Category Archives: User Experience

Movie Review: Objectified

Last week a few us at Habanero went to see Objectified, which is a film about designing objects as well as the people and process behind them. The director, Gary Hustwit, was at the screening at the Rio Theatre to introduce the film and to answer questions after. I think it’s great to see the [...]

Yammer: Microblogging for the Enterprise

Just a quick note about a new site/product a few of us at Habañero have been trying out for the last few days called Yammer. What it boils down to is a microblogging client that is a more robust and souped-up version of Twitter for the enterprise. It’s restricted to your domain (initially, this is [...]

Exploring the Z-Axis

No, this isn’t a blog about physics, math and all that good stuff, but I want to take a moment and talk about the plane we normally don’t use in our day-to-work: the z-axis. Why? Well…as I’ve said before, I’m a dork and I love math! No really, stay with me here – this definitely [...]

Nomination for Ignite IT Award

We are very happy to be nominated for a Microsoft Ignite IT Award for the CAPP website! I described a bit of our process previously, and it feels great to be recognized for all the hard work and fantastic outcome on this project.
The Ignite IT Awards recognize and reward the efforts of all kinds of [...]

Calgary UX (redux)

 
In May 2008 I packed up my family and made the move to Calgary to join our local office. Before I left I started exploring what local UX community there was in Calgary. What I did find was a Calgary UX Google Group started a few years ago by Scott Weisbrod at Critical Mass. I [...]