Brittany Hunter on Atomic Spin

Building the Right Thing – Define Your Product with a Kickoff & RDP Phase

Your product kickoff and RDP session will mitigate risks and help ensure that the process of growing your software product is a smooth and enjoyable one.

Evolving the Industry

UX Lessons from Ford’s MyFord Touch Fiasco

I think there are plenty of lessons for the rest of us to learn from the way Ford introduced and then evolved the MyTouch system.

Business Practices

Of Software Designers & Broken Combs

The "T-shaped person" has long been a holy grail in the software industry. I disagree. The ideal candidate should look more like a broken comb.

Growing as Makers

10 of My Favorite Industry-Related Blogs & Websites

One thing I love about software design is the rapid rate of change. There's always something to learn. Here are the best design blogs I've found to stay abreast of new ideas in use

.NET / WPF

Using XAML to Set Focus on a Textbox in WPF Desktop Applications

Instead of one TextBox control for the code, we have 4 TextBox controls. As the user types in each digit, we move focus to the next TextBox for them.

UX/Design Practices

Test-Driven Design

Design starts when there's a problem to solve. That's the designer's "broken test." After designing a solution, she does user testing to make sure it passes.

Business Practices

Self-Managed Teams Are Effective Teams

Self-managed teams can communicate faster and better, build more trust with clients, avoid conflict, and make better decisions.

Business Practices

Generalist Makers: The Unicorns of the Software Industry

Teams of generalist software makers are more efficient, more profitable, and more successful than teams of specialists.

Growing as Makers

Women and the Software Industry: The Truth about Stereotypes, Retention, and the Gender Gap

How stereotype threat keeps women from staying in the software industry, and how we can fight it with education, encouragement, and networking.

Personal Optimization

Creating a Design Portfolio that Gets You Hired

Here are the 5 things that really get my attention — things make me say "Here's somebody I'd love to have as my design intern!"

UX/Design Practices

More Takeaways from Cooper UX Bootcamp

UX Bootcamp was a really great experience. Here are four big things I learned.

UX/Design Practices

Usability Testing Field Notes

Some thoughts about what it takes to put together a successful usability testing session.

Brittany Hunter

Keep up with our latest posts.