The Informed Life

My guest today is Beck Tench. Beck is a third-year Ph.D. student at the University of Washington. This role requires that she deal with a lot of information, and in this show,​ we talk about how she makes sense of it all. We also discuss the subject of her Ph.D.​ itself, which is both fascinating and highly relevant.

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 https://theinformeddotlife.files.wordpress.com/2019/03/episode-6-beck-tench.mp3

Show notes

• Beck Tench
• University of Washington Information School
• Zettelkasten
• The Archive
• Notational Velocity
• Tinderbox
• Persuasive Technology: Using Computers to Change What We Think and Do by B.J. Fogg (Amazon)
•  Beck’s Tinderbox videos
• Steven Zeoli’s Tinderbox posts

My guest today is Kevin M. Hoffman. Kevin is a designer, manager, and author who has led teams of designers both inside and outside of large organizations. In the last few years, he’s turned his attention to designing better meetings. In this episode, we talk about how he’s using information to engage with prospects and clients so they can design meetings that add value to their lives.

Photo credit: Michelle Milla

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 https://theinformeddotlife.files.wordpress.com/2019/03/the-informed-life-episode-5-kevin-m-hoffman.mp3

Show notes

• Kevin M. Hoffman
• Meeting Design: For Managers, Makers, and Everyone by Kevin M. Hoffman
• Dan Mall
• SuperFriendly
• Super Friends
• Karen McGrane
• Google Docs
• GitHub
• Dropbox
• Box
• Schoolhouse Rock: I’m Just a Bill
• Bear Note
• Markdown
• Google Keep

My guest today is Andrea Kates. Andrea is a consultant and author who equips leaders to translate emerging trends into growth for their businesses. She’s helped major organizations around the world to “find their next,” and has spoken about business innovation at TED and The Aspen Institute among other venues. In this episode, we discuss how Andrea helps clients innovate by thinking beyond the confines of their existing information environments.

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 https://theinformeddotlife.files.wordpress.com/2019/03/episode-4-andrea-kates.mp3

Show notes

• Andrea Kates on LinkedIn
• iScale
• Asana
• Fitbit
• The Creative Habit: Learn It and Use It for Life by Twyla Tharp
• Find Your Next: Using the Business Genome Approach to Find Your Company’s Next Competitive Advantange by Andrea Kates
•  Steve Jobs’s home office
• Sea-Monkeys
• When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing by Daniel Pink
• The Future of Capitalism: Facing the New Anxieties by Paul Collier
• Microsoft OneNote
• Microsoft Surface
•  Lean innovation
• Business Model Canvas
• John Hagel
• Thinkers50
• Singularity University
• Wikibrands Collective

My guest today is Fabricio Teixeira. Fabricio has led design teams at various agencies over the past 15 years; now he’s at Work & Co, a digital product design studio based in Brooklyn, NY. I came to know Fabricio because he’s one of the founders and publishers of UX Collective, one of the largest design and UX online publications. In this episode, we focus on how Fabricio and his partner Caio Braga make UX Collective happen through mindful information management.

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 https://theinformeddotlife.files.wordpress.com/2019/02/episode-3-fabricio-teixeira.mp3

Show notes

• Fabricio Teixeira
• UX Collective
• Work & Co
• Feedly
• Digg Reader (sadly, no longer available)
• Pocket
• Buffer
• If This Then That
• Getting Things Done
• Gmail
•  Gmail canned responses
• Google Sheets
•  Google Tasks

My guest today is Gretchen Anderson. Gretchen spent the first part of her career consulting with world-renowned design firms. More recently, she’s led design and product teams at various companies, including PG&E, California’s largest energy company. Currently, Gretchen consults with clients to inform their product strategies and improve their team collaboration skills. She’s now written a book about collaboration, and in this episode,​ we focus on how she managed her information during the writing process.

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 https://theinformeddotlife.files.wordpress.com/2019/02/the-informed-life-episode-2-gretchen-anderson.mp3

Show notes

• Mastering Collaboration: Make Working Together Less Painful and More Productive by Gretchen Anderson
• Scrivener
• Google Docs
• GretchenAnderson.com
• Gretchen on Twitter
• Gretchen on Medium

My guest today is Lou Rosenfeld. Alongside Peter Morville, Lou wrote the seminal book Information Architecture for the World Wide Web — also known as the polar bear book. In 2005, he founded Rosenfeld Media, where he and his team amplify user experience expertise through conferences and books, including my own Living in Information. In this conversation we talk about how Lou manages information to effectively coordinate the various workstreams at his company, including the upcoming Enterprise Experience conference.

https://theinformeddotlife.files.wordpress.com/2019/01/the-informed-life-episode-1-lou-rosenfeld.mp3

• Information Architecture for the Web and Beyond (4th Edition), by Louis Rosenfeld, Peter Morville, and Jorge Arango
• Rosenfeld Media
• Gmail
• Apple Stickies.app
• Sanebox
• Facebook
• Andrew Hinton on Twitter
• Zoom
• Enterprise Experience 2019 conference
• Enterprise UX community