Author Archives: Jeff Gothelf
Lean Day: West – a conference for innovative product teams
I’m thrilled to announce the next event we, at Neo, are putting on this fall. Lean Day: West will take place September 16-17, 2013 in the gorgeous city of Portland, OR. Building off the momentum of Lean Day: UX, held … Continue reading
Designing with remote teams
I will be speaking on working and designing with distributed teams at this year’s IA Summit in Baltimore, MD. As the author of a book on collaboration – a book that touts the benefits of collocated teams – the reality … Continue reading
The Lean UX Book is now available!
It is with great excitement that I announce the launch of the Lean UX book. We’ve talked about it for a long time (close to 18 months) and it’s finally a reality. Read this book! It will cover: how to … Continue reading
3 Challenges Implementing Lean UX in the Enterprise
Transitioning teams to be more “lean” in their product development is not easy. This is especially true in larger, more established organizations. Years of historical momentum coupled with siloed bureaucracy and overzealous legal departments have entrenched a serial, lengthy process … Continue reading
Off on the right foot…
It’s January 2013 – the month and year I turn 40. I’m not one to get hung up on age. In fact I’m a big believer in that old saying that you’re only as old as you feel. I feel … Continue reading
Announcing Lean Day: UX – A Lean UX conference in New York City
I’m very proud to announce the launch of Lean Day: UX – a one day, single track Lean UX conference taking place on March 1st, 2013 in New York City. Continuing on the success of this year’s Agile UX NYC, … Continue reading
We’ve joined New Context!
I’m thrilled to share that Proof, the product design studio we (Giff Constable, Josh Seiden) founded earlier this year has been acquired by New Context. Starting immediately, we will be the NYC office of New Context offering a full array … Continue reading
Take that meeting…
“I don’t really use LinkedIn or Twitter.” “I don’t go to meetups.” “I don’t really have time to meet people.” These are just a few of the phrases I hear all the time from people I come across — whether … Continue reading
Why have you not written anything here in 2 months?
Quick update on the next blog post(s) coming up here. I’ve been swamped with launching a new business, speaking around the world, writing for a few other publications and putting the finishing touches on the Lean UX book. This has … Continue reading
Interaction design is not respected as a design discipline
Back in February I was lucky enough to attend Interaction 12, the IxDA’s annual conference, in Dublin, Ireland. It was an incredibly well-produced event with lots of thoughtful sessions, interesting people and fun activities. One of those activities was the … Continue reading