Posts by: Misty

When you can’t get to all the content

By On February 8, 2012 · Leave a Comment

It’s Wednesday and I already know my favorite blog post of the week is Mark Boulton’s piece on Structure First. Content Always.Boulton challenges the idea that we need to know the content before we design, instead insisting we need to know the content structure.

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Webinar Resources

By On November 17, 2010 · Leave a Comment

I’m back after 3 weeks on the road. 2 of them in Spain with no laptop, phone, email, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn or YouTube though I did watch Barca and Athletico Madrid football games on TV. And now it’s all about how to structure my time as [...]

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All about Kindle

By On November 1, 2010 · Leave a Comment

I have moved to the side of Kindle and am busily pdf-ing documents to read while literally walking down the street. I’ve also been playing with the browser feature and hope to see that expand in future models.

But mostly I look for free books

Like Neil Gaiman’s A Study in Emerald [...]

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Community Management – what’s in your browser?

By On September 30, 2010 · Leave a Comment

I am officially a Community Manager. I manage blogs, twitter and facebook channels and try to think about every other little scrap of information that might interest these communities and how I can share it. Everyday, I start with my smartphone. Checking the email, twitter and facebook mentions I missed while asleep. Mentally add to [...]

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Content Strategy for Multiple Channels

By On September 28, 2010 · Leave a Comment

I’ve been thrilled working on my new blog with the Washington Ensemble Theatre, so much so I have neglected my own blog for too long. It is easier to write when you have a cause and a passion – local theatre is definitely one of mine.

Working on the blog [...]

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Seattle’s UX Meetup

By On August 11, 2010 · Leave a Comment

August 10th was another successful meetup of the IA/UX group in Seattle. I’ve talked with the organizers Rachel Elkington & Andrew Szydlowski about why this event is so successful. The fact that there is no talk, no agenda, no formal presentation – you just have to show up and talk with other people who [...]

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Seduced by chocolate and whimsy

By On July 15, 2010 · Leave a Comment

I want to say I was seducted as in seduced and abducted by Stephen P Anderson’s talk on Seductive Interactions. As a southern girl, I feel like I have to drawl, “what good’s an interaction if it’s not seductive?” Seriously, a great presentation the-art-science-of-seductive-interactions

I especially love the mental note cards and glad to [...]

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Branding, another reason not to leave the house

By On July 9, 2010 · Leave a Comment

Are you a brand-aphobe? The brand channel’s motto is “always branding. always on.” There are no limits to branding expectations in the current age.

Time was branding was for big companies with superbowl commercials now we’re expected to have personal brands. I’ve got brand Misty and brand Information and brand Consultant where I [...]

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Information Architecture is political

By On June 30, 2010 · Leave a Comment

Information Architecture is political. I wasn’t sure I agreed when I first read Forrester’s Topic Overview: Information Architecture but it’s the idea that struck me and stayed with me. Maybe it most intrigued me because I’m unfamiliar with the authors and their names and I was starting to know a lot of names [...]

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