Goodbye 2021, Hello 2022.
I'm back doing some weeding in my digital garden in Obsidian again on New Year's Day and came across a private post I did last year today...
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Rebranding of the new World IA Association
In which I played a key role in the rebranding efforts for World IA Day as co-president
Auditing the Episource UX
In which I led a diverse, remote team in a compact project to assess the user experience of a healthcare data analytics platform
Weeknotes 2021-08-22 to 08-28
The last full week of August ushers in the start of school, onboarding locations for WIAD22, and 100-degree weather.
Weeknotes 2021-08-15 to 08-21
Been so busy that I haven't posted a weeknote for 2 months already. Oops. Might be nice to go back and add them, but that won't be any fun. I'll just post them as I remember to. Meanwhile, things that have changed since then: Started a Chinese novel translation project
Weeknotes 2021-06-27 to 07-03
Big items for this week: Potential AI project in the talks for DIAWorking through business ops and value-based pricing for DIAMoving forward with the SGVUX, LA DIA Design consolidation of online propertiesWork/Giving Back Worked 44 hours this week. DIA Design Guild: 20 hours, 45% World IA Day: 17 hours,
Workshop on Systems Thinking, Design Thinking, and Community Design
In which I write about the design and structure of my workshop with APU's UX Design Program
Planning the conference experience of IAC21
In which I was one of 4 co-chairs planning the online edition of a industry recognized professional conference for the information architecture community
On The Informed Life with Jorge Arango
In which I was a guest speaker on The Informed Life and talked about building communities, in particular, the IAC and World IA Day
Organizing your Project IA
In which I walked through the information architecture of project knowledge management
World Usability Day Los Angeles 2019
In which I spoke about healthcare burnout and the impact of usability in healthcare
UX of Dim Sum
In which I designed and facilitated a half-day design thinking workshop around the Cantonese dim sum culinary experience
A new local meetup: San Gabriel Valley UX
Started a UX meetup group for the San Gabriel Valley area, east of Los Angeles. A collaboration with the Los Angeles User Experience Meetup, the Asian Creative Network: Los Angeles, and the 626 product designers and entrepreneurs. Meets every first Tuesday of the month. Focused on:community development empowering local
Building a Better Community: Expanding the Impact of our Design Community
In which I was on a panel with other community organizers in Los Angeles, talking about what it means to build a better community
UX Research Night in Santa Monica
In which the people at Ethn.io and I collaborated to kickstart a popup event around Los Angeles for people to talk about user research
Content Model for World IA Day Redesign
In which I created a content model for World IA Day, contributing to the redesign project in 2018
Planning an Accessible Design Conference
I wore a bulky backpack, a GoPro in one hand and a notebook in another. I didn’t have a disability, but I had my hands full. I was in Chicago and I was here to plan an accessible conference. Was I ready? Conference chairs Coco, Nate, and Stuart, diversity
Cancer Institute redesign for Cedars-Sinai
In which I conducted primary and secondary user research, persona workshops, and tested site navigation for the Cancer Institute at Cedars-Sinai
Adventures of a Drama Addict: A Case for a Controlled Vocabulary
In which I talk about being a drama addict and obsessing over controlled vocabularies for dramas
My Disney Experience Mobile App
In which I developed wireframes, process flows for the My Disney Experience mobile app
Hurrah! Marketing v3
In which I designed and built the website for Hurrah!, migrating their Drupal site to Squarespace