Today I had the opportunity to attend (listen to?) one of Adaptive Path’s virtual seminars covering experience maps led by Chris Risdon.
Mapping the Experience with Chris Risdon: A Brief Review
30 Aug 2012
PDX Mayoral Race: Who will win...from a UX perspective?
30 Aug 2012
I know what you might be thinking. This is a post about which Portland mayoral candidate I think might/should win this November. It’s not. I am by no means a political consultant. I don’t follow polls. And furthermore, I never like to talk politics (with strangers at least).
But what I do like to talk about is user experience design. And inspired by this recent article on the mobile differences between our two presidential candidates, I decided to take it local and conduct a quick usability audit on the sites of Portland’s mayoral candidates, Charlie Hales and Jefferson Smith.
Portland Timbers... game day
29 Aug 2012
Nice video video put out by the Portland Timbers…
update: …found myself in it.
2012 Planet Argon Open
29 Aug 2012
To celebrate our 10th birthday… we went out and played miniature golf (photos).
Due to Maria Klawe's leadership, about 40% of Harvey Mudd's CS majors are female.
29 Aug 2012
“We used to graduate two or three women CS majors per year, around 10%–12% of the total. Then one of our faculty members, Christine Alvarado, looked around and said, “Let’s do something about this.”
Summer Picnic 2012
29 Aug 2012
Our annual summer picnic was held last week… we invite you to check out some photos from the event.
Touring Savor Seattle - Pike Place Market
29 Aug 2012
Recently, Annie and I went on one of the Savor Seattle Food Tours up in Seattle, WA. …we thought it would be a good way to learn more about one of our new clients.
Check out all the photos I took on the adventure.
Magnets
29 Aug 2012
When employees travel… we encourage them to bring back a magnet to add to our collection.
Question your (old) ways.
28 Aug 2012
If you have always done it that way, it’s probably wrong.
How We Estimate, and Why
28 Aug 2012
- There are no physical constraints in software.
- The problem however, is that instead of creating application constraints, we constrain ourselves to features.
Both outline the reasoning and motivation for how we estimate at Planet Argon, and why.