Jeff Parks, Author at Boxes and Arrows

Author: Jeff Parks

Jeff Parks parlayed his work in behavioural and cognitive psychology into one of today’s most recognized names in UX as a result of his trailblazing podcast on Boxes and Arrows. He is an international keynote speaker, a frequent guest lecturer, a business coach and mentor, and a tireless advocate of the patient-experience to quality healthcare. Jeff was a senior advisor in developing Central Europe’s largest UX conference, now run by Deloitte Digital and, through his former training company, Follow The UX Leader, he has inspired a new generation of UX professionals from Boeing to Zappos.

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Leading Designers to New Frontiers

Posted by Jeff Parks

The MX San Francisco conference focused on helping managers and designers deal with the complexity, challenges, and opportunities that make every day so entertaining. Jeff Parks and Chris Baum sat down with several of the conference speakers and organizers to further examine the issues that the sessions revealed.

March 5, 2008 Deliverables / Learning From Others / Podcasts and Posters / Visual and Visible

Using Design Visuals To Communicate Ideas

Posted by Jeff Parks

Jeff Parks talks to a few of the very talented folks from VizThink ’08.

December 10, 2007 Design Principles / Foundational Thinking / Interactivity / Learning From Others / Podcasts and Posters

Foundations of Interaction Design

Posted by Jeff Parks

Jeff Parks speaks with David Malouf on his article, Foundations of Interaction Design. They discuss several foundations of Interaction design explore in greater detail issues posted in the story’s comments.

November 1, 2007 Interfaces / Learning From Others / Podcasts and Posters / User Centered

Blasting the Myth of the Fold

Posted by Jeff Parks

Milissa and Jeff discuss how this long held rule in web design is being de-bunked by web analytics and user testing, as well as how this will impact design and development processes based on screen resolution and browser compatibility.

April 2, 2007 Foundational Thinking / Learning From Others / Podcasts and Posters / Workplace and Career

Transitioning from User Experience to Product Management

Posted by Jeff Parks

iTunes Download mp3 Del.icio.us Pod-safe music generously provided by Sonic Blue I had the pleasure of talking with Jeff Lash and Chris Baum on their two part article, Transitioning from User Experience to Product Manager. We talk about how more and more UX professionals are looking at taking on the role of a product manager. This is a valuable conversation for those looking to make a change in careers; an honest discussion about the pros and cons