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afunnyfunnyman

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About afunnyfunnyman

My Name is Kevin Segel, I grew up on Martha's Vineyard (year around not just the summer) and I graduated from Bentley University in May 2011 with a Major in Information Design and Corporate Communication with a major GPA of 3.7. I also received a minor in Computer Information Systems and have a good understanding of finance, marketing, management, and entrepreneurship.

I truly love the field of UX/UI design. I like to describe my work as "I think so the user doesn't have to". I am well read in usability research and socio-economics to determine behavior. My current favorite usability task is UX strategy or creating incentive systems to encourage or discourage a type of behavior while not changing the context of the experience.

I believe that usability is all about continual improvement. Nothing is ever finished or perfect, projects grow, change and evolve. My goal is to apply that ideology to my profession and to continue to grow, change, and evolve my skill set and expertise.

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    We have a related post on reddit as well: http://www.reddit.com/r/Entrepreneur/comments/sulod/just_fin...

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    This is wonderful. I have been keeping a personal list from the books I have read. Using these can really help your business be user friendly and frame things in a way that users w…

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    Take a look at my startup - Open-Collar: Work Smarter

    Hi everyone, I've been working on this for about 9 months with a friend and just made a big update to our landing page. We are working on making a demo video that we will post as s…

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    Hi Mike, Thanks for the offer! If you wouldn't mind checking out some of the businesses I'm working on and letting me know what you think that would rock! www.digitalqcards.com www…

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    I am a freelancer, We are a team of UX / graphic design and web development, Check out our newly launched website: www.idiomation.com

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    Reinventing old Technology: I just started a business

    Hey all, I started a business this summer trying to bring the postcard into the technical age. let me know what you think: www.digitalqcards.com

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    A large influence on the way we interact with a website is base on how we learned to read. From a usability/UX stand point the way people view and interact with a website can be di…

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    Any other things that people have done to create a lot of buzz prelaunch?