in which Sarah attempts to be less snarky and more complex
On a recent Tuesday morning at UI16 Kevin Hoffman, from Happy Cog, gave a talk on strategies for successful discovery meetings (not as boring as it sounds). As an example, he referenced the work his team recently did for the US Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, DC. He described the many meetings they facilitated, which [...]
In a recent interview with author Jennifer Egan, Tom Ashbrook, host of On Point on NPR, asked the question, Are we living curated lives? With so much of our lives happening in real time, on social media channels that may or may not include privacy walls, are we being our honest selves or are we [...]
Rather than getting dressed up and walking around the neighborhood, blending with children of all ages, reveling in their delights, and soaking up vicarious thrills and chills, I was stuck in class last night. Monday is a school night for me and ditching class for Halloween is a no-no. Mostly because I’m a big nerd, [...]
Confession time: I’m particular about words, and I always have been. I’m an avid reader, and love to write. But I struggle sometimes when I communicate. This may (or may not) be super obvious to the people who know me well. Sometimes when I’m overtired or worn out, I stutter and lose words—that’s how it [...]
In a previous post I talked about an example of technology constraining us in ways that don’t conform to the way we speak or write. We let the format dictate our attention span. For instance, I’ve broken this article into two posts because I was concerned it was getting too long for my (imaginary) readers. [...]
A week or two ago, a BBC News headline popped up on my RSS reader. The title said, “Ancient cave women ‘left home’.” Typical, I thought and sniffed in disgust at my monitor. I stared at the headline a moment longer, pondering an unhappy, dirty, hunched-over woman with bad hair sweeping a cave, tending a [...]
I had a chat recently with a long-time colleague and content strategist, Margot Bloomstein. She was doing some writing on IA and wanted to pick my brain about how I use that term and why. I referred her to my blog post and we had a humorous chat that seemed worth expanding on here. First, [...]
As the lone woman in an office full of men, I often find myself the loser in the War of the Toilet Seat. This war is made up of a series of battles. Each battle brings a new reversal. It’s up. It’s down. It’s up again. No wait, there are five of them and one [...]
I’m often a tad dishonest when people ask me what I do. I don’t fib to deceive them. I fib for their own good. When people ask what I do, I say, “I’m a Web designer.” Usually they go, “Oh, okay,” and change the subject. They think they get it. It’s not that interesting. We [...]
