Hi I'm Wolf Becvar

COO at @HotGloo - a professional wireframe app. Curator of Wireframe Wednesday, UX Advocate, Writer and Speaker.

Besides HotGloo, I write for a couple of magazines and talk about business principles for web applications and user experience topics.

Currently splitting my time between Vienna and Hamburg. On a non web related topic I am obsessed with music and even more obsessed with cycling.

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- Wolf Becvar
  
  COO at HotGloo
  
  Internet | Austria, AT
  
  Summary
  
  Wolf Becvar is COO at HotGloo, UX consultant, writer and occasional speaker.
  
  After receiving a university degree in sociology and product/innovation management, which took him from Vienna to New York and Tokyo, Wolf joined HotGloo, a german startup engineering an online wireframe application.
  
  Since 2009 Wolf is COO at HotGloo, writes web related articles and talks about business principles for web applications and user experience topics.
  
  Specialties: UX, Communication Strategies, User Experience Design, Brand Building, Branding & Identity, Project Management, Innovation Management, Information Architecture, Community Management, Digital Concepts.
  
  Experience
  - Nov 2010 - Present
    Public Speaker / .
    
    Public speaker at conferences on UX, strategy and start-up topics.
  - Apr 2010 - Present
    Guest Author / WEAVE Magazine
    
    Contributing articles about business principles for web applications and user experience topics.
  - 2009 - Present
    COO / HotGloo
  Additional Information
  - Websites:
    
    Company Website, Blog
  - Honors:
    
    Nominee Best WebApp 2010, http://www.thenetawards.com User Experience Award Winner (Usability, Innovation, Overall), 2010, http://www.worldusabilityday.at/ Nominee for Europrix Multimedia Award, 2010, http://www.europrix.org/ Nominee Best RIA 2009, http://www.insideria.com Winning Team Brand Building Workshop NYC, 2008, http://www.uber-inc.com
  - Interests:
    
    iA, UX, Analog and Digital Art
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- Difference in People not Documents
  
  Apr 24, 13
  
  uxsprout: I’ve been asked and have not yet given a satisfactory answer to the question, “what is...
- Awesome and free wireframing paper templates by Dotted Paper....
  
  Apr 17, 13
  
  Awesome and free wireframing paper templates by Dotted Paper. Available here.
- "Content precedes design. Design in the absence of content is not design, it’s decoration."
  
  Apr 10, 13
  
  “Content precedes design. Design in the absence of content is not design, it’s...
- The fine art of wireframing | Cristian Bosch
  
  Apr 03, 13
  
  Wireframing is the first step in the web design process. It is also the least known and talked...
- Wireframes: A good communication tool, a poor design tool
  
  Mar 20, 13
  
  Wireframes have been a crucial part of just about every project I’ve worked on. I’ve spent countless...
- "Wireframes tend to lie more often than Photoshop does."
  
  Mar 13, 13
  
  “Wireframes tend to lie more often than Photoshop does.” - Luke Wroblewski
- Top 10 reasons you do wireframes the wrong way | Christian Pascu
  
  Feb 20, 13
  
  It’s hard to say that a wireframe is wrong. There’s no right way to do wireframes, so why should...
- UI vs UX: what’s the difference? | Webdesigner Depot
  
  Jan 16, 13
  
  UI is the saddle, the stirrups, and the reigns. UX is the feeling you get being able to ride the...
- UX and UI, Chicken and Egg
  
  Jan 09, 13
  
  Thought I might share this hillarious video on the difference between UX and UI. Enjoy! PS: No...
- Strategy & Wireframing. Plan or Die. | Brad Haynes
  
  Dec 18, 12
  
  Brad’s talk presented at the Future of Web Design on the importance of wireframes in the...
- The Future of UX: Killing the Wireframe Machine | Elisabeth Hubert
  
  Nov 28, 12
  
  Eilsabeth’s talk presented at the Future of Web Design NYC which explains that UX is not...
- Blueprint Wireframe If you are ever in the situation to explain...
  
  Nov 21, 12
  
  Blueprint Wireframe
  
  If you are ever in the situation to explain wireframes to clients with the blueprint metaphor use Derek’s example. Credits: Derek Clark
- Getting Started with Wireframing | manyangl.es
  
  Oct 17, 12
  
  Have you ever wondered how is it that most Web Designers have such an organized way of thinking?...
- Create wireframes that work for you | .net
  
  Oct 10, 12
  
  Once all the planning for a site is done and the initial thoughts have been hashed out, we must...
- Wireframes: From Bar Napkins To Prototypes | Usabilia
  
  Sep 26, 12
  
  Some of my best ideas were conceived and communicated using a sharpie and a bar napkin....
- Why It’s Important to Sketch Before You Wireframe | UX Movement
  
  Sep 12, 12
  
  Have you ever had an idea for a website or application? It’s easy to come up with the idea, but the...
- Sketching a UX project: An Introduction | Wireframes Magazine
  
  Aug 22, 12
  
  Our friend Jakub Linowski, UX designer and editor of Wireframes Magazine introduces us to his way...
- 10 simple ways to make wireframes more useful. | .net
  
  Jul 25, 12
  
  I get to work with a lot of wireframes – not just the ones I’ve designed myself but ones that other...
- Stop it with the wireframes. Please. | Ryan Brussow
  
  Jul 18, 12
  
  Over the past several years I’ve either been working in, or working directly with larger UX teams in...
- Designing your process Design is an organic process and thus...
  
  Jun 20, 12
  
  Designing your process
  
  Design is an organic process and thus different designers approach wireframing and its translation to visuals or code in different ways. You have to find the process that brings out your own strengths and you are most comfortable with.
  
  Excerpt on different design processes from Winnie Lim’s article: A Beginners Guide to Wireframing over at Webdesign Tuts+.

Hi I'm Wolf Becvar

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