This past week in ISM I had my final interview with Mr. Cassini Nazir, an Interaction Design educator at UT Dallas and Director of the ATEC Usability Lab. The interview was successful and I was able to understand the differences in Interaction and UX Design, and unique ways to conduct Usability tests. Mr. Nazir mentioned various things such as Wizard of Oz prototyping, how a Usability Lab functions, and ways to process the data that we collect in a project. Overall, I learned a lot of new techniques and will definitely look at the different books and websites to help with my own research.
In terms of my website, I updated my blog section with new titles and correctly formatted my research and interview assessment in order to make it extremely easy for users to reach my site.
I also completed two more interview assessments for my fourth and fifth interview, and after completing my interview assessments, I was able to see exactly what I accomplished and learned in each interview and how the information I learned relates in some ways and is also very different. Towards the end of the week, I began to work more on my original work and compiling the different articles and books that I received from my interviews and then plan out a way to approach all of this information and set goals each week.
In regards to choosing a mentor, I first emailed. Andrea Sutton, the Vice President of Design Technology at AT&T and the first professional that I interviewed, however, I am currently waiting on an official response. I recently contacted another Experienced Design professional at 7-11 in order to expand my knowledge and learn more about design at various different companies.
