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The Occasional Mentor: How to Advance as a UX Professional
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. One of the things that makes a very good UX designer is developing empathy not just for the user but also for your entire team. Knowing what…
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On UX Deliverables, Hardware and Being a UX Designer and a Fine Artist
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. I answered the following questions in May. What are the UX design deliverables? Answered May 24 Early in the history is ASIST’s Information Architecture Summit, there was…
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Portfolio: IDEF Registry
Client: OASIS/Identity Ecosystem Steering GroupVisit Website My Role I led user testing for the Identity Ecosystem Framework (IDEF) Registry as part of the National Strategy for Trusted Identity in Cyberspace (NSTIC), a White House initiative. The IDEF Registry, a digital identity standard assessment tool, launched its alpha version on June 6, 2016. Because development of the alpha version…
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What to Ask? Contract to Permanent Salary
So you’ve been offered a job at a company where you are doing contract work. That’s great news! You’ve shown them your value and they trust you and want you on the team permanently. But you may be thinking, “Am I at a disadvantage in negotiating a salary? The client already knows what they are…
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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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