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Leaning Back With NPR: How We Created A Relaxing Experience For The iPad

25 Mar 2011

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20min.

Scott Stroud is a Senior User Experience Architect at NPR, specializing in application user interface design, news design, and usability engineering. He designed the user experience for many of NPR’s Digital Media products, including the NPR for iPad app, the NPR Music iPhone app, the NPR Election 2008 map, the NPR web site , and the NPR Music web site . He is a Certified Usability Analyst (CUA) and a Project Management Professional (PMP) with over 15 years of experience in user-centered design and project management. Prior to joining NPR, Scott was a technology consultant for Idea Integration, where he designed software for government and commercial clients, including: Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF), U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM), U.S. Treasury Tax and Trade Bureau, and the Center for Organizational Excellence . He has a bachelor’s degree in Systems Engineering from the University of Virginia. He is currently studying to become a registered yoga teacher.

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