Boxes And Arrows : The Design Behind the Design

Michael Beavers

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Michael is an independent digital strategy director for several agencies in San Francisco and Atlanta.

A digital strategist by training and industry veteran with marketing experiences, enterprise portals, communities, and Web applications, Michael has an appreciation for thoughtful, empathetic design of all stripes, from interfaces to devices, controls, public architecture, urban design, transportation, and land use.

His peer-reviewed journal, http://www.physicalinterface.com, is a new community of everyday design enthusiasts from technology, user experience design, architecture, human factors, New Urbanism, product design and academia.

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Stories written by Michael Beavers

• Setting Up Business Stakeholder Interviews, Part 1 [5 comments]
• Setting Up Business Stakeholder Interviews Part 2 [2 comments]

Comments made by Michael Beavers

• True, especially in the stakeholder interview stage. We've … [1 points]
• What a great place for a review of Strunk & White! I used t… [1 points]
• Shiv, an excellent high-level introduction. I've referenced… [1 points]
• Amazing ideas here. My company always uses custom-scored mu… [0 points]
• I agree with Fred--and by extension, Steve Mulder. Personas… [2 points]
• Very good--I'm glad there's some interest here! Let's see i… [1 points]
• Not me! It is simply moving too fast--makes my head swim! … [0 points]
• This is a really interesting viewpoint for exploring roles a… [2 points]
• Articles like this is one of the reasons why I love B&A! Th… [0 points]
• Yep, I'm with you. I just turned to the appropriate semanti… [0 points]
• Very cool article, Liz. What captivated me was the concept … [1 points]
• The timing of this article is really great, so thank you. O… [0 points]
• This is a nice in-depth review of Intuitect. I recommend th… [1 points]
• I think that cash is really the best incentive for users in … [0 points]
• Liz, the link to his book site and Chapter 3 were a great bo… [1 points]
• Very interesting article...and reflective of the fact that U… [0 points]
• Chris, Jeff, and John: I think product managers will in the … [0 points]
• Hi, Christine. I would like to see this turned into a story… [1 points]
• I would love to read this, but saying that log files are ren… [1 points]
• Jorge, this was indeed an interesting article. Before readi… [-1 points]
• This could be really cool and tasty, portable, and personali… [0 points]
• Boke, I highly recommend reading Mulder's book if you're int… [0 points]
• Methodology, a tool, AND a creative parallel in one article?… [0 points]
• This could be cool...can you also provide live examples of P… [0 points]
• Is this different from Scott's article? http://www.boxesand… [0 points]
• Yes, yes, yes...I'm not aware of any small-screen articles o… [0 points]
• Frank, thanks and great question. The chart, once completed… [0 points]
• Hi, Challis. You're absolutely right. To clarify, I am per… [0 points]
• Hi, Boke. Regarding your comment on prioritizing tactical… [0 points]
• Chanpory, this is a nice article. When you mentioned coming… [0 points]
• This is great...I like that you also keep testing results vi… [0 points]
• James, thanks for writing this. I think that one of the eas… [0 points]
• Wow, what a cool idea! From the agency/Web dev world, this … [1 points]
• Nice and tidy interview, Christina. Excellent information f… [1 points]
• http://www.boxesandarrows.com/person/3229-rlovinger Hi, The… [0 points]
• Dan and Tom, thanks. You touched on this, but this is reall… [0 points]
• Rebekah, already I've had cause to refer this as a link to a… [0 points]
• I love this idea. One area to explore might be the frequent… [0 points]
• Prasad, are you talking about okay and cancel in a modal or … [0 points]
• Yes, completely agree that the documentation has to take car… [0 points]
• Hi, Daniel--nice article. I especially liked your Québec c… [2 points]
• ...and what I neglected to mention above was that these smal… [0 points]
• Mixing long-form and short-form articles is an interesting p… [0 points]
• Hi, Ross...I think it is great that you're attacking this ch… [1 points]