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Travis Smith

Travis was born and raised in a far off land called Nebraska, and after attending college in Missouri, he completed his MBA and Masters of Social Psychology at Ball State University. Travis has been many things, including a cameraman, tutor, disc jockey, underwriting salesman, barista, a nomadic tourist, librarian, sandwich artist, office manager, researcher, research subject, HR lackey, and project manager, all of which have prepared him for the role of User Experience Analyst. At Tuitive, he is in charge of user research, user testing, user modeling, requirements gathering, and keeping the human in human centered design.
  • E-commerce and RetailWhy You Can't Just Copy Amazon

    Why You Can’t Just Copy Amazon

    The team is still trying to settle down after this year’s South By South West Interactive (SXSWi) conference in March. We all had a great time and learned a lot about the interactive community and what is coming next. There were loads of interesting sessions from a panel with the Gmail team to Cooking for Nerds, many of which have…

  • Customer Data PlatformsCustomer Service: Side with your customers

    Side With Your Customers

    On a recent call to a major telecom company, which I won’t mention (their logo looks like a blue death star), I was infatuated with my customer service representative (CSR). Shocking, I know. Throughout the call, she actually listened to what I wanted, and she said things like, “This is the deal that most of my customers like,” “Let me…

  • Mobile Marketing, Messaging, and Apps

    You Are Not Your User

    If you are an expert in your business, you know more than almost anyone about what you do and about the details of your product. Your product, by the way, can be a service, a website, or a tangible good. Whatever constitutes your product, you can likely see your expertise and genius in every part of it. The problem is…

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