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
Category: Work
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
Creating an ePortfolio for your Job Search
In honor of the beta release of my portfolio site–embowman.net–and crossing off lucky #17 from my 101 in 1001 list, I’ve decided to share a post I wrote for the SI Career blog last year about building an e-portfolio. Even if you’re not in a tech field, I highly recommend having one. At the very… Continue reading Creating an ePortfolio for your Job Search
Using Web Tools to Curate the Web
CC BY-SA Flickr user scjody As I may have alluded to, one of the focus areas in my graduate studies is digital collections and curation. In fact, one of my jobs at the University of Michigan is in the Digital Curation department at the Bentley Historical Library. While most of my time there is spent… Continue reading Using Web Tools to Curate the Web
How to Protect Your Digital Photos from Ruin
CC BY-NC-ND Flcikr user Images by John ‘K’ If there is one thing that I’ve learned in my coursework at SI, it’s that LOTS OF COPIES KEEP STUFF SAFE. This is also the tagline of LOCKSS, a Standford University digital preservation project, but nevertheless. It’s true. Let me tell you a little story about how… Continue reading How to Protect Your Digital Photos from Ruin
Awesome Find // A Peek Inside the Creative Process
[vimeo http://www.vimeo.com/24268139 w=400&h=300] When the following gem popped up in my Google Reader today, I knew I had to make my feeble attempt at spreading it far and wide into the interweb. And while there is certainly no lack of awesome videos on the web that I could share with you… this is one of… Continue reading Awesome Find // A Peek Inside the Creative Process