Who Is Liam Robb O’Hagan?
World Citizen
UX Designer
Online Producer | Thinker
Website Designer | Explorer
Volunteer | New Zealander
Yearbook Editor | American
Marketer | Lead Parent
Manager | Photographer
Trekking Guide | Writer
Journalist | Sketcher
Zoologist | Peakbagger
Sociologist | Analog Gamer
He | Him
New Zealander and American
Becoming US citizens along with a thousand other people in east Los Angeles. I like to think I haven’t lost the hardworking-no fuss Kiwi attitude.
New Zealand Youth
School
I loved school: I like learning new things and I always had a project on the go.
Soccer (not Rugby)
My friends got me into soccer. We would have sleepovers to watch the English FA Cup Final at 2 am NZ time every May. Later I would work on Fox Sports Soccer website.
My First Office!
Guiding started as a summer job in college, but it sustained me through my twenties, and also gave me experience setting up a new guided day-walk business.
Explorer
Seasonal work enabled me to travel the world during the off season. I learned Spanish at the Universidad de Leon, walked the Inca trail and toured the Western US including this stop at the Antelope Canyon outside Page, AZ.
Interests
Playing Games
I grew up playing games, in remote mountain huts, on rainy Sunday afternoons and because we only had one TV. I love the challenge and I’m competitive, especially with my siblings.
Nature!
I’ve always been interested in the natural world: as a zoology major, a guide sharing knowledge of the alpine environment or a father taking his daughter to the aquarium.
Peak Bagging
Whether it’s 14ers in Colorado or 4,000 footers in the North East, I’m pushing my previous limits by taking on steeper or more wintery challenges. The most recent Peak was climbing the Grand Teton.
Volunteer
When I first moved to America built a website for a wildlife rehabilitation center in Malibu, and more recently I produced 6 editions of my kids’ elementary school yearbook. I taught myself Html, CSS and to use inDesign.
Family
Lead Parent
Lately I’ve taken on the role of a running our household, Here we are after I finished the NYC Marathon, which is not the most family-friendly activity, but the point of parenting is to produce self-sufficient beings. So those 26 miles represent success on two fronts!
Jumping Back In
And now it is time to think about what I will do next. I would like to have a positive impact on my small corner of the world.
What is User Experience Design?
Designing for People
User Experiencer Design starts with empathy for the user of what is being produced. Through research we design the right thing and then we test to ensure we have designed it right. UX holds that a beautiful thing that doesn’t serve a need is not designed at all.