erova notebook • a user experience blog by Chris Avore

I’m hiring a junior maker at NASDAQ OMX in Manhattan. Interested?

On a rain soaked Wednesday a few weeks ago, I traded my desk in Manhattan for a sleek couch by the beach and attended Asbury Agile, a one day single-track conference for “makers and doers in the web industry” in nearby Asbury Park.

Continuing my exploration into events outside of the immediate domain of user experience design, I recently attended a panel discussion at New York University that examined the role of social tools in the Middle East and North African uprisings.

Another field trip leads me to the Rutgers School of Communication and Information to attend a lecture discussing social capital and social tools used by teens and young adults in Israel.

I summarize a few thoughts on the IA Summit 2011 and UX Show and Tell in Denver, Colorado.

Roger Martin’s March 2011 Harvard Business Review column reads like a roadmap leading to the next phase of user experience design & strategy.

A Goffman scholar discusses how a 20th century sociologist’s work can frame interaction design problems.

Attentional experience design isn’t a subset of user experience design, it’s good design that prioritizes useful, timely information in the appropriate context.

The Washington DC UPA User Focus conference marked my first speaking opportunity exploring design strategy. Read more about Design Strategy: Aligning Business Goals and User Needs.

Design strategy can bridge the gulf between design, implementation, and the stakeholder. Read about my additions to Adaptive Path’s Chiara Fox Ogan’s roadmap diagram illustrating design through development.