to Centralis’ user experience team. On initiatives for both corporations and non-profits, Jenni is a talented research facilitator and a tireless advocate for user needs. When she’s not working to build the best possible user [...]
Chris Pautsch Day job: CEO, KeyLimeTie Site: http://www.keylimetie.com Blog: http://www.keylimetie.com/blog
Michael Dain Day job: Director of User Experience, ARC Worldwide/Leo Burnett Description: A hard thing in an easy way. Coming up with great user experience boils down to that. Michael Dain has been working on coming up with ideas that solve problems, delivering them, learning from them and repeating it for years. Helping the brands [...]
As UX for Good founders Jeff Leitner and Jason Ulaszek prepared our first event, they carefully considered what physical environment might best stimulate the creativity of ...
One of the social challenges tackled at UX4Good was the reinvention of the American high school. The group that considered the challenge collaborated with education ...
The public image of entrepreneurship is pretty shiny. We imagine smartly dressed young men and women drawing things on white boards, making pitches to venture ...
Like any well-intentioned effort, UX for Good has stirred up a few critics. A couple have spoken out publicly; a couple of others have posted ...
Carlo Garcia is an intriguing guy. In his words: “My name is Carlo and my mission is to give to charity every day for a ...
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