What’s on Julia’s mind these days? It’s the end of a busy summer. I personally try to never travel in the summer as it can be the most crowded time. I did travel some from the east coast to California a lot this past spring and summer
A summary of updates and events from DIA Design Guild for August 2024.
What’s on Julia’s mind these days? One thing I miss not working is the sense of community and striving for a common goal. Job searching is lonely. Even with support groups and job search circles you are still ultimately on your own. Job searching is like hunting a
What’s on Julia’s mind these days? Resumes. They are a lot of work. I read an interesting factoid today. “If you're applying to a role with the title "x" and required skills "a, b, and c", all 4 of those pieces of
July 2024 includes a personal reflection by Grace on the challenges of the current job market and the closure of IxDA
What’s on Julia’s mind these days? I’m re-reading one of my favorite design books. No, it is not The Design of Everyday Things. It is How Design Makes the World by Scott Berkun. One of the great parts of the book is that each chapter starts with
What’s on Julia’s mind these days? I’ve been thinking a lot about questions. Questions are not just for interviews, but for life as well. While I do think about the meaning of life a lot, that is not the type of life questions I am talking about
What’s on Julia’s mind these days? Goals. Both setting and accomplishing them. A goal is to go after something you want, hopefully something you are passionate about. How are you setting yourself up for success? How do you know when you have reached that goal? How are you
What’s on Julia’s mind these days? I’ve been thinking a lot about community lately. As in how to create a sense of community. First we must define community: “a feeling of fellowship with others, as a result of sharing common attitudes, interests, and goals.” I think we
Can you believe that it’s already the end of May? Time seems to be flying by faster than ever!
What’s on Julia’s mind these days? I hope everyone’s mentor mentee relationship is going well and you are making progress. I’ve been thinking a lot about balance lately. Balancing work and personal life. I’ve never been good at it. One thing is always proportionately taking
What’s on Julia’s mind these days? Ugh, the job search. It is not fun and it can be a full-time job. This is definitely the hardest market I have seen in the 25 years of my career. So remember, it is not a rejection of you personally. So
Apprenticeship
What’s on Julia’s mind these days? Moving from chatbots to chat agents. How much does AI impact your workflow? Do you use it daily to improve efficiency or once in a while? I use it to help me write my resume and to get me started writing on
Apprenticeship
What’s on Julia’s mind these days? We have seen in the last six or eight years a conflation of UX and Visual Design. Meaning UX jobs are looking for a focus on pretty pixels versus structure and flow. How will that change with the proliferation of AI tools
Hello, Spring! Unless you’re in Colorado like some of us, then it's Second Winter. Regardless, it does feel good to have the weather warming up and things starting to turn green. We have some exciting news to share this month! World IA Day was a smashing hit
Game Club
The DIA Game Club has exciting new updates for 2024!
Apprenticeship
What’s on Grace’s mind these days? Who am I kidding? This is not a week 11 biweekly update. We completely missed the boat and went straight into the next week. LOL, oh, well, I sincerely hope you all know by now NOT to set your clocks or calendars
Apprenticeship
What’s on Grace’s mind these days? Stepping in for Julia for this update. There’s a LOT going on this week. First of all, World IA Day is this weekend. Both Julia and I are organizing an event. She’s doing the one in Boston and I’m
Announcements
DIA welcomes 9 new mentors to the Apprentice Program!
Game Studio
A list of recommended tools sorted by difficulty level.
Announcements
We said 10, but then we said, just 2 more. And so we have 12 new apprentices joining the DIA apprentice program in 2024