Writing
January, 2024
The Challenges of Applying Inclusive Design in Healthcare
A piece published in Design Museum Magazine, written by Kelsey Werner, Amy Wicks, and me.
November, 2021
How Mad*Pow is Helping To Promote Financial Inclusion
An interview with Orlando Zayas, CEO of Katapult, published in Authority Magazine.
Searching for the Taste of Home
A list of Boston restaurants that transport me to Istanbul.
January, 2021
November, 2019
An Incomplete List of Design Communities in Boston
Over the years I’ve had many conversations with people trying to break into design or find communities of like-mined creatives in Boston. This is a round up of the organizations, Slack teams, Meetups and conferences I often mention.
June, 2017
Applying a User-Centered Taskonomy Approach to a Government Site Redesign
As the lead UX designer on the Mass.gov redesign project, one of the biggest challenges was coming up with a new information architecture for the new site. As the old site had 230,000 unique URL's, we had to take a user-centered and task-driven approach.
April, 2017
Bringing Public Opinion to the Mass.gov Redesign
As part of the Mass.gov redesign, to stay true to our mission of being constituent-centric, we partnered with AIGA to hold a public design critique. Over 100 people were invited to hear our journey, critique our logo options, and ask questions about the project.
You can also check out the presentation and recap video on my Presentations & Interviews page.
October, 2016
Meet Nedret Sahin
This was a post introducing me as a speaker, before I gave a presentation at the She Geeks Out networking event in October of 2016 at Velir. I write about how I first got into UX design, what a typical day looks like, the favorite part of my day, being a woman in STEM, what excites me about the industry, women that inspire me, the best advice I was given, and what I geek out about. You can also check out the presentation and transcript of the talk on the role of emotional intelligence on collaborative teams on my Presentations & Interviews page.
January, 2016
Why a UX and Design Audit is a Great Way to Start Your Next Redesign
In a post for the Velir blog, I write about why a heuristic evaluation is a great way to start your next web redesign. I explain the why and how, and demonstrate using examples from a project deliverable.