Learning How the Sausage Gets MadeIn my old life, when I was working in and studying architecture, I had this obsession with construction. I really wanted to know how the…Jan 11, 2018Jan 11, 2018
Reflection Point: I am UX Certified…but what do I know?About a week ago, I was eating too much Turkey and enjoying crisp, Midwestern autumn weather when I got a LinkedIn message from a friend…Nov 30, 2017Nov 30, 2017
Learning to See Iconography (or “Reading” at 70 mphWhen asked for my latest UX Academy assignment to step away from the computer and go out into the world to find iconography, I knew exactly…Jul 7, 2017Jul 7, 2017
(Another) Reflection point: Patterns, IA, and FlowsBack in the 90s — before Lance Armstrong ruined everything — I was really into bike racing. For some reason, this Asian-American kid from…Jun 20, 2017Jun 20, 2017
Published inUX CollectiveReflection Point: Usability, Accessibility, and Ethics…Yet much of our “public” life today is conducted on the internet or via interactions we have with digital products. It is easy to think of…Jun 8, 2017Jun 8, 2017
Uniqlo: a usability analysisAs part of my ongoing UX Academy curriculum, I am evaluating the usability a website of a competitor to Mirror — a fictitious clothing…Jun 8, 2017Jun 8, 2017
“You Only Understand Something Relative to Something you Already Understand”The quote above is from Richard Saul Wurman — the architect turned information architect turned TED co-founder. As an architectural…Jun 7, 2017Jun 7, 2017
A Simple PlanIf failure is the best teacher, than I was taught by the best. In architecture, there are a million decisions to be made in even the…May 24, 2017May 24, 2017
Good Design. Great Design. What’s the difference?This week — my first in UX Academy’s UX Design program — I have spent a lot of time reading, thinking, and attempting to make great design…May 19, 2017May 19, 2017
Every Journey Begins with a Single Step: My first week at UX AcademyThis week, I started a UX design program through Designlab after spending the past ten plus years in residential architecture. Things…May 19, 2017May 19, 2017