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Two Seattle UX design companies join forces as Blink acquires Tectonic The Seattle-based user-experience research and design company Blink has acquired a little help in the design department by purchasing Tectonic,… Read More
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Advice from a former Apple director who coined the term ‘user experience’ Having worked on Apple’s User Interface Technologies and introducing the term “user experience” to company execs in the early 90s, Mitch… Read More
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