Collecting Examples of Good & Bad Design
The world around us is full of good and bad design. It’s in the products, services, systems, and policies we interact with every day, though we may not…
Author: amysantee
Getting into User Experience Research: 3 Senior Practitioners Share Their Stories
One thing I love about the field of User Experience is that it’s full of passionate, curious and talented people with a wide variety of professional backgrounds. In…
Great internet stuff: the not-so-weekly digest (#7)
Presenting another installment of a collection of most-highly-recommended articles, websites and ideas that shaped my thinking throughout the past few weeks (recently renamed from “What I’…
How I survived 4 job searches in 4 years
Since finishing grad school in 2011, I’ve been unemployed (or underemployed) and looking for a job on four separate occasions, including after graduating, moving, quitting, and my latest…
Anthropology Blogging 101: Anthropologizing
Originally posted on The Geek Anthropologist:By Amy Santee This post is part of the Anthropology Blogging 101 series. I started Anthropologizing in 2011 after I finished grad school at…
Anthropology Works: Practicing Anthropology in Design and Business
Follow this link to an article I wrote for the American Anthropological Association’s Anthropology News website. In it, I talk about how I apply my anthropology training to…
Practicing Anthropology in Design and Business – Portland State University Presentation
These are my slides from a talk I gave at Dr. Jeremy Spoon‘s undergraduate Applied Anthropology class at Portland State University on May 20th, 2015. In the presentation,…
Indie anthropology magazine Peeps brings public anthropology together with photojournalism and design
Peeps Magazine is an independent magazine that delivers stories from around the world written by anthropologists immersed in different cultures to bring new perspectives and experiences to your…
A review of new brick-and-mortar product feedback platform Sampling Lab
A few months ago, I read about this place called Sampling Lab, a brick-and-mortar consumer feedback “platform/store” opening in Portland. As a research geek who loves free stuff…
Great internet stuff: the not-so-weekly digest (#6)
Presenting another installment of a collection of most-highly-recommended articles, websites and ideas that shaped my thinking throughout the past few weeks (recently renamed from “What I’…
EPIC 2015 Call for Papers (deadline March 17th)
(Click here to go straight to the official EPIC Call for Papers) EPIC2015 will cross the equator to celebrate our 10th anniversary, and our theme Building Bridges reflects…
User Experience Research at SpendWell – My First 3 Months
Three months ago, I started a new job as user experience researcher at SpendWell Health, a start-up here in Portland, OR. SpendWell is building an online marketplace where…
Anthropologists in Practice: An Interview with Janne Flisrand, Network Weaver and Owner of Flisrand Consulting
Anthropologists in Practice is an ongoing series of interviews featuring practicing anthropologists who work outside the academy. The goal of the series is to provide a source of…
The Medium is the Message: A Lesson in Engaging Stakeholders in the UX Research Process
From designers and information architects to researchers and strategists, user experience practitioners must pay attention to the methods by which they communicate their ideas. As Marshall McLuhan fir…
What I’ve been reading lately: the not-so-weekly digest (#5)
Presenting another installment of a collection of most-highly-recommended articles and websites that shaped my thinking throughout the past few weeks on the following topics: design, research, busines…