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Dr. Shneiderman muses on mulidisciplinarianism and reminds us that no computer is smarter than a wooden pencil.
Adlin, Tamara and Ben Shneiderman. UX Pioneers (2007). Articles>Interviews>User Experience
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Want to see what passionate thinking looks like? Peek inside a brain filled with theatre, invention, games for girls, and design-as-activism.
Adlin, Tamara and Brenda Laurel. UX Pioneers (2007). Articles>Interviews>User Experience
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Cliff Nass revels in being weird, thinking 'wildly,' and taking 'big fliers.' But he's also fascinated by what makes everything the same. If we were all as open to oddness as he is, the world would be a much more interesting place.
Adlin, Tamara and Cliff Nass. UX Pioneers (2007). Articles>Interviews>User Experience
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Ginny Redish has been in love with language since she was twelve. And today? It's only logical--she creates conversations between people and computers.
Adlin, Tamara and Janice C. 'Ginny' Redish. UX Pioneers (2007). Articles>Interviews>User Experience
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IDEA 2008: An Interview with Bill DeRouchey
Bill DeRouchey is fascinated with buttons and the history of interface design. He talks to us as he prepares for IDEA 2008, October 7-8. In Chicago, Bill hopes to help attendees expand their sources of inspiration to include just about anything in their everyday lives.
Unger, Russ. Boxes and Arrows (2008). Articles>Interviews>User Interface>User Experience
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Interactions 08 in the Garden of Good and Evil
An interview with Dan Saffer, 2008 Conference Chair and IxDA Director. Dan discusses the context of the organization, how the conference emerged and formed, what the conference will be like, and how one might get a flavor even if attendance is not an option.
Baum, Chris. Boxes and Arrows (2008). Articles>Interviews>Interaction Design>User Experience
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Today Jakob Nielsen is an inspiration and, through his books and seminars, a teacher to many. But what inspired him to get where he is today?
Adlin, Tamara and Jakob Nielsen. UX Pioneers (2007). Articles>Interviews>User Experience
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Did ye know that studying Medieval troubadours can actually help ye understand the communication challenges we face in our 'High Church of Technology?'
Adlin, Tamara and Judith Ramey. UX Pioneers (2007). Articles>Interviews>User Experience
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Before he co-founded Adaptive Path, Mike sold hot sauce online and built giant dancing robots. Today he thinks about things like boxes of chocolates that deliver joy and surprise long after the candy is gone.
Adlin, Tamara and Mike Kuniavsky. UX Pioneers (2007). Articles>Interviews>User Experience
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From deciding he hated math to becoming the president of Adaptive Path, Peter describes a career driven by experience design.
Adlin, Tamara and Peter Merholz. UX Pioneers (2007). Articles>Interviews>User Experience
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Rendezvous with KnowGenesis: Dr. Carol M. Barnum 
Carol M. Barnum is Professor of Technical Communication and Director of the Usability Center, at Southern Polytechnic State University in Marietta, GA. She is also a technical communication consultant specializing in custom training and usability, an award-winning author, a top presenter at the Society for Technical Communication (STC) annual conferences, a Fellow of STC, and a recipient of the STC's Jay R. Gould Award for Excellence in Teaching Technical Communication. She was a member of the STC's board of directors for seven years, three years as a Director-Sponsor and four years as Assistant to the President for Publications. Her graduate and undergraduate courses in technical communication at Southern Polytechnic include a graduate level course in usability testing. Her consulting work includes testing hardware, computer-based training, software, and websites. Her most recent book, Usability Testing and Research, reflects the focus of her work on usability since 1992. In her discussion with KnowGenesis, she shared her views on how organizations can benefit by investing more on usability research.
Kudesia, Saurabh. International Journal for Technical Communication (2006). Articles>Interviews>TC>User Experience
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Rosenfeld Media: UX Publishing Startup: An Interview with Lou Rosenfeld and Liz Danzico
After working on five books as an editor or co-author, Lou Rosenfeld became disenchanted with the traditional book publishing model. So, in late 2005, he founded Rosenfeld Media, a new publishing house that develops short, practical, useful books on user experience design. Rosenfeld Media published their first book, Mental Models: Aligning Design Strategy with Human Behavior, in early 2008. I recently had the opportunity to interview Lou—along with Liz Danzico, Senior Development Editor at Rosenfeld Media—about starting a new publishing house and “eating their own dog food.”
Kaufman, Joshua, Louis Rosenfeld and Liz Danzico. UXmatters (2008). Articles>Interviews>User Experience>Case Studies
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A solo usability consultant who focuses on user research and strategy, Whitney thinks and writes about the role of storytelling in user experience design.
Adlin, Tamara and Whitney Quesenbery. UX Pioneers (2007). Articles>Interviews>User Experience
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Leah Buley on How to Get a Good Design Faster
Leah Buley is an experience designer for Adaptive Path, and she will be running a Bootcamp at Web 2.0 Expo New York to teach others how they can more productively and efficiently work together to create great designs and better user experiences. Leah recently spoke to us about her approach and how designers can apply it to their own situations.
Pike, Kaitlin and Leah Buley. Web 2.0 Expo (2009). Articles>Interviews>User Experience
