Author: nwhysel@gmail.com
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Is 38 Too Old to Start a Career as a UX Designer?
I answer questions about UX, Information Architecture and other topics on Quora. A selection of these answers will be reposted on Medium with occasional, minor editing for clarity. A lot of what makes a good UX designer/researcher/architect are the soft skills that you only really develop having been in the working world for a while,…
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ID Ecosystem Framework Draft Published
Pleased to see the DRAFT IDEF Baseline Functional Requirements v1.0 have been released. I am proud to serve as the Vice Chair of the User Experience Committee and would love to hear comments on the Usability guidelines.
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Better Experience is the Payoff in Education
In Jon Kolko’s article, “Why Investment in Design is the Only Way to ‘Win’ in Education” (UX Magazine, September 16, 2014), he discusses how the value proposition of educational technology should be better education, and that the design of that experience should not be simply a “forgivable attribute.” “…for us to collectively realize the benefits…
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West 104th Street Block Association Moves Ahead with Student Design
The West 104th Street Block Association voted to adopt the website design and strategy developed by my team at Pratt Institute. The new web design will update the association’s site from the outdated world of frames and IE4 era optimization to a sleek, modern WordPress interface. Key improvements include an organized layout, legible fonts, searchable…
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Fall Projects: User Research
My Information Architecture class conducted a semester-long, group project to develop a website prototype for a small business or nonprofit group. My group, including Eleanor Meyer, Jan Diolola, Storey Radziunas and me, formed a group called Community Design and selected the West 104th Street Block Association as our client. Since I have a prior relationship…
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IA Institute 2010 Salary and Benefits Survey
The IA Institute released its 2010 IA Institute Salary and Benefits Survey. Highlights of the 2010 Salary Survey include: Median Salary: The highest salary range was a tie between the USD$80,000-90,000 and USD$90,000-100,000 ranges, each representing 12.8% of the total responses. The average salary was estimated to be USD$95,252, up $5,252 from 2009.
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The 2009 IA Institute Salary and Benefits Survey Opens
The 2009 IA Institute Salary and Benefits Survey is now open at: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=rnk5PuDVMuIRC1QwwS9PtA_3d_3d The survey takes only a minute or two to complete, so we hope you’ll stop by and contribute. We have made slight edits from last year including a much simpler matrix of responses for IA related tasks, a more normalized breakdown of…
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CITI Advanced Training
We will be scheduling a CITI training for CBs and CBOs in Brooklyn this spring. The date is dependent upon the number of participants. Training will include basic GIS principles, GIS desktop software and tips for making your own maps. Contact us at citi@mas.org if you would like to participiate. Additional information about the CITI…
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GoogleMaps
Discussion of GoogleMaps has been lively on my User Interface design lists. Overall ratings for Google Maps are good, but I have problems with the way they locate places based on search. GoogleMapshttp://maps.google.com/Posters say they like that you can drag the map and that the directions appear to be more accurate than MapQuest or Yahoo!…
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IA/UX events listings
IA/UX events listings http://www.adaptivepath.com/events/http://www.nngroup.com/events/http://www.uie.com/events/http://louisrosenfeld.com/presentations/http://www.iasummit.org/2005/http://www.humanfactors.com/training/default.aspwww.usability.gov/events/index.htmlInformation