The Pimpformation Architect describes how he reached out to the IA/UX community using Wordpress and other social media, the response he received, and what he learned.
3. WHAT AM I DOING HERE?
Exploring UX Delight Interest
Concepts Engagement
Exploring Branding Marketing
Social Media
Sharing with a IAI IA Summit
Community UW iSchool You!
Revealing myself
4. HOWâS IT GOING TO GO?
⢠Introductions and DeďŹnitions
⢠The Story of the Pimpformation Architect
⢠Lessons Learned
⢠Interesting IA/UX Resources
⢠Your Questions
5. WHO AM I?
⢠Aspiring IA/UX Designer
⢠2008 MLIS Grad, UW Information School
⢠10 years of software development experience
in Seattle area
⢠Computer Science degree
⢠Freelancing and looking for a job. :-)
12. ORIGINS
⢠Emergency Librarian Beth Sanderson*
â˘I grabbed the domain (.com and .info) in October â08
*Check out:
www.bettergnomesandgarden.com
63. LESSONS LEARNED
⢠WordPress was easy to set up and tweak
⢠(plugins
of note: adsense manager, akismet, emo vote,
google analyticator, statpress reloaded, twitter tools,
wordpress mobile edition)
⢠Twitter
can be used lots of ways, and how you use it is a
personal choice.
⢠Broadcasting blog updates is easy
⢠Figuringout who to follow is not. On the plus side, itâs
easy to stop following someone.
64. LESSONS LEARNED
⢠Talk
to people directly, and let them know you appreciate
what they do (tweets, blog posts, etc.)
⢠Doing something crazy can sometimes pay off!
⢠The IA/UX community is made of win.
⢠Hopefully you learned other stuff too! :-)