How Might We? Brainstorming at World Usability Day Detroit 2015

Detroit User Experience members generating ideas and posting written ideas on wall

Quick, can you create a gift for someone you’ve never met out of one post-it note?

In less than a minute?

That was the kickoff to our third annual World Usability Day Detroit event when local Detroit designers Gaby Dorantes and Zeke Harris led us through a fun, interactive design thinking session. Continue reading How Might We? Brainstorming at World Usability Day Detroit 2015

Takeaways from World Usability Day 2015: Lifelong Learning In UX

World Usability Day 2015 at Michigan State University

At the 13th annual World Usability Day event at Michigan State University, interaction designer and user experience strategist Megan Schwarz discussed how connecting expertise with context can bring opportunities for lifelong learning in your user experience career. Continue reading Takeaways from World Usability Day 2015: Lifelong Learning In UX

November 11: Honoring Our Armed Service Members

One of the guns of Battery D, 105th Field Artillery, showing American flag which was hoisted after the last shot had been fired when the armistice took effect. Etraye, France., 11/11/1918

Throughout the world today, flags will be flown, soldiers will march down city streets, and ceremonies held to honor members of the armed services.

Known as Veterans Day in the United States and Remembrance Day or Armistice Day in many countries around the world, the November 11 holiday traces its history to the cease fire of World War 1. Continue reading November 11: Honoring Our Armed Service Members