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WordCamp Miami 2017: You Are Not Your Audience, How to Create User-Centered Design

July 19, 2021March 27, 2017 by Deborah Edwards-Oñoro

WordCamp Miami 2017, March 24-26,2017 with nighttime scene of South Beach in the background

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

Photo of the Week: Martha, the Last Passenger Pigeon

July 19, 2021March 26, 2017 by Deborah Edwards-Oñoro

Building mural shows Martha the passenger pigeon leads a flock of passenger pigeons

What a gorgeous mural! I saw Martha, the Last Passenger Pigeon earlier this month while walking in downtown Cincinnati, Ohio on my way to the public library.

Part of the ArtWorks Cincinnati project, the mural is a reproduction of a piece by John A. Ruthven. In the mural, Martha and her flock of Passenger Pigeons fly over the historic Bird Run at the Cincinnati Zoo. Continue reading Photo of the Week: Martha, the Last Passenger Pigeon

On Websites, Hacking, and Two-Factor Authentication

July 20, 2021March 22, 2017 by Deborah Edwards-Oñoro

Woman using a smartphone while drinking coffee

Imagine it’s Saturday, and you’re looking forward to spending the weekend with your spouse and two children.

An unexpected message from your father alerts you to a problem with your website.

And that’s when the next three days turn into a nightmare of phone calls, messages, frustration, anxiety, and a scary financial interaction of thousands of dollars. Continue reading On Websites, Hacking, and Two-Factor Authentication

WordCamp Miami 2017: You Are Not Your Audience, How to Create User-Centered Design

Photo of the Week: Martha, the Last Passenger Pigeon

On Websites, Hacking, and Two-Factor Authentication

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