UXPA 2015: UX Pros, Be Ready!

UXPA 2015 presentation

This post was contributed by guest author Josie Scott. Josie is a User Experience Design Researcher at Synchrony Financial who attended last month’s User Experience Professionals Association (UXPA) 2015 conference.

I was ecstatic to attend UXPA 2015, held June 22 through 25 at Loews Coronado Bay Resort, in beautiful Coronado, California. I needed to catch up on digital accessibility and, with luck, see a few friends. The conference did not disappoint. Continue reading UXPA 2015: UX Pros, Be Ready!

Fluent Conference: Kathy Sierra on Developers and Cognitive Resources

Kathy Sierra

Kathy Sierra, author, game programmer, interaction designer, and original creator of one of the largest software developer communities, returned to the stage yesterday at the O’Reilly Fluent Conference.

I caught her Making Badass Developers keynote, a talk about cognitive resources and how developers can build their skill sets, on livestream.

Here are my notes from her talk. Continue reading Fluent Conference: Kathy Sierra on Developers and Cognitive Resources

Sketchnoting Fun with Mike Rohde

Mike Rohde at Sketchnote Workshop

When Mike Rohde came to Ann Arbor a couple weeks ago to teach sketchnote workshops, he graciously offered to meet up and chat with people in our design community.

Local designers, an engineer, user experience folks, and a librarian joined us for a great evening at The Songbird Cafe.

We chatted about design, books, our favorite pens, and sketchnoting. Continue reading Sketchnoting Fun with Mike Rohde