Boxes And Arrows : The Design Behind the Design

Michael Beavers

69 Reputation points | Submitted 2 stories | Posted 43 comments

Michael has served as a strategy director for Organic in San Francisco and IQ Interactive in Atlanta.

While he is a digital strategist by training, he has an appreciation for 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.

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… [0 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]