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Chicago Web Conf 2012

I presenting a talk yesterday at Chicago Web Conf 2012 on A/B Testing Your Designs With Real Users, focusing on the role of A/B in digital product development. I showed at a high level how we use the A/B testing

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Jared Spool’s Prototype Camp Chicago 2012 Keynote

Jared Spool gave the keynote talk on the power of prototyping at yesterday’s Prototype Camp Chicago 2012. Here are my notes: Prototyping is not just about designing products, it’s really about exploring the problems you are trying to solve. When

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Prototype Camp Chicago 2012

I’ll be presenting a session today at Prototype Camp Chicago 2012 on mobile prototyping with Axure RP. It will be my first conference presentation and a great opportunity to share what I’ve learned about mobile prototyping with the local UX

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The Value of Flexible Prototyping

I recently experienced firsthand the power of flexible prototyping — and it is powerful. I was doing in-lab, moderated usability testing of a mobile website experience and had reached that point where after a few participants you know you have

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Cars.com Agile Transformation Webinar Notes

I participated in my first webinar recently, sharing some learnings from the Cars.com agile transformation. The webinar was sponsored by consulting firm ThrivingOrg and focused on what we learned during a 10-week series of pilot projects undertaken by several product

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Cars.com Agile Transformation Webinar Series

Cars.com product development team members recently took part in a series of three webinars sponsored by ThrivingOrg in which we discussed the different phases of our on-going transformation from waterfall to agile software development methodologies. The three webinars focused on

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Jared Spool’s UX Immersion 2012 Keynote

This week I attended the UX Immersion 2012 conference. Jared Spool’s keynote addressed why it’s a great time to be a designer. Here are my notes: It’s a Great Time for Extraordinary Design More than ever companies are realizing that

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Jeff Gothelf on Lean UX

This week I attended the UX Immersion 2012 conference. Jeff Gothelf’s featured talk looked at Lean UX and how he used it at The Ladders. Here are my notes: On Lean UX When converting from Waterfall Development to Lean UX,

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Luke Wroblewski on Mobile Inputs

This week I attended Luke Wroblewski’s day-long workshop on Mobile Inputs at the UX Immersion 2012 conference. Here are my notes: Mobile Input Controls New mobile inputs are not just disruptive — They introduce completely new ways of doing things

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Mobile UX Design With Rachel Hinman

This week I attended Rachel Hinman’s day-long workshop on The Mobile Frontier at the UX Immersion 2012 conference. The conference, a new gathering arranged by User Interface Enginnering, featured deep dives on mobile and agile development. Here are my notes:

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