As you all can see from my intro blurb, I am currently swimming in HCI all day, every day(I’m a masters student studying Human-Computer Interaction Design at UCI). As a part of providing us a balanced education, our amazing Program Director Gillian Hayes hooked us up with a conference pass…

Here is a list of my top 13 best UI/UX portfolio practices after 150+ hours of designing, 3 iterations, feedback from 10 industry professionals & 2 recruiters, researching a myriad of books, posts and one (rather basic) seminar. — As Published in the UX Collective. NOTE: UI and UX are two different fields but the truth is, most companies do not have the resources to hire for both positions. You can use the following points for both/either specializations and adapt them to suit your prospective employer!

Here is a list of my top 13 best UI/UX portfolio practices after 150+ hours of designing, 3 iterations, feedback from 10 industry professionals & 2 recruiters, researching a myriad of books, posts and one (rather basic) seminar. — NOTE: UI and UX are two different fields but the truth is, most companies do not have the resources to hire for both positions. You can use the following points for both/either specializations and adapt them to suit your prospective employer!

Think of a travel coffee mug. What do you see? Maybe a cup that looks like this: Maybe a lid that looks like this:

In 2007, I was working at a small candle company called Illuminations. Mine was a little shop perched on the third floor of Valley Fair Mall in San Francisco. It appeared as a den, lit by hundreds of twinkling candles that I was responsible for lighting during my many evening…

I ordered Indian food today. Well, for me…just food. When I opened the sizable brown paper bag, I was shocked that with every entree, I had an equal quantity of rice. So, four entrees, four rice boxes. World. Rocked. Why did the amount of rice rock my world? Because in…

What I learned from my MHCID (Masters in Human-Computer Interaction Design) intensive at University of California, Irvine. I’m not going to write about how my intensive week at the University of CA, Irvine for my masters in Human-Computer Interaction was. (It shook my world.) I’m not going to tell you…