Resume of Jeff Watkins

For the last ten years, I’ve designed and developed cutting-edge user interfaces and proofs-of-concept for the Web and Windows grounded and informed by a background of hard-core C++ application development. I’m now seeking a product design position with an organization that shares my passion for developing exceptional products and where my experience, dedication and enthusiasm can make a real difference.

Contact

I’m always keen to hear from anyone who reads nerd @ newburyportion, which I always suspect is about one or two people. The advantage to having so few readers is that I probably can respond to every email message I receive…

One Word, Sounds Like

Today I was thwarted by a voicemail directory. I called the main phone number for a company with an automated PBX. However, I didn’t know how to spell the last name of the guy I was trying to call.

Schrödinger’s Poor Cat

I’ve become a regular reader of Creating Passionate Users and the Kathy Sierra’s latest article Schrödinger’s Product is another excellent instalment.

However, in today’s article Kathy trots out the standard Schrödinger’s Cat thought experiment. Now I’ve been blessed with feline companions for 15 years, so I might know a thing or two about cat behaviour. And if you think you’re going to lock a cat in a metal box with a vial of poison, you’re crazy.

Keeping Users In Mind

Kathy Sierra has a really great article about designing for users rather than features. (Thanks Josh for linking to the Creating Passionate Users site.)

The closing paragraph really sums it all up: