After 9 years in and around Washington DC, I’ve decided to uproot myself and my family and relocate to New Jersey in December for a number of personal and professional reasons.
From a professional perspective, I’m beginning a long-term consulting position as a UX Strategist with a major pharmaceutical company to help design a socially-rich enterprise intranet application.
The personal perspective is equally beneficial: I’m really excited to move my baby girl closer to my wife’s parents (my Mom lives in Indiana and my Dad is in Hilton Head, South Carolina) . In addition to my in-laws are numerous cousins, aunts, uncles, and my wife’s two brothers who I’m closer to than some of my friends. If it takes a village to raise a child, then I’ll trust this village of family moreso than the alternative.
So between the great work environment, both for this current gig and whatever comes next, not one but three rich UX communities, and the opportunity for my own family to be closer to more family, the decision really wasn’t that tough.
I’m also looking forward to expanding my network of user experience professionals to include New York City, Philadelphia, and New Jersey, and rest assured I’ll continue rebel rousing the UX community to share their work at UX Show and Tell workshops throughout the region.
But that doesn’t mean UX Show and Tell is leaving the Washington DC area. My friend and fellow UX designer John Douglass will pick up the flag and facilitate workshops in the area. He’s already accepting reservations for our next event on January 12, 2010.
I’ll certainly be back in DC soon, but I also can’t wait to see more of you in Philadelphia and New York for UX Show and Tell, and I encourage you to join me for for lunch on Sunday at Interaction 10 in Savannah, Georgia.
