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  1. Aaron Weyenberg added a comment on I am Aaron Weyenberg, UX Lead at TED, Ask Me Anything
    Thanks Jen and tell them I say hello!
    Oct 02 2013
  2. Aaron Weyenberg added a comment on I am Aaron Weyenberg, UX Lead at TED, Ask Me Anything
    Hi and thanks, Jesse. Pretty much everything the product team does here is in service of the content and mission. We are always pushing and pushing to expand the content around the world. But in terms…
    Oct 01 2013
  3. Aaron Weyenberg added a comment on I am Aaron Weyenberg, UX Lead at TED, Ask Me Anything
    Hi. Good question because I think there are a lot of ways to answer that. Here's my take: I would avoid falling into the comfortable zone of thinking of UX as deliverables (a set of wireframes, design…
    Oct 01 2013
  4. Aaron Weyenberg added a discussion I am Aaron Weyenberg, UX Lead at TED, Ask Me Anything Sep 30 2013
  5. Aaron Weyenberg added a comment on I am Aaron Weyenberg, UX Lead at TED, Ask Me Anything
    Thanks Mark.  Well, there are so many so I'll give you a few. Ben Schneier talks about security and how our notion of it just doesn't match reality: http://www.ted.com/talks/bruce_schneier.h…
    Sep 30 2013
  6. Aaron Weyenberg added a comment on I am Aaron Weyenberg, UX Lead at TED, Ask Me Anything
    SEO is actually a pretty weak area of mine. The idea I usually subscribed to is that SEO is about optimizing for ranking and inbound traffic etc and _not_ optimizing for users experience once they get…
    Sep 30 2013
  7. Aaron Weyenberg added a comment on I am Aaron Weyenberg, UX Lead at TED, Ask Me Anything
    Not sure I can give a satisfactory answer to that. Is it just the presentation layer that is changing?
    Sep 30 2013
  8. Aaron Weyenberg added a comment on I am Aaron Weyenberg, UX Lead at TED, Ask Me Anything
    I should add, that in all our TED job postings, we end by saying "we only hire extremely nice people." There are no big egos around here and we love to keep it that way as we hire a few more folks to …
    Sep 30 2013
  9. Aaron Weyenberg added a comment on I am Aaron Weyenberg, UX Lead at TED, Ask Me Anything
    Hello Jen! I think like a lot of opportunities anywhere there's a timing factor. TED was in need of a UX person with interaction design experience and some technical/dev skills. My whole career has be…
    Sep 30 2013
  10. Aaron Weyenberg added a comment on I am Aaron Weyenberg, UX Lead at TED, Ask Me Anything
    To return to your last question, this is of course what everyone strives for. I'd say the biggest asset any UX designer can have is an affinity for empathy. Being able to predict and relate to how a u…
    Sep 30 2013