This week – the tables are turned! If you wanted to learn a bit more about me – here’s your chance. One of my favorite people, who is also a former neighbor and former museum colleague, interviews me! Nicole has the curiosity bug as badly as I do, so she’s one of my favorite people to explore ideas, make connections and generally chat with. She’s awesome.
In the episode, you’ll first hear Nicole tell the silly and fun story of how we met and became friends – it’s pretty good. Vintage Stef stuff. We then talk about my professional path from anthropology to digital UX research and design, and then switching to non profit spaces, museum evaluation and being a business owner.
You’ll hear about some of my favorite projects, why I became a digital nomad for almost 2 years, and what I mean by heart-centered design and who are heart-centered designers. (Spoiler – it’s probably you!)
Links to resources discussed in episode:
Elevator sign that Nicole & Ted have kept for years!
Book: Contextual Design, Beyer & Holtzblatt my favorite text book I recommend to guide researchers and designers understand the deep How-Tos of this potentially very subjective design process.
General Motors ‘Journey’ project paper for the Second International Conference on Automotive User Interfaces and Interactive Vehicular Applications (the gal sitting on the floor in Image 3 is yours truly)
Public announcement of the Shedd Aquairum $500M Experience Master Plan project