Gamification , mental models , bodystorming , sketchboarding , Lean UX , service design. In an industry changing as quickly as UX design it's sometimes hard to stay on top of all the latest terms and trends. Etch-A-Sketch wireframing: We UX designers pride ourselves on the fact that we don't have to rely on digital tools. Bring snacks. MORE >>

Too easy to lose How many wasted hours do learners and teachers spend getting everyone a pen or pencil? They’re thin, narrow and roll unaided, designed therefore, to be lost through any small hole and from any surface. The average person must lose dozens, if not hundreds, of these in a lifetime. Empty plastic Bic tubes are also superb pea-shooters. MORE >>

As part of an initiative for ASTD’s upcoming International Conference and Exposition , I was filmed as I responded to 10 questions around mobile (if you’re there, hope to hear how it goes) from Tony Bingham (he came in via conference call). How do you define mobile learning? Why mobile / why now? augmented reality). Think strategically. MORE >>

At some point this winter, mostly likely as I was climbing over the three feet of snow that stayed piled on our sidewalk from late December to February, it occurred to me that I had spent twenty-one years in New York City--exactly half my life. Then I moved into a loft in the West Village with the woman who would become my wife. started outside.in MORE >>

We say teleworkers are 25% more productive than office workers. Here's studies compiled by SuiteCommute with other similar calculations. Home-based workers from Best Buy, JD Edwards, and American Express are 20% to 40% more productive than employees who travel to work. Lister and Harnish). Business Lexington, 2009). AT&T 2000). 1998). MORE >>