So You Want to Be A User Experience Professional?

Writing on a green post-it note on a desk next to design prototypes

You’ve decided you want to be a user experience professional. But where do you start?

That’s a question we get asked frequently at Detroit User Experience and Ladies That UX Detroit meetup events and online discussion groups. Continue reading So You Want to Be A User Experience Professional?

30 Tips to Improve Your Work Life Balance

Women with long brown hair types on a laptop, design document next to her along with a coffee mug on a wooden desk.

We’ve all been there. The product manager at work sends an email message moving the project deadline up to next week.

You’ve just finalized plans with your family for an extended trip to the cottage for the weekend.

Or you need to pick up your child from soccer practice at 5:30pm and your team leader calls a team meeting at 5:00pm to talk with the implementation consultants on the west coast.

“With the four hour time difference, it’s more convenient for us to talk at the end of the day, ” she says.

It’s a challenge to manage work and personal life. Continue reading 30 Tips to Improve Your Work Life Balance

Photo of the Week: Detroit Industry, Diego Rivera Murals

Detroit Industry mural, south wall depicting Detroit factory workers

The images are breathtaking.

As I walked into the Rivera Court at the Detroit Institute of Arts, I was surrounded by 27 panels of vibrant murals by Mexican artist Diego Rivera, depicting Detroit and its industry. Continue reading Photo of the Week: Detroit Industry, Diego Rivera Murals