October-November 2024 Updates
A summary of updates and events from DIA Design Guild for October-November 2024.
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Apprentice Program - Week of November 4th, 2024 (WK45)
What’s on our minds these days? I had a bit of a shock over the weekend reading a founder’s story. He and his cofounder pivoted 12 times in three and a half years. What shocked me, and I guess it shouldn’t have, was the fact that they
Apprentice Program - Week of October 20th, 2024 (WK43)
What’s on our minds these days? December 6th marks the end of the program as we take a break for the holidays and gear up for next year. We use November and December as times of reflection on how the apprenticeship program did this past year and how we
Apprentice Program - Week of October 6th, 2024 (WK41)
What’s on our minds these days? Sharing your work is a large part of working in a design team. Whether you are a researcher, writer, designer or some other title, you’ll frequently be asked to show what you are working on and talk about it. Share early and
Utilizing User-Centric Principles to Boost Social Media Marketing
How UX helped our social media campaign raise brand awareness, improve ticket sales, and revamp future campaign infrastructure for a conference
September 2024 Updates
A summary of updates and events from DIA Design Guild for September 2024.
Apprentice Program - Week of September 9th, 2024 (WK37)
What’s on our minds these days? Hi everyone! It’s been a while since I (Grace) last wrote a greeting in these biweekly emails. How’s everyone doing? The summer has ended here in the United States. Here in Los Angeles, we are in fire season. At the time
Apprentice Program - Week of August 25th, 2024 (WK35)
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
August 2024 Updates
A summary of updates and events from DIA Design Guild for August 2024.
Apprentice Program - Week of August 12th, 2024 (WK33)
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
Apprentice Program - Week of July 29th, 2024 (WK31)
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 Updates
July 2024 includes a personal reflection by Grace on the challenges of the current job market and the closure of IxDA
Apprentice Program - Week of July 15th, 2024 (WK29)
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
Apprentice Program - Week of July 1st, 2024 (WK27)
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
Apprentice Program - Week of June 17, 2024 (WK25)
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
Apprentice Program - Week of June 03, 2024 (WK23)
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
Apprentice Program - Week of May 20, 2024 (WK21)
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
Apprentice Program - Week of May 6, 2024 (WK19)
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
Apprentice Updates - Week of Apr 22, 2024
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
Apprentice updates - Week of Apr 8, 2024
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
March 2024 Updates
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