Timothy Boyd

Current

• Information Architect at Sling Media
• Principal at Lagom Media

Past

• User Experience Manager at ID Society
• Freelance Front-end Developer at Firstborn Multimedia
• Freelance Front-end Developer at UBS

• Freelance Front-end Developer at IconNicholson
• Web Developer at Linde Healthcare

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Education

• French Institute Alliance Française
• Pratt Institute
• Truman State University

• University of Missouri-Saint Louis

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Websites

• timboyd.info

Timothy Boyd’s Summary

I am interested in reducing the friction around interactions with information in both digital and physical contexts. That sounds very precious and complicated. Really, I just want to make things easy for people to use.

I make and do things like: wireframes, sitemaps, personas, usability testing, heuristic evaluations, qualitative & quantitative user research, interviews, requirements gathering, standards-based markup, xhtml+css.

Timothy Boyd’s Specialties:

information architecture, user experience, user centered design, interaction design, web strategy, web standards, user advocacy, information science, usability, informatics

Timothy Boyd’s Experience

• Information Architect

  Sling Media

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Consumer Electronics industry)

  November 2007 — Present (2 years 1 month)

  I design interactions around experiences with information on the Web, desktop, and set-top. I conduct user research, perform usability testing, and think about how to change the way people watch TV.

• Principal

  Lagom Media

  (Media Production industry)

  January 2007 — Present (2 years 11 months)

  We make Ambient Music Blog, Ambient Music Blog Podcast, Footballistically, and more. And we help other people make things.

• User Experience Manager

  ID Society

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)

  May 2004 — November 2007 (3 years 7 months)

  I performed user research, designed interfaces to complex information problems, conducted usability tests, consulted with clients, pitched new business, and managed and mentored user experience staff.

• Freelance Front-end Developer

  Firstborn Multimedia

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)

  January 2004 — May 2004 (5 months)

  I worked on a number of projects for Firstborn, mostly helping them out with standards-based markup.

• Freelance Front-end Developer

  UBS

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Investment Banking industry)

  October 2003 — March 2004 (6 months)

  Designed and built standards-based interfaces for wealth management applications.

• Freelance Front-end Developer

  IconNicholson

  (Public Company; 51-200 employees; Internet industry)

  November 2003 — December 2003 (2 months)

  Built a pharma site and worked on a few other projects at the end of 2003.

• Web Developer

  Linde Healthcare

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Staffing and Recruiting industry)

  August 1999 — September 2003 (4 years 2 months)

  Designed, architected, and built data-driven websites for a number of privately held companies under the Linde Group umbrella. Consulted with outside organizations regarding web strategy and implementation. Advised and trained staff on web best practices. Managed and mentored junior level developer. Maintained a consulting relationship after the full-time position ended.

Timothy Boyd’s Education

• French Institute Alliance Française

  Language Courses , French

• Pratt Institute

  MS , Library and Information Science

  Graduated with distinction (highest honors). Concentration in cultural informatics, with coursework and research in: knowledge organization, human information behavior, information service, information architecture, usability, ambient informatics, metadata, instructional technology, organizational behavior.

• Truman State University

  BA , English (Critical Theory)

• University of Missouri-Saint Louis

  Certificate , Web Design & Development

Additional Information

Timothy Boyd’s Websites:

• timboyd.info

Timothy Boyd’s Interests:

user experience, information architecture, web standards, good looking urls, sense making, information seeking behavior

Timothy Boyd’s Groups:

Information Architecture Institute, ACM SIGCHI, Arsenal America

•    Information Architecture Institute (IAI)
•    Pratt Institute Alumni

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