The Resignation of Steve Jobs and the Dawn of Design Culture
I’ll leave it to others to discuss the mundane, financial or leadership implications of what’s happening. Indulge me in some emotional reflection. Some unofficial Folklore from someone who’s been a lifelong Apple customer.
User Experience as a Lesson in Civics
Jon Stewart, at his recent Rally for Sanity, noted that most people live their lives “just a little bit late for something they have to do. Often it’s something they do not want to do, but they do it. Impossible things get done every day that are only made possible.
12 Ways Ikea Can Transform Itself From the Microsoft to the WordPress of Furniture
A bit over a month ago, In May, V and I moved into our new place. Merging households means one thing: Ikea. We picked out a pleasing and practical configuration of Besta living room shelves, and jetted out to Ikea’s St-Laurent industrial-park enclave, expecting to meet with a consultant who.
The state of UX education in Montreal
In an interview published this week at boagworld.com, Jeffrey Zeldman noted the clear lack of coherent education for would-be web designers. [There's a] phenomenal amount to do in education, because most of the schools that are teaching web design aren’t doing it right at all. They’re not teaching interaction design,.
