I thought I needed a blog after I realised that I had few easy opportunities to get my thoughts in order on a number of academic and professional subjects, and most critically have the possibility of gaining input from others on the topics of those thoughts (rather than have them sit in some notebook somewhere, never to be seen again).
I am what you would probably describe as a User Experience professional. That is I have a masters degree in Ergonomics specialising in Human - Computer Interaction (HCI), I freelance as a Information Architect, Usability expert, and occasionally as a User Experience expert for web and mobile projects, and I completed my PhD in what engagement with videogames could be said to be in April 2013. It is these areas I will be focusing on in this essentially professional and academically oriented blog.
The Praxinomics moniker I have chosen as the title of this blog (and the name of the company with which I conduct my professional activities) is intended to reflect my broad interests in both work and leisure. "Praxis" being ancient Greek for an activity freely engaged in, and "Nomos" is a convention, law, or way. So Praxinomics is intended to suggest the study of free activity, distinct from Ergonomics, which is the study of "Ergon" or work.
I might even include a portfolio of some kind at some point, but I'm not sure how that would work yet. I find it difficult to imagine how I would capture the craft of working as a User Experience professional in an array of documents.
I might even include a portfolio of some kind at some point, but I'm not sure how that would work yet. I find it difficult to imagine how I would capture the craft of working as a User Experience professional in an array of documents.
