I have a confession to make. Up until last week, I had never attended a conference on user experience. Or technology for that matter! In my former life as an educator, I’ve attended my fair share of higher education conferences. Hell, I’ve even been a speaker at a few! But in terms of content, higher… Continue reading UX Thursday
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Introducing Ladies That UX Detroit
I’m a little late on making this announcement considering I established the group in March of this year, but play along, will ya? Introducing Ladies That UX Detroit a local meetup group for women working (or aspiring to) in the design and user experience field in the metro Detroit area! Several months ago I caught wind… Continue reading Introducing Ladies That UX Detroit
UXPA DC | Spreading the Word
For my role on the marketing committee for the 2013 UXPA Conference, I’ve been tasked with a little bit of content marketing for the event. If you’re planing to attend the conference in DC in July, check out my latest blog post about one of the keynote speakers: UXPA DC Keynote Speaker: Navi Radjou Talks Collaboration… Continue reading UXPA DC | Spreading the Word
Information Architecture Implications from Honest Seduction
Information Architecture Implications from Honest Seduction from Emily Mahood Bowman When I was a student at UMSI, I took an Information Architecture class in which I had to deliver a book report on a recommended text. I was assigned Honest Seduction: Using Post-Click Marketing to Turn Landing Pages into Game Changers. While it wasn’t as sexy as… Continue reading Information Architecture Implications from Honest Seduction
2012 // The Year of TCB
Oh, 2012. What a year you’ve been! When I decided to write a year in review post, I began listing out all of the highlights of the last 12 months and discovered quite quickly that 2012 was indeed the year of takin care o’ business. Since I was too busy to do much blogging this… Continue reading 2012 // The Year of TCB
The Soda Debate
Perhaps I should re-name this the “Quitting Soda Blog”. My post about how I quit my insane Diet Coke addiction continues to be one of the most popular posts on this blog and is still generating comments. One of which comes from Everyday Health, who suggested I share their infographic on sugary sodas. And even… Continue reading The Soda Debate
Convincing Clients
Yesterday I led my first client meeting at Organic. While I’ve been producing client-facing deliverables such as annotated wireframes, user flows, and content matrixes since I began my role in May, this was the first project where I was lead UX and thus, responsible for presenting wireframes to the client. Presenting to clients in general… Continue reading Convincing Clients
Taking Chances
Source: 25.media.tumblr.com via Emily on Pinterest Today, August 6, 2012 at 12:00 pm, my husband and I signed a lease on a retail storefront in Clawson, Michigan that will very shortly become our artist’s market, Maple Arcade. Despite dreaming my entire life about owning my own shop and spending the past two months researching… Continue reading Taking Chances
On Creativity
Perhaps the most intimidating thing about beginning my career at Organic was that it is a creative firm. Although I’ve always surrounded myself with professional creatives and various other artsy type folks, I never really considered myself one. I didn’t paint, I didn’t draw, I didn’t design really. I was an appreciator. I had a… Continue reading On Creativity
How to Quit Drinking Soda
If you’ve stuck with me throughout my extended absence, you may remember this little infographic I shared about how terrible soda is for your body. What I neglected to mention at the time was that I was a total diet-cokaholic. I’m talking AT LEAST a 2 liter a day… usually in the form of… Continue reading How to Quit Drinking Soda