You think you have bad hair days?
Nah. Nothing compares to the bad hair day a Red-breasted Merganser has every day of the week! Continue reading Photo of the Week: Red-breasted Merganser
Anne Curzan on the English Language, Texting, and Going Grammando
While I was watching the WordCamp Miami 2017 livestream and sharing highlights on Twitter, I watched a slew of tweets go by about language and texting.
The tweets caught my attention because they used the same hashtag.
And because the tweets reminded me of my conversation about language and words with Anne Curzan after her TEDxUofM talk a few years ago. Continue reading Anne Curzan on the English Language, Texting, and Going Grammando
WordCamp Miami 2017: You Are Not Your Audience, How to Create User-Centered Design
Though I was over 1,300 miles away, thanks to the WordCamp Miami 2017 livestream, I was able to attend their WordCamp this past weekend.
The free livestream covered both Saturday and Sunday sessions, with talks for users, designers, developers, business owners, and marketers.
I kicked off Saturday with the first content/design talk of the day, You Are Not Your Audience: How to Create User-Centered Design by Tracy Apps, which focused on using design to solve problems for your audience.
Tracy shared insights for looking at our design process and steps we can take for a more successful design project.
Here are my notes and some of the social media conversation from Tracy’s talk. Continue reading WordCamp Miami 2017: You Are Not Your Audience, How to Create User-Centered Design