10.21.2010
10.12.2010
World Usability Day
Gotta say, I'm psyched that those of us in the UX field are getting closer to understanding the potential of research-based user-centered design --- overcoming barriers to better our organizational and intercultural communication.
http://www.worldusabilityday.org/
http://www.worldusabilityday.org/
8.13.2010
5.27.2010
4.17.2010
Onward
Some time ago, I started this blog with the idea that I would talk exclusively about user experience, user research, and communication theory. But I never posted. Ever.
Don't get me wrong. Those topics interest me tremendously. They're what define my career. And, I imagine, they'll be some posts here about those topics. But such a focus was too narrow for this space.
I'm going to open up more here. I'm going to broaden the focus.
When I got to thinking about it, I realized that the larger point of the blog wasn't merely to discuss the topic of communication theory and the user experience. It was something much larger but undoubtedly related: That we are largely oblivious to much of what we hear, see, and process on a daily basis. And, it is this deluge of information, thoughts, and communication that defines how we frame relationships, make decisions, ignore or face true problems, and try to make sense of our individual and collective lives.
I think the human experience, for all its joys and happiness, is a hard one. I think to be truly happy, you have to accept that life involves tremendous pain, unfairness, death, and anxiety. I don't think that's a depressing statement. I think it's a liberating one.
Point is, time and life goes on, regardless of what we face individually and collectively. Our days are crowded because of it.
I think that's why this video, that I saw a friend posted on Facebook the other day, gets me. Thousands of people going God knows where with God knows what on their minds. There's something incredibly powerful about that.
I'm really not sure where I'll go with this, and I regret if this is tremendously unclear. But I hope through the process of dissecting the thoughts, communication, and insights of this daily life, this can be a place where we step back and discuss, at least a little, how it frames who we are.
Onward.
Don't get me wrong. Those topics interest me tremendously. They're what define my career. And, I imagine, they'll be some posts here about those topics. But such a focus was too narrow for this space.
I'm going to open up more here. I'm going to broaden the focus.
When I got to thinking about it, I realized that the larger point of the blog wasn't merely to discuss the topic of communication theory and the user experience. It was something much larger but undoubtedly related: That we are largely oblivious to much of what we hear, see, and process on a daily basis. And, it is this deluge of information, thoughts, and communication that defines how we frame relationships, make decisions, ignore or face true problems, and try to make sense of our individual and collective lives.
I think the human experience, for all its joys and happiness, is a hard one. I think to be truly happy, you have to accept that life involves tremendous pain, unfairness, death, and anxiety. I don't think that's a depressing statement. I think it's a liberating one.
Point is, time and life goes on, regardless of what we face individually and collectively. Our days are crowded because of it.
I think that's why this video, that I saw a friend posted on Facebook the other day, gets me. Thousands of people going God knows where with God knows what on their minds. There's something incredibly powerful about that.
I'm really not sure where I'll go with this, and I regret if this is tremendously unclear. But I hope through the process of dissecting the thoughts, communication, and insights of this daily life, this can be a place where we step back and discuss, at least a little, how it frames who we are.
Onward.
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