What is User Experience Design (UX Design) ?

An article I wrote for Media Magazine:

Many people including you probably have no idea who I am and frankly sometimes I don’t know who I am but sufficeth to say my name is David Kelley and I’m a UX professional. Am I a graphic designer? Well no not really. Am I programmer of some kind? Not exactly but I can write some code. My title is ‘Principal UX Architect’ and typically I don’t even find myself dictating ‘architecture’ of any kind albeit I’m passionate about that too. My job when it comes down to it is communication, to bring people together and more or less be the chief Kool-Aid drinker.

What? Now you’re more confused than when we started?

Ok let’s dial back a bit then. My job is to help my team design an experience that fills a need and tells a story. To understand what that meant you really need to understand ‘User eXperience Design’ commonly called UX Design. If you look up what UX Design...

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http://www.interactseattle.org/?p=919

9 Speaking Engagements in the space of 5 weeks... about Silverlight

I think my head will explode or I'll get pretty good at it :) but here is my speaking engagements over the next four weeks oh and this is getting off from presenting at the big IxDA/Interact event 2 weeks ago...

* Windows Phone 7 Unleashed in Bellevue on Oct 07th http://wp7-bellevue.eventbrite.com/ on Phone 7 User Experience

* Windows Phone 7 Unleashed in Redmond on Oct 14th http://wp7-seattle.eventbrite.com/ on Phone 7 User Experience

* Windows Phone 7 Unleashed in Boise on Oct 25th http://wp7-boise.eventbrite.com/ session 4 on Phone 7 User Experience and Session 2

* SilverlightConnections/DevConnections - Going from Silverlight to Phone 7
http://www.devconnections.com/shows/FALL2010ASP/default.asp?s=151

* SilverlightConnections/DevConnections - Multi Dos and Don’t touches
http://www.devconnections.com/shows/FALL2010ASP/default.asp?s=151

* SilverlightConnection/DevConnections - Breaking Down Walls
http://www.devconnections.com/shows/FALL2010ASP/default.asp?s=151

* Mediations on Xaml Zen - Corporate Xaml Workshop for Wirestone
(private workshop by invitation Only in Boise Oct 26th)

* SilverlightConnection/DevConnections - Metro for Developers on Windows Phone 7
http://www.devconnections.com/shows/FALL2010ASP/default.asp?s=151

* SilverlightConnection/DevConnections - Windows Phone 7 Application Performance Optimization
http://www.devconnections.com/shows/FALL2010ASP/default.asp?s=151

I'm wondering if this means I'm a professional yet? :)