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		<title>Changing User Experiences in Mass Consumer Environments</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Aug 2010 19:50:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron Irizarry</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In this video I look at changing the experiences users/customers have in mass consumer environments (i.e. fast food restaurants) and the decisions faced in implementing those changes. This video has been a bit of a test for an idea I have of actually going out and finding experiences, recording them and discussing the good the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>User Experience Resources for Front End Designers</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 13:28:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron Irizarry</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This post is a list of great UX resources for front end designers, and anyone else looking to find good reading and people to interact with in the UX community. Good User Experience Blogs UXMag UXBooth 52 Weeks of UX Boxes and Arrows Pleasure and Pain Everyday UX Julie Strothman Loren Baxter &#8211; A Clean [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Evangelizing User Centered Design Pt.4</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Jul 2010 19:09:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron Irizarry</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In our efforts to evangelize for a more user-centered approach to the design of our sites, applications, and products one of the more crucial things we can do is be resourceful. This post starts with and intro video and goes a bit more in-depth(as well as providing resources) in the accompanying article&#8230; As you may have already [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Evangelizing User Centered Design Pt.1</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 May 2010 14:01:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron Irizarry</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thisisaaronslife.com/?p=2121</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I am excited to start a new video series that focuses on evangelizing a user/human entered design approach. For a lot of us who work in house , or on a contract basis we can often find ourselves having to campaign for a more user focused approach to the product. It can be a fine [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Making Awesome Users</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 May 2010 03:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron Irizarry</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So I am behind on my two blog posts for this week, but I would rather wait until the content is right rather than rush them. So Instead I am linking to this awesome video about focusing on building apps/products that make your users awesome. This video is a must watch! This video really challenged [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Creating Experience Pt.6 &#8211; Convenient Experiences</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Apr 2010 04:05:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron Irizarry</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This installment in the Creating Experience series discusses the idea of making experiences that are convenient for users, by removing chances for error, and simplifying the process.]]></description>
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		<title>Creating Experience Pt. 5 &#8211; Consistent Experiences</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Apr 2010 13:23:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron Irizarry</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This installment of creating experience discusses creating good experiences by creating consistent experiences on three levels&#8230; Environment, Experience, and Content. By keeping consistency we help our users to engage the websites, products and web applications we are building more comfortably, this results in better conversions, and responses that we are trying to garner from the users [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Creating Experience Pt.3</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 19:35:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron Irizarry</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thisisaaronslife.com/?p=1760</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In Creating Experience Pt.3 I discuss the value in subtle design elements and how they can enhance a web design, and add to the experience. I also take a quick minute for a pretty rad announcement. Resources You can get the Webmaster Jam Session DVD&#8217;s I talked about here. For a beautiful Web Workshops News [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Creating Experience Pt.2 &#8211; Color Me Bad</title>
		<link>http://www.thisisaaronslife.com/creating-experience-pt2-color-me-bad/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 19:03:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron Irizarry</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In this video I discuss the use of color when creating experiences. Color can convey a certain message/persona about a site, as well as stir certain emotions in the viewer/user. We will briefly talk bout that in this vid, and look at some links that shed some more light on the topic. A bit of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Friday Vidcast 1.08.09</title>
		<link>http://www.thisisaaronslife.com/friday-vidcast-1-08-09/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jan 2010 18:04:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron Irizarry</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This weeks Friday Vidcast sets up the next &#8220;Making the Transition&#8221; vid, and announces the launch of my new design biz Solv. First&#8230; sorry for noise in the background&#8230; left the heater on(to much coffee). So needless to say I am stoked to see Solv go live check it out at www.solv-ux.com. There are a [...]]]></description>
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