I read in Techcrunch about Yahoo!’s new improvements to search results. What caught my attention was how elegant the search suggestion widget operates. Unlike other search suggestion sites which annoyingly get in the way all the time with their smarts, this one senses hesitation in the search box and only then displays the results–that way…
Job Opening: Interaction Design Manager
At eBay we’re expanding our design team and I’m now looking for an Interaction Design Manager to lead a team of talented designers. In the role you’ll design direct your team on their projects from inception to launch enabling them to best meet their user needs and business goals. As we evolve from a mostly…
Haas moves up to #2 in WSJ Poll
I’m very happy to announce that UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business moved up to #2 in the 2007 Wall Street Journal annual survey (up from #5 in 2006) of corporate recruiters. This is a testament to the high MBA education that we’re receiving at UC Berkeley and I’m thrilled to see the WSJ recognize…
Haas moves up to #2 in WSJ Poll
I’m very happy to announce that UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business moved up to #2 in the 2007 Wall Street Journal annual survey (up from #5 in 2006) of corporate recruiters. This is a testament to the high MBA education that we’re receiving at UC Berkeley and I’m thrilled to see the WSJ recognize…
SxSW 2008
I’m looking forward to attending next year’s SxSW and am impressed at all the panels that people have proposed. Below is one I’d like to moderate, provided I get selected. 
Letting Community Content Shine Through How do you design a site that lets users feel it is truly “community owned and operated”? A site…
Making Meaning
After working with Darrel Rhea of Cheskin for the past few months, we invited him to speak to our design team this week on his recent book Making Meaning (co-wrote with Nathan Shedroff and Steve Diller). At the core he speaks about how companies have three ways to create a long term strategic competitive advantage:…
Making Meaning
After working with Darrel Rhea of Cheskin for the past few months, we invited him to speak to our design team this week on his recent book Making Meaning (co-wrote with Nathan Shedroff and Steve Diller). At the core he speaks about how companies have three ways to create a long term strategic competitive advantage:…
eBay To Go
Last month eBay launched a new embeddable widget called eBay To Go which allowed bloggers to add a preview of an item or a search. Now eBay’s expanded that set to include a Seller and Store widget which is pretty cool. This allows eBay’s trading platform to extend to the far reaches of the blogosphere….
eBay To Go
Last month eBay launched a new embeddable widget called eBay To Go which allowed bloggers to add a preview of an item or a search. Now eBay’s expanded that set to include a Seller and Store widget which is pretty cool. This allows eBay’s trading platform to extend to the far reaches of the blogosphere….
UX role within Corporations
One of the sessions I attended last week at CHI2007 I found useful was moderated by Richard Anderson on the increasing the role of User Expeirence teams within business. He was joined by the following on a panel: Jeremy Ashley (Oracle), Justin Miller (eBay), Secil Watson (Wells Fargo), Shauna Eves (Blue Sheild), Jim Nieters (Cisco),…