Category: mentoring
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On Pricing Tables and Mysteriously Familiar Background Graphics
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 took a break in from posting in January. Following are selected questions I answered in February. Should website homepages have a pricing table? February 23, 2018…
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Where Should I Post My UI/UX Portfolio? and Is Wikipedia Failing?
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. Following are selected questions I answered in December. What are the best websites to put my UI/UX portfolio, both personally and professionally? Answered December 31, 2017 As…
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Lorem Ipsum, UX Portfolios, Thought Leaders and Designing for a Customer Niche
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. Following are selected questions I answered in August. In a UX Portfolio, can I use lorem ipsum or do I have to use the real text from a…
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On UX Deliverables, Accessibility, Education and Portfolios
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 June. Is it worth learning UI or UX design? Do you actually use it to build a product? Answered Jun 30 UX…
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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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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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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.