San Francisco, California
Areas of Expertise:
- Interaction design
- information architecture
- content strategy
- social media design
- consulting
- speaking
- training
- writing
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November 21 2009
I have been presenting the material from our book over the last several months and have been asked questions about some of the anti-patterns and how we avoid or solve them. Most recently at Web 2.0, I was talking with a bunch of smart, interesting people and a few things… read moreWeb 2.0 NY – Designing Social Interfaces Workshop
November 20 2009
I attended Web 2.0 NY Expo this past week as a workshop presenter. I took the talk that Christian and I did at IDEA 09 and that I did at IxDA SF and fleshed it out into a 3 hour, hands on workshop. I believe it went well. Here are… read moreSpeaking about social interfaces at IxDA SF
October 31 2009
Designing Social Interfaces: 5 principles, 5 practices, 5 antipatterns View more presentations from erin malone. Last night I spoke at the IxDA San Francisco October event. I did a little longer version of the talk than what Christian and I did at IDEA09 and I think it’s a better talk. The… read moreDiagramming the Social Ecosystem
October 09 2009
One of the things we have been doing since way before we started the book, was to visualize the social ecosystem and the inter-relationships between categories, patterns and principles. Back in 2007, when I was still at Yahoo! and Bryce Glass was on my team, we developed a diagram for… read moreUnveiling Social Mania: The Game at Idea 09
September 27 2009
What a rush! As part of our (mine and Christian Crumlish) presentation at Idea 09, we were presenting from our book: Designing Social Interfaces – 5 Steps, 5 principles and 5 anti-patterns. The talk went well but the big deal was unveiling and playing the game. While we were writing the book,… read moreSeptember 21 2009
Our talk at Idea09 touched on a few key steps for building social experiences, a few of the most salient principles and a handful of the anti-patterns covered in the book. A 40 minute talk barely taps into the breadth of content from the book, but it’s a nice teaser. Designing… read moreSeptember 10 2009
We got the final mechanical of the book cover in color a couple of days ago and then shortly after word that the entire book was sent to press. A couple of weeks from now I should be holding it in my hand. In the meantime, here's the front and… read moreJoin me at IDEA2009 on Sept 15-16
August 31 2009
A couple of weeks from now I will be attending the IDEA conference, put on by the IA Institute, for the first time. Over the years I have heard about the previous versions of this conference but was never able to attend (working for the man, I was only allowed… read moreAugust 20 2009
The Yahoo! Pattern library has launched a new design – to match the revamped design of the Yahoo! Developer Network. This was a project that originally started way before I left Yahoo! and was supposed to be part of the YDN overhaul project I led. But life and other projects… read more

