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It took me 2 hours of clicking and refreshing to book a camping permit at Havasupai, also known as Havasu Falls, for my partner and a friend (I was out as soon as I heard the words “10-mile hike”). Permits usually sell out for the following year on the day they become available. It’s a bit like Black Friday for hardcore nature lovers.
Continue reading “Incompetence, inertia, or dark UX at Havasupai?”
Well, this was a longer hiatus than I imagined!
The good news is that things have gone really well during my first few months at Shepherd Dog. Continue reading “I’m back! Plus, my first few months as a developer”
It’s official! I start next week as a developer for Shepherd Dog, a local consulting firm (announcement on their blog). Continue reading “I got a job!”
I recently had the pleasure of discussing Design for Real Life by Eric Meyer and Sara Wachter-Boettcher with a local UX book club. Continue reading “Book review: Design for Real Life”
Aspiring designers are often encouraged to build their portfolio with their own speculative redesigns of existing websites or apps. Craigslist is a frequent target for such redesigns, and it’s easy to see why. Continue reading “My take on a Craigslist redesign”
You can listen on Soundcloud, or you can search your preferred podcast app for “The TechMill Podcast.” Continue reading “I’m on a podcast!”
I mentioned in a previous post that I’m taking a course on Visual Design from the fine folks at Skillcrush. One of our first assignments was to take a look at Virgin America’s website and give our opinion of the site’s UX. Continue reading “UX review: Virgin America”