This weblog seeks to document my personal experiences, opinions, from time-to-time my rants and comments, side-by-side with somewhat random thoughts about the field of user experience engineering.
My primary job is managing a team of brilliant designers helping them craft usable solutions to real world problems. My work is in enterprise software (generally) and as such this weblog will likely steer clear of the whole Web 2.0 problem space. I'm not saying I don't have opinions about the web! Don't get me wrong, the web is important, however, in my opinion it isn't the only place that needs a focused effort. Without enterprise software solutions things like the web would not be possible. So, I choose to focus my efforts there.
I prefer the term "User Experience Engineering" (UEE) to almost any other term applied to this field. For me, UEE more clearly communicates the rigor required to provide a better experience for users. I often use the the abbreviation "UE" and "UX" to mean the exact same thing. Don't be surprised if I also use "UEE" and "UED" Interchangeably . UED (User Experience Design) is what some companies call the team members and the process used to craft an excellent experience. I do understand/like that term, however I still prefer the word engineering over the word design.
I am really looking forward to your comments, suggestions, and any feedback you'd like to provide.
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