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July 17, 2008
Seen on the floor of the #30 bus. What is this, New York in the 80s?
Seen on the floor of the #30 bus. What is this, New York in the 80s?
July 8, 2008

Leah speaks!

Ok, so I’m pretty sure the only people who read this thing are family members and the odd friends from way back when. (Ben and Sarah, I’m looking at you.)

But just in case you’re somebody who’s interested in user experience and you’ve somehow found your way to my humble, silly blog, please know that I’m about to commence upon a spate of speaking engagements.

Agile 2008 Conference

First up, I’ll be in Toronto on August 7th doing a workshop on sketchboards and prototypes with Adaptive Path’s senior technologist and an all around good-guy, Dan Harrelson.

UX Week

Then comes the event of the season: UX Week in San Francisco, August 12-15. I’ll be speaking about being a UX team of one, and co-presenting a workshop with my not-so-secret hero, Brandon Schauer, on how to produce better designs faster using sprints and sketchboards. You can use the discount code “FOLB” when you register for 15% off registration.

EPIC 2008

Finally, if you’re lucky enough to find yourself in Copenhagen in October (sorry, not to rub it in, or anything, but I am!) please visit me and sock puppet wizard Kate Rutter at EPIC 2008, where we’ll be doing a workshop on pen and paper techniques for moving quickly from user research to design.

If you give a damn about user experience and happen to find yourself in one of those cities at the time, please get in touch (email me at leah at adaptivepath dot com) and let’s hang out and talk shop.  Cocktails will make it fun, fun, fun.

July 4, 2008
Happy 4th of July, everyone.
Happy 4th of July, everyone.
July 1, 2008
One more reason to love San Francisco.
One more reason to love San Francisco.
June 19, 2008
Cuteness happening in Brooklyn! Jen and Ulf are passing through NYC and my heart is breaking a little at the thought that soon they’ll be gone again. I love you guys.
Cuteness happening in Brooklyn! Jen and Ulf are passing through NYC and my heart is breaking a little at the thought that soon they’ll be gone again. I love you guys.
June 11, 2008

Some thoughts from last night's show at the Independent...

The lights from the audience

  1. A strobe lights makes everything cooler.
  2. People-watching at concerts is awesome because everyone seems more glamorous in the dim light.
  3. Shorter sets are nice, and to be honest, I don’t really miss the encore. Thank you Crystal Castles.
  4. I am old.
June 5, 2008
This could be dangerous...

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shopping is toxic to my soul (but I want all this junk anyway)

(Thanks to Nicole for turning me on to this. Um, I think.)

June 4, 2008
Robots are cool.
May 30, 2008
Ah, life in South Park. Sometimes I have to focus hard to remember that life is different outside of this silly, precocious new media bubble that I am lucky to find myself in.
Ah, life in South Park. Sometimes I have to focus hard to remember that life is different outside of this silly, precocious new media bubble that I am lucky to find myself in.
May 27, 2008
At the White Rabbits show tonight, feeling very conscious that 30 is too old for concerts on a school night. Still how I love it when the boys in the band all rock out in unison.
At the White Rabbits show tonight, feeling very conscious that 30 is too old for concerts on a school night. Still how I love it when the boys in the band all rock out in unison.
Purple potatos! Trader Joe’s, you never cease to amaze.
Purple potatos! Trader Joe’s, you never cease to amaze.
May 26, 2008
Chris and I were back east last weekend for my friend Aaron’s wedding. Seriously. I love this guy. This was one of the most enjoyable weddings I’ve been to and I knew right away that it would be so because you can’t help being happy on the big day of someone you adore so much. More photos here for the wedding curious.
Chris and I were back east last weekend for my friend Aaron’s wedding. Seriously. I love this guy. This was one of the most enjoyable weddings I’ve been to and I knew right away that it would be so because you can’t help being happy on the big day of someone you adore so much. More photos here for the wedding curious.

This is hilarious

I just signed up for Jott and tested it out. Jott is a service that allows you to send emails, post reminders to yourself, and even update your blog simply by making a phone call. 

The problem is, it makes me sound as though English isn’t my first language.  Evidence appears below.

Experimenting what's...

Experimenting what’s jott. Not sure if I use it but it seems cool.
listen

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May 23, 2008
Scatological humor is the best kind of humor

Law and Order, from sprinklebrigade.com

Sorry if this isn’t your scene, man, but it sure cracked me up!

(Thanks to Jenny Sue for the link.)





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