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Eating our Own Dog Food: Using UX Methods to  Build a UX Business Lou Rosenfeld, Rosenfeld Media Design Research Conference Chicago, Illinois, USA September 22, 2007 www.rosenfeldmedia.com
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Choosing Topics:  UXzeitgeist.com
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Good help isn’t so hard to find Editorial Board Liz Danzico Andrew Dillon Steve Krug Mike Kuniavsky Ginny Redish Marc Rettig Nathan Shedroff Rashmi Sinha Karen Whitehouse
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Eating Our Own Dog Food: Using UX Methods to Build a UX Business

  • 1. Eating our Own Dog Food: Using UX Methods to Build a UX Business Lou Rosenfeld, Rosenfeld Media Design Research Conference Chicago, Illinois, USA September 22, 2007 www.rosenfeldmedia.com
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  • 12. Choosing Topics: UXzeitgeist.com
  • 16. Good help isn’t so hard to find Editorial Board Liz Danzico Andrew Dillon Steve Krug Mike Kuniavsky Ginny Redish Marc Rettig Nathan Shedroff Rashmi Sinha Karen Whitehouse
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Editor's Notes

  1. Maybe I should have changed the title; this conference used to be About, With and For, and you’re all still attending