The evolution of our work and environment has produced new relationships between disciplines, within digital teams, across organisational verticals, in our local design and tech community, and across borders. I gave this talk as the keynote presentation at the UX Craft conference in Cape Town, South Africa on 4 October 2014.
18. I am an
Independent Content Strategy
Consultant
Studied English, Linguistics,
Human-Computer Interaction,
Web writing, some basic IA
Information Systems
Copywriting, mostly print
Content strategy, first as an agency
Confab London, IA Summit, Dare
CS Forum Frankfurt, CS Summit,
MIMA Summit, Confab HE
Content Strategy Forum 2012
owner then solo
Conference, Midwest UX
45. Product
Manager
Content
Strategist
SEO
Specialist
UI
Front-end
Developer
Designer
Project
Manager
Community
Manager
Technical
Architect
Usability
Specialist
Interaction
Designer
Web
Developer
Information
Architect
Design
Director
Business
Analyst
User
Researcher
Web
Editor
Copywriter
OUR
TEAM
Technical
Writer
46. SEO
Specialist
UI
Designer
Community
Manager
Interaction
Designer
Web
Developer
OUR
TEAM
47. Product
Manager
UI
Front-end
Developer
Designer
Interaction
Designer
User
Researcher
OUR
TEAM
48. UI
Usability
Specialist Information
Designer
Project
Manager
Technical
Architect
Architect
Business
Analyst
OUR
TEAM
Technical
Writer
49. Product
Manager
Content
Strategist
Technical
Architect
Front-end
Developer
Interaction
Designer
Design
Director
Business
Analyst
User
Researcher
Copywriter
OUR
TEAM
86. It’s no longer about the
structure of your organisation.
It’s about your customer’s
cross-channel journey.
Image credit: www.flickr.com/photos/padday/
87. Silos are becoming permeable
Image credit: www.flickr.com/photos/astrid/
97. community of practice
(noun)
a group of people who share a
concern or a passion for something
they do and learn how to do it
better as they interact regularly
–Etienne Wenger
100. But there’s more!
Grab coffee with another [insert your job role here]
Grab coffee with a [insert different job role here]
Chat with other UX people on Skype
Start a Slack group to discuss work
Get a small dinner group together to chat about a
niche topic
Organise a weekend away to talk shop
109. Reeaaddiinngg lliisstt
Smashing Magazine
www.smashingmagazine.com
New Thinking
www.gerrymcgovern.com/new-thinking
Rosenfeld Blogs
www.rosenfeldmedia.com/blogs
The Pastry Box
www.the-pastry-box-project.net
UX Booth
www.uxbooth.com
A List Apart
www.alistapart.com
Responsive Web Design
www.responsivewebdesign.com/podcast
User Interface Engineering
www.uie.com/brainsparks
Luke Wroblewski’s Writings
www.lukew.com/ff
Web Standards Sherpa
www.webstandardssherpa.com
114. A few conference ideas
IA Summit
www.iasummit.org
Webstock
www.webstock.org.nz
User Interface 19
www.ui19.uie.com
Web Directions
www.webdirections.org
An Event Apart
www.aneventapart.com
Midwest UX
www.midwestux.com
Smashing Conference
www.smashingconf.com
Confab
www.confabevents.com