Join us for drinks, delicious Mexican food, and satisfying conversation on Monday, July 29th from 5:30 to 8:30 pm for UX Mex at the Round Corner Cantina! Learn more + RSVP here: bit.ly/30vQdFB

"In a world where people feel increasingly burdened by their device usage and dependency, and our most widely-used technologies have been turned against us, we can no longer consider something so basic as 'use' a sign of success. It’s too low a bar." medium.com/s/user-friendl…

Looking for resources about becoming a better teacher/coach/mentor in the workplace. Favorites and recommendations?

Jeremy G. Burton I used to really like the blog posts at Triple Creek, now River Software. I based a number of programs on their resources. riversoftware.com/about-us/

I’m leaving my current job. (Long story short.) Last day is January 17. Seeking freelance and short-term contract work for Feb onward. UX research and design, web design, graphic design. Portfolio: smithaprasadh.com - needs to be updated, but a decent snapshot of my work.

We're so excited to announce Val Head as a keynote speaker for World IA Day Pittsburgh! Val is a Senior Design Advocate at Adobe, author, and web animation expert. She’s also a globally-recognized writer, instructor, and speaker. Get excited - WIAD tickets go on sale soon!

Tickets for World IA Day 2020 #Pittsburgh are on sale now! Get your tickets on Eventbrite today. Last year tickets sold out fast! eventbrite.com/e/world-ia-day…

Wow! Time flies fast when you are planning an amazing event - World IA Day 2020 #Pittsburgh! We couldn't have done it without our Friend sponsor UPMC Enterprises. Their mission is to create products and businesses that make life changing medicine happen.

1. The medium of design is not pixels, or paper, or post-its. The medium of design is mental models. The successful designer transforms the mental model of the user to align with the product's capabilities, but also the business's mental model to align with the user's context.

Some sports are slower. More about the strategy.

What's the term for the time/energy/cost it takes to stop one thing, let it go, and ramp up on another? "Context switching" and "switch tasking" come to mind, but those label the higher-level behavior and I'm looking for something more precise if it exists.

Just another reason why baseball is amazing: This kid was doin some tee work and a guy walked up to him and said, “I’ve been admiring your swing for a couple days now.” That guy was former Pirates Outfielder, Jose Tabata.

Conspiracy theories are a genre of science fiction in which most organizations are secretly run by competent people pursuing definite goals.

If your company is hiring, I have 2 stellar teammates who are on the hunt — one is a UX designer, and the other a software developer/QA automation engineer. DM me, and I'll happy share their info and connect you!

Look everybody. This debate is as bad as you think. The president’s performance is designed to promote cynicism and despair. Don’t succumb to it. If you’re watching, translate whatever emotion you’re feeling to action and organize like your life depends on it.

elmo pumpkin for 2020

The cause may well already be lost, but I will always wince when I see or hear "learnings" as a plural noun.

I'm hiring! @MURAL is at an exciting moment with its mission to level up teamwork. Come join MURAL’s Content Design team and help to bring clarity and humanity to the words we use. Position is fully remote. Questions? Just ask! boards.greenhouse.io/mural/jobs/456…