All of last year, I spent working on an EHR redesign project. Unfortunately, the project ended before I had an opportunity to tackle all of the things we wanted to do. One of the things that I wanted to get a stab at and wasn't able to was immunization support. Immunizations are relatively complex to handle in an EHR. Especially if you want to do a little more than just record the immunizations given. If you want to support the doctor's decision process, you have to put some effort into it.

I'm starting a new project in the new year. I'm really excited about it. I can't talk about any specifics but it is a long term project in which me and my colleagues are working to integrate two large entreprise applications with disparate user experiences.

I've recently started a new project with a new customer. It is a rather large project to redesign an old process-control application. I started by working with them on defining a design intent for the project and then I gave them an initial framework to define an information architecture.

It is not because your product is targeted at technical users that it won't benefit from proper user experience design.

Today, we had a good snowfall and I spent some quality time with my shovel after work. As I was working on my driveway, I noticed that my neighbour was performing the time-honored ritual of teaching his teenage son how to use the snowblower.