Stories are powerful tools to persuade, teach, and communicate with people. Stories capture attention in a way that straightfoward data cannot. They transcend education and […]
My Teaching Philosophy (and how I guess I never change!)
I was browsing through old documents and found my teaching philosophy from 2005, when I was contemplating the academic job market. I was pleasantly surprised […]
Types of Statistical Validity: What You’re Measuring and How to Do It
Statistical validity is one of those things that is vitally important in conducting and consuming social science research, but less than riveting to learn about. […]
Three Tips to Be A Better Public Speaker
One of my many weird qualities is that I actually enjoy public speaking. It’s taken me a while to get here. I remember the very […]
Designing for Behavior Change Event
If you’re interested, I will be speaking at a cool event on Thursday, August 28th about designing for behavior change. It was organized by Joshua […]
How to Research, 2014-Style
A few years ago, I read an article making a strong argument that Ctrl-F is the most important computer skill for the modern researcher or student. […]
The Power of Beautiful Design
I admit it; I make ugly slides. I can recognize lovely design, and I very much want to emulate it, but the fact is, I […]
Motivate Your User Through Design Psychology: Presentation from UXPA Boston 2014
For anyone who is interested, I just uploaded my slides from today’s Motivate Your User Through Design Psychology session at UXPA Boston to SlideShare: UXPA […]
Presenting At UXPA Boston
I found out a few days ago that my presentation proposal was accepted to UXPA Boston on May 15. I’m pretty excited–user experience is a topic […]
Design Psychology at Intelligent.ly, 3/24/14
Tomorrow night I’ll be back at Intelligent.ly to talk about Design Psychology. If you’re in the Boston area and want to learn more about how to […]