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.
Grace Lau
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
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
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
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
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