Most of the time, Usability Matters is part of a client’s multi-vendor ecology. It is great to be one of several specialists working on particular aspects of a digital product. However, sometimes, this means that the client is left to balance conflicting advice from several trusted sources. This was the case recently on a project [...]
Today we say au revoir (to see again) to Meredith Noble – it will be a difficult day for everyone. We simply can’t imagine Usability Matters without her. When I attended a UX Irregulars meet-up 6 years ago, I had no idea I would meet an inquisitive recent grad deciding between more school or more [...]
Okay – we’ve actually been back from the IA Summit in Phoenix for a while but still wanted to share a few thoughts about some of the presentations. As I predicted, Todd Toler’s presentation Think Like an Instructional Designer (slides) was chock full of strategic and tactical stuff IA/UX folks can use in their practice [...]
Just about half of the Usability Matters team will be attending IA Summit 2010 later this week. Many of us have been attending for several years and I always come away validated, inspired and enlightened – can’t ask for much more from a conference. My problem is picking only one session to attend for each [...]