Author Archives: brynn

Joining Google

8 Jun 2011 – 9:10

My life has been adrift in adventures over the last few months since I left my startup. It’s been wonderful, fulfilling, and challenging. I took on my first info viz project with a client; ran a few gamestorming workshops; dabbled in iOS design…and organized two conferences: SketchCamp (May 28, 2011) and Overlap (coming up this [...]

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In the aftermath of SketchCamp

1 Jun 2011 – 10:15

Last weekend, I helped to organize and host the first annual SketchCamp. SketchCamp was a one-day event for interaction design and user experience (UX) professionals; we ran it like a BarCamp with a focus on UX sketching. It was a total success! Since then, several people have reached out to get more info on SketchCamp [...]

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Social search can’t be solved by an algorithm (part deux)

24 May 2011 – 15:21

Just a few weeks ago, I shared the debut of a new book, Dancing with Digital Natives; I wrote the first chapter: When Facebook comes to work. Today I’m happy to announce another book, Designing Search (by Greg Nudelman) that I also have a small contribution in. It’s a 3-page “sidebar” called: Social search can’t be [...]

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When Facebook comes to work

16 May 2011 – 12:18

The chapter I wrote over a year and a half ago, “When Facebook Comes to Work,” has finally been published in a new CyberAge book by Information Today: Dancing with Digital Natives. (View the Table of Contents.) “This remarkable group of editors and authors presents a range of opinions about the challenges and opportunities of [...]

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What I brought home from SXSW

17 Mar 2011 – 17:30

I just returned from an amazing 5 days in sunny Austin, TX. This was my 3rd year at SxSWi and it was as jam packed, exhausting, and energizing as any I’ve been to in the past! I decided not to do the panel-hopping thing this year and instead spend quality time with people I rarely [...]

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