Monthly Archives: February 2012

summer internship opportunities for user experience researchers and designers

I mentioned earlier that summer intern season is coming, and that my team has intern openings.  The job openings are listed on our website: user experience research intern — This position reports to me, and is on a project where … Continue reading

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my conspiracy theory about password expiration

I’m completely and utterly convinced that corporate password reset policies are somehow tied to vacations.  There’s just no other explanation for the fact that, every freakin’ time I go on vacation, my password expires just before, during, or just after … Continue reading

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the difference between good user research and great user research

This morning, my team discussed the benefits and drawbacks of large-scale A/B testing.  Websites like Google and Amazon often use A/B testing where they randomly show some of their users a new version of a webpage, and measure whether the … Continue reading

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how to configure the new vCloud Client for iPad app

Dave Hill over at virtual-blog has a screen-by-screen walkthrough of how to configure the new vCloud Client for iPad.  The post is long, but it’s got every screen covered!  Check it out if you want to see the new app … Continue reading

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vCloud Client for iPad available now!

In our continuing effort to VMware-ify your iPad, we have a new application available today: vCloud Client for iPad.  You can do quite a lot with it: connect to your VM via RDP, SSH, or VNC create and deploy vApps … Continue reading

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want to check out the next generation of the vSphere client?

Do you want to check out the next generation of the vSphere client?  If you’re going to the VMware Partner Exchange next week and are available on Monday night (2/13), we’d like to hear from you.  Check out this blog … Continue reading

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Q&A: what are the best courses to take in a user experience curriculum?

Last week, I spoke at a networking breakfast at the University of Michigan’s School of Information.  One of the questions that I was asked there was from someone who is in her first year of the program.  She wanted to … Continue reading

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cool girls code

Cool girls code.  It’s one of the awesome t-shirts that VMware is handing out at college recruitment fairs right now.  It can be hard to get credibility as a female software engineer, and that pink shirt is a reminder to … Continue reading

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one on one with Paul

The New York Times technology blog has a short interview with VMware CEO Paul Maritz.  Ignoring that the Times can’t get the capitalization of VMware right (come on, guys! the w isn’t capitalized!), it’s a quick look at the future … Continue reading

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Q&A: how can I find user experience jobs in the Bay Area?

I’m spending today at the University of Michigan, participating in some campus recruiting.  The morning started off with a networking breakfast with the School of Information, which was great: lots of people who are interested in UX jobs at VMware. … Continue reading

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