Monthly Archives: January 2012

UX Book Club Chicago

I’ve been missing the Champaign-Urbana UX Book Club, so I decided to take over the Chicago chapter! The Chicago UX Book Club was founded in 2009 by Gabby Hon. She decided to take a break from organizing and has passed on the reins. We will be organizing meetings through our Meet-Up page, but you can find…

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“Fleeting Little Universes of Delight”

Last night I had the pleasure of attending my first Chicago Women Developers Meetup to hear Marcin Wichary of the Google Doodle team give a talk on building doodles. Marcin has worked on memorable Google doodles like PAC-MAN and Jules Verne. Marcin centered his talk around some of the tension inherent in user experience design: Oversight vs. Freedom Embracing…

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Library School

Two years ago, I sat unhappily in my office at a Chicago nonprofit and wondered what was next. I had spent the better part of my working life committed to social service endeavors, but the last few years had really put my idealism to the test. I decided to apply to the University of Illinois…

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