UXPA 2015 – Growing towards empathy
Just returned from the User Experience Professionals Association (UXPA) annual conference in San Diego. One of the recurring themes I heard throughout the sessions was the need to practice empathy within our profession. Standford University’s Neema Moraveji, kicked off the…
Why adopt a user-centered design process?
Over the past term, I’ve had a lot of conversations with designers and developers about how to talk to clients and administrators about the importance of implementing a user-centered design process. Often they are asked to just implement a solution,…
The UO Web Experience – A Bird’s Eye View
At the new UO Campus Designers meeting, we have been talking about how we can create some sort of web style guide for campus. The idea is that, while we want to support the unique messages and missions of various…