The million-dollar question I have been asked time and time again: why LA? If I received a quarter for every time someone has asked me why I chose Los Angeles for internship experience, well let’s just say that I’d have a lot of money. So,…
I’ve had a lot of people asking what UX is recently. I can’t help sell UX as a service if people don’t know what it is, so maybe it’s about time we explain what UX is, how it’s intertwined into our daily lives, and why…
When Professor Andrew Oswald, Dr Eugenio Proto and Dr Daniel Sgroi from the Department of Economics at the University of Warwick did a study on employee happiness and its effects on productivity it was no surprise that they found happiness can increase productivity by 12% or…
Many of us have had multiple jobs and careers throughout our lives and have had many different experiences with skill at the job, bosses, co-workers, environment etc. However, what we’d like to focus on today are you as an employee and nothing else. If you…
I’m currently over halfway through my design internship here at the Calgary Post + Beam office, and have enjoyed every minute of it. It’s been great working with on a variety of projects for different types of businesses. One of my favourite things about this…
I’ve recently been ramping up development on Monkeyslunch, with help from some great people. While doing so I’ve not just been working on designs and a better experience (previews to come soon so I can solicit your feedback), but also doing a lot of research…
Have you ever wondered what would happen if you gave a client exactly what they asked for? Here’s a little story to remind us all of the power of simply asking why. Client: We want you to build us a website. Problem solver: Why? …
How do we reinvent downtown professionals view of the lunch hour? Lunchbox Theatre is a Canadian Theatre company situated in the down town core of Calgary. Their entertainment style provides one-hour, one-act performance during the lunch hour. A one-act play is a sort play…
“If you are out there shooting, things will happen for you. If you’re not out there, you’ll only hear about it.” – Jay Maisel The other night I met up with a friend who recently got a Fujifilm X-E2 mirror less camera, which is…