Monthly Archives: June 2008

UPA 2008: International User Research in the Product Development Cycle

Posted on June 19, 2008 by Jim

Kelly Braun of PayPal, Eva Gaumond of Oracle, and Wei Zhou (recorded) of Oracle presented on the challenges and value of doing international user research.  Some tidbits: PayPal UX is based in San Jose, CA, but 43% of revenue is generated … Continue reading →

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UPA 2008: Future Interfaces: Latest in Semantic Web Interaction

Posted on June 19, 2008 by Jim

Duane Degler of Design for Context did a session on state of the art in semantic web UI.  Here are some of the insights I took from his talk: The semantic web community has come to realize that without good … Continue reading →

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UPA 2008 Conference: Opening Keynote

Posted on June 18, 2008 by Jim

I’m attending a few sessions at the UPA 2008 conference here in Baltimore this week. I went to the opening keynote presentation this morning. Carole Bilson, VP of Global Design and Usability at Pitney Bowes described her experience in evolving … Continue reading →

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Wedding (cup-) Cake

Posted on June 13, 2008 by Jim

Instead of a big, beautiful cake that doesn’t taste very good, Stephen and Wally had a tower of cupcakes from Warren Brown’s CakeLove. Click for a larger image.

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Stephen & Wally are Hitched!

Posted on June 7, 2008 by Jim

Stephen and Wally got married on Saturday.  It was a lovely (if amazingly hot) day. Click for a larger version.

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