Things that most people don’t talk about, actively avoid talking about, are considered taboo, or carry a heavy stigma if they’re ever mentioned. I’m not a troublemaker. I just am of Greek descent and we like to question things, discuss them and argue over them for fun (think Socrates), and generally make messes. If Socrates’ death, the illusion of democracy and the state of the Greek economy aren’t enough to convince you, come talk to me about something controversial.
Time to read: 2 minutesTwenty years ago today, I stood in a tent with a few thousand former students, listened to a few speeches that I immediately forgot, and walked across a stage when my name was called to receive my Engineering degree, in full cap and gown regalia. I had no clue that day, that deciding to chat […] continue reading »
Time to read: 7 minutesLast week, two days after an HR screening, I received a canned rejection note from the person I had spoken with. Very impersonal and dehumanizing. She asked me to tell her about my management experience, which I did. Small teams, one to five people, complex projects, in demanding environments, where we all collaborated hands-on. I […] continue reading »
Time to read: 7 minutesThe forest I built a little forest. Or so I call it. My corridor has a bend. It makes a right angle to the right, that you can’t see from the entrance. So in that part of the hidden corridor, a part I only transit through – like all corridors – I hid a forest. […] continue reading »
Time to read: 4 minutesIn January, I went to a meetup in Athens, Greece, for the first time ever, and I thought it was kind of bad… And it made me wonder, what makes meetups good? For those who don’t know me, I have lived in London, UK, since 2006 (explains the bias of my meetup experiences), am of […] continue reading »
Time to read: 7 minutesSo the first thing I did, a few months after “WTF, did Brexit really just happen?” settled into my brain, was to google like mad about permanent residency. (If you don’t want to read the whole story, you can always skip to the checklist at the end.) Research And… I ended up on a few […] continue reading »
Time to read: 5 minutesUX is trendy, and we should all rejoice… Except UXers often work to unrealistic expectations, (“make this product user-friendly in 8 weeks”) try to solve non-existent problems (“build that team a dashboard with metrics XYZ”), and are seldom allowed time to do real research or work as a team (“we don’t have time for that, […] continue reading »
Time to read: 9 minutesThe UX industry suffers from a delusion: that the take-home task is a good way to understand what each candidate for a job is capable of. This isn’t 100% wrong, but it sure as hell is flawed!! I’ve written about why I think this is flawed, included some examples of – REAL – good and […] continue reading »
Time to read: 5 minutesI’ve been on FOUR BA flights since 27th December 2016. This only matters because the last one was a VERY different experience from the first three. The first two were First Class (we used avios, sit back down), and awesome. On my last and fourth one, however, I discovered BA’s new policy of not serving […] continue reading »
Time to read: 6 minutesI’ve been working with someone. This is note-worthy, because I have mostly worked alone. Most companies today think that one UX Architect is enough to fix All The Things going wrong in a project. We are UX co-leads on a Big Fat Software Rewrite project. On our first day, a Monday, we were told that […] continue reading »
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