About Usability Counts
Usability Counts is a blog run by Patrick Neeman, a User Experience Consultant based out of Southern California. You have probably used a website he has helped design or architect — a claim few Information Architects can make, and some of the companies he’s has worked with include MySpace, Realtor.com, Move.com, Orbitz, NewsCorp, Paramount, Stamps.com, Escrow.com, Comcast, Disney, Amgen, Paul Mitchell, Numonyx, Cadence, Wasserman Media Group, eBay and BidRx. Somewhere in there, he was a published writer in print (print!), a published photographer that was appeared on autobytel.com and espn.com, and somehow finds time to be an elite Yelper (he outsources his writing to the Phillipines).
His’ greatest claim to fame: the first site he designed professionally was the Oliver North Home Page.
His’ second greatest claim to fame: he built and managed the User Experience practice at speakTECH to a team of 25 of designers, information architects and rich media developers. You try doing that in a year.
Patrick has done has his time for the last thirteen years in user experience, product management and marketing hell. Before the World Wide Web, he was a magazine art director for what is now Primedia Publishing, Inc., and that was the last time he had a sense of humor.
Speaking engagements
2009
- Scrum Club
Los Angeles, CA: 7/08 - Scrum and UX
- Online Marketing Summit
Orange County, CA: 6/16
Hitting The Target: A Simple But Successful Approach To Market A Small Business On The Web - Online Marketing Summit
Portland, OR: 6/29
Big Brands Panel - The Los Angeles User Experience Meetup – Panel: Agile and UX |
Santa Monica, CA: 3/28
2008
- TechDays ’08
Costa Mesa, CA: 11/13 - Barcamp LA
Santa Monica, CA: 10/25 - So Cal .NET Architecture
Santa Ana, CA: 10/16 - The Los Angeles User Experience Meetup
Santa Monica, CA: 7/24
2007
- SDSIC: Mashups are in your Future!
San Diego, CA: 2/27 - IASA
San Diego, CA: 10/15
Where we’ve been featured
- Alltop – Social Media, User Interface
- Six Revisions — 20 Websites That Help You Master User Interface Design
- UX Booth — 11 User Experience Designers You Should Follow
- Pushing Pixels — 20 Design Blogs for UI Developers
You can contact him at pat@usabilitycounts.com.
