Jill's musings

Life with baby Ryan is hectic! Perhaps just a tad more hectic than I had anticipated. In between endless feedings, diaper changes, and plenty play time, I try my best to squeeze in a little bit of me time here and there. My latest attempt would be this long-waited post and I'm so excited! Being a first-time parent, I'm very cautious about anything related to my baby's health and I have used three methods to track Ryan's patterns, namely the old paper and pencil, the Baby Feeding Log App, and the Eat Sleep App on. I'll be reviewing all three in this post. The Old Paper and Pencil Log While we were at the hospital, we were given a sheet of paper with a table printed on it to keep track of Ryan's feedings. It worked OK for the first couple days but soon after coming home, I became frustrated with having to carry a pencil and the sheet around. One good thing about the paper and pencil way was that it was super accessible . Anyone knows how to do it. It was...

A friend of mine, let's call her O, is starting a new blog on being a new mom with her two sisters. With this new venture, the three sisters hope to share their stories and experiences as a way of supporting each others as well as any new moms or mom-to-be's out there. As a busy career mom of an adorable one-year-old boy, O is new to blogging and had asked me to help her set up her blog. We had a fun time on FaceTime yesterday, chatting about pregnancy, babies, and things she ran into using Blogger as a first-time user. I couldn't help but put my UX hat on. Here are the things I learned from our conversation from a UX lense. What is ... Blogging introduces plenty new concepts for a new user to digest. The exact meaning and implications of some of the terms aren't crystal clear to myself as someone who has blogged on and off for a number of years.   What is a Domain? The very first concept we talked about was Domain. O had the sense that a domain name is the...