Michael Mills
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Stanford University
AlterEgo Networks
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Member of executive team responsible for developing designs, rapid prototypes, user testing, information architectures, style guides and tools for the wireless internet. Designed user interface for AlterEgo Designer - tool for adapting enterprise data for multiple mobile devices. Manages team of four designers.

MicroDesign has been defined by Forrester Research as the design of optimized experiences for time starved users of tiny mobile devices. Microdesign requires a dramatic shift in design thinking. You can't just squeeze an 800 x 600 resolution website onto Palm, RIM or even PocketPC, or cell phone. Microdesign requires changes in the way desingers think about navigation, layout, icons and images and possibly most important, anticipating what is essential and important for the specific user.

a swatch of a rich website
it's microdesigned counterpart for a cellphone
2000 - 2001
AlterEgo Networks
Chief Interface Technologist