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?”Book review: Design for Real Life
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”
My take on a Craigslist redesign
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”
I’m on a podcast!
You can listen on Soundcloud, or you can search your preferred podcast app for “The TechMill Podcast.” Continue reading “I’m on a podcast!”
UX review: Virgin America
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”
Divergence Academy trains you to do cool things with data
Last week I had the pleasure of attending a workshop on machine learning put on by Divergence Academy. Continue reading “Divergence Academy trains you to do cool things with data”
That time I started a fight and got a free phone charger out of it
Disclaimer: results not guaranteed. There may not be a phone charger in it for you if you start a fight. Continue reading “That time I started a fight and got a free phone charger out of it”