Sam Ng's guest appearances

Sam Ng

Design Critique: Products for People

UXpod - User Experience Podcast

CodeCast

Culture Of Code

David Hill

Jeff Johnson

Alan Cooper

Andy Budd

Steve Portigal

Brian Donohue

Alberto Cairo

Michael Regan

James Lewis

Adam Greenfield

Joel Spolsky

Jesse James

Shane Morris

Luke Wroblewski

David Jaffe

OwlTail

Sam Ng is a Director of Engineering at AmazonTune in to learnWhy there are different stages to an engineering career and how the expectations changeWhy it's OK to not know everything about everythingHow to find a mentor and how to get the most out of the relationship

<p>Sam Ng is a Director of Engineering at Amazon</p><h3>Tune in to learn</h3><ol><li>Why there are different stages to an engineering career and how the expectations change</li><li>Why it's OK to not know everything about everything</li><li>How to find a mentor and how to get the most out of the relationship</li></ol>

Why Senior Engineers Should Focus More on Human Problems Than Technical Problems with Sam Ng from Amazon

Gerry Gaffney spoke to Sam Ng from Optimal Usability in New Zealand (www.optimalusability.com). Sam is responsible for OptimalSort, an online card sorting tool (www.optimalsort.com).Sam speaks about the challenges of balancing user-centred design practices with the need to meet deadlines. Do small development teams really need to use personas?Sam says software can be "too convenient" if we rely too much on stats to "spit out" answers.Sam mentions some other products:Morae (www.techsmith.com/morae.asp)Axure (www.axure.com)LiveMeeting (office.microsoft.com/livemeeting)GoTo Meeting (www.gotomeeting.com)Google Analytics (www.google.com/analytics)Crazy Egg (crazyegg.com)UserTesting.com (www.usertesting.com)BaseCamp (www.basecamphq.com) from 37 signals (www.37signals.com).Thanks to Jo Eaton for the photo of Sam.And apparently if Optimal Usability were a person it would be Jackie  Chan (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackie_Chan)Duration: 17:04File size: 2.92MB

Gerry Gaffney spoke to Sam Ng from <a href="http://www.optimalusability.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Optimal Usability</a> in New Zealand (<a href="http://www.optimalusability.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.optimalusability.com</a>). Sam is responsible for <a href="http://www.optimalsort.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">OptimalSort</a>, an online card sorting tool (<a href="http://www.optimalsort.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.optimalsort.com</a>).Sam speaks about the challenges of balancing user-centred design practices with the need to meet deadlines. Do small development teams really need to use personas?Sam says software can be "too convenient" if we rely too much on stats to "spit out" answers.Sam mentions some other products:<a href="http://www.techsmith.com/morae.asp" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Morae</a> (<a href="http://www.techsmith.com/morae.asp" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.techsmith.com/morae.asp</a>)<a href="http://www.axure.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Axure</a> (<a href="http://www.axure.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.axure.com</a>)<a href="http://office.microsoft.com/livemeeting" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">LiveMeeting</a> (<a href="http://office.microsoft.com/livemeeting" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">office.microsoft.com/livemeeting</a>)<a href="http://www.gotomeeting.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">GoTo Meeting</a> (<a href="http://www.gotomeeting.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.gotomeeting.com</a>)<a href="http://www.google.com/analytics" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Google Analytic</a>s (<a href="http://www.google.com/analytics" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.google.com/analytics</a>)<a href="http://crazyegg.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Crazy Egg</a> (<a href="http://crazyegg.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">crazyegg.com</a>)<a href="http://www.usertesting.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">UserTesting.com</a> (<a href="http://www.usertesting.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.usertesting.com</a>)<a href="http://www.basecamphq.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">BaseCamp</a> (<a href="http://www.basecamphq.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.basecamphq.com</a>) from <a href="http://www.37signals.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">37 signals</a> (<a href="http://www.37signals.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.37signals.com</a>).Thanks to Jo Eaton for the photo of Sam.And apparently if Optimal Usability were a person it would be <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackie_Chan" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jackie  Chan</a> (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackie_Chan" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackie_Chan</a>)<br>Duration: 17:04File size: 2.92MB

Developing Usability Software - an Interview with Sam Ng