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Work Hard and Create Your Own Path: Women Who Inspire Us

In recognition of International Women’s Day, we talked to some of the women of Blink about the women who inspire them. Read more

There’s Room: Celebrating International Women’s Day at Blink

In recognition of International Women’s Day, we talked to some of the women of Blink their experiences as women in tech. Read more

Blink Open House Party

Wednesday, February 7, 5:00-9pm We’d love for you to join us for an Open House Party to celebrate Blink’s new office space. We will have the office open for tours and feature two presentations and an artist reception, showcasing the art of Terry Richardson. Our research labs will be open with Oculus demos available to anyone… Read more

Welcome Tectonic!

I am thrilled to announce the brilliant minds at Tectonic are now in-house at Blink as part of our design studio! Tectonic brings a new design muscle to Blink that is based on the creative leap from process and strategy to driving impactful design — a perfect complement to our Evidence-driven Design approach. By joining… Read more

Blinker Profiles: Holly Prouty

Blinkers are an interesting and dynamic group of people. Each Blinker is carefully selected to join the team because we understand how he or she will positively contribute to our culture and work. And while we do post Blinker Bios on our website, we thought we’d go a little further and profile our Blinkers on… Read more

Blink Gets New Digs in January 2018!

Blink is getting ready to move into our new 28,000-square-foot studio office space which we have been designing and building out for the last 8 months. Blink hired architects Marvin Yamaguchi and Christine Chaney to design a space to meet employee and client needs, and foster productivity for different working styles and phases of a project. The… Read more

Sirius XM’s Business Radio Interview

On November 16, 2017, our CEO, Karen Clark Cole was interviewed by Forbes senor editor of entrepreneurship, Loren Feldman on his Sirius radio show called Mind Your Business, powered by the Wharton School. Karen talks with Loren about designing complex systems through Evidence-driven Design, examples of how voice is changing healthcare for seniors and people… Read more

How Evidence-driven Design Supports Innovation

Because Blink has clients across the globe, I travel a lot for work. Unlike some people, I actually enjoy airplane rides. They offer me a rare chance to be alone with my own thoughts… except when the person sitting next to me wants to talk. On a recent trip, a fellow passenger asked me the… Read more

What A Year!

2017 was a big year, and I want to start by thanking all of the dedicated, hard working and brilliant employees at Blink for giving it your all, every day. I am both inspired and humbled by the dedication that our Blinkers have to our clients, and to each other. Team commitment reigns high in… Read more

Building a Future on Empathy

The past month has been a whirlwind for the Blink team. We opened a new office in San Diego, hired eight new Blinkers and secured three new clients that we will be serving from America’s Finest City. Learning and cooperating between different offices isn’t new to us though. Our research market firm, Northwest Insights (NWI),… Read more

California Dreamin’

I’m excited to announce that after three years of planning, Blink’s expansion efforts are starting to take shape, beginning with the recent opening of a new office in San Diego on September 1, 2017. San Diego is the first of several new West Coast offices, and then we will be heading east. While we have… Read more

Find Me on Forbes.com

In the spring of 2016 I had the good fortune of starting a blog on Forbes.com in the Entrepreneur channel. This means I’ve been spending most of my time writing over there. I cover a variety of topics, including UX, entrepreneurship, and trends I see in business. If you are interested in following my column you can… Read more

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The Fine Art of Creating Experience Maps

At Blink we create experience maps as an instrument to articulate user engagement with a product. Experience maps are a visual representation of the users’ journey over time, and they provide a handy communication tool for teams to inform product direction. The benefit... Read More

Up & Running: 3 Tips For An Awesome Onboarding UX

Onboarding is a human resources term that we in the UX field have borrowed as a label for the process of getting someone “up and running” with your site, app, or service. The onboarding process is a critical step in setting your users up for success with your product, b... Read More

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