It’s a bit strange writing on Scenariogirl and not knowing anything about you…
So consider this a little bit of user research on my part – Humour me if you have the time ;)
Where do you live and what do you do for work?
Tell me something about you that’s too unique and special to blend into a generic persona?
What did you have for dinner last night?
What makes you happy?
Ask anyone that knows me, I’m a total hard core geek. I 5p3ak l33t in my 5l33p, (five different languages in fact) and can make up new words on demand. If asked politely, I can even sign it in Auslan. Seriously.
So when I saw this l33t eye chart recently, it seemed like the perfect addition to my More than Skin Deep preso. Much as I’d like to say it’s my design though… we’d all know I was lying.
The image is on Flickr, and is copyrighted as All Rights Reserved by maumeedb8. I was fortunate enough to receive permission from the designer to use it in my presentation… So ask nicely and they might just let you use it too ;)
Last Wednesday I had the great pleasure of presenting for AWIA at the Ideas4 seminar in Perth,where the ‘Top Secret International Guest’ was revealed as Molly, who is currently travelling around Australia on holiday. And although she didn’t present this time, everyone was still happy for the chance to pick her brain at the end of the evening.
Rachael Cook, co-founder of Minti, began the evening with a personal discussion on her experiences working and living in Silicon Valley, which she followed up with some really useful tips on working with Venture Capitalists and Angel Investors.
My presentation, Usability: More than skin deep, was based on a talk I gave late last year at Web Directions. What a way to spend my birthday! Really, it was fun :)
And for the first time in the history of the universe, the presentation has been recorded on video.
What can I say but…. Blame AWIA!