User Experience Arts

Google has become one of the most successful companies in the world by selling lots and lots of these 17 words of text that help us find what we are searching for. In a money-rich, time-poor economy, helping busy people complete their tasks is the new advertising.

 

 -- Gerry McGovern

Google has become one of the most successful companies in the world by selling lots and lots of these 17 words of text that help us find what we are searching for. In a money-rich, time-poor economy, helping busy people complete their tasks is the new advertising.

 

 -- Gerry McGovern

About Me

Michael Grossman merged his skills in graphic design and multimedia into a career in User Experience Design after graduating with a B.S. in Jazz in 1989 from Hofstra University.

He has delivered projects for clients including Kenneth Cole, Merrill Lynch, Apple, Time Warner, NFL Properties, AOL, Toshiba and W&R Grace.

These projects include websites, intranets, thick/thin client interface design, kiosks, sales tools, CD-ROMs, investor relations presentations, and graphic design. He has been a member of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) since 1999 and has attended courses and conferences by leaders in the field of user experience including Jared Spool, Jakob Nielsen, Edward Tufte, Kim Goodwin and Clement Mok.

You can read my thoughts on User Experience Design on my blog.

Technology Tools:

Dreamweaver, Flash, Flex, AIR, Photoshop, Illustrator, Connect, Captivate, Contribute Web Publishing System, Acrobat, Director, Microsoft Office.

Conferences & Courses Attended:

  • UI12 2007 with Jared Spool (full 5 day conference & courses)
  • UI11 2006 with Jared Spool (full 5 day conference & courses)
  • UI10 2005 with Jared Spool (full 5 day conference & courses)
  • UI 2001 with Jared Spool (full 5 day conference & courses)
  • UI 2000 with Jared Spool (full 5 day conference & courses)
  • 1999, 2006 - Edward Tufte, “Presenting Data and Information”
  • CHI '99 (full 7 day conference & courses) with Clement Mok and Jakob Nielsen
  • Member of the ACM since 1999

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"A creative man is motivated by the desire to achieve, not by the desire to beat others" - Ayn Rand