About

maleszyk.com is the fourth incarnation of the website of Bryan Maleszyk, a user experience consultant based in Boston, MA. It was relaunched at the end of 2007 with a renewed focus on Bryan’s research and work in all areas of user experience design, technology, business strategy, and the societal aspects of new media. To keep it fresh, there will be the occasional photo of a cute animal.

About Bryan Maleszyk

High School

In 1992, Bryan subscribes to his first online social network. It was called AOL. Welcome!

College

In September 1994, Bryan attends Boston University and views his first website about the keyboard shortcuts for the EMACS text editor. A link from this page to another on basic HTML inspires him to procrastinate writing a Philosophy paper on The Odyssey and publish his first website. It was called “BryNet.” It had a tiled background.

After a year of futzing around with HTML and Javascript, Bryan gets his first paying web gig with Loci (pronounced Lo-kai), a collegiate web publication backed by both a VC firm and the BU College of Communications. Loci is eventually bought by Student Advantage.

Site Interactive

While maintaining a full class schedule, Bryan and several former Lociers band together to form Site Interactive, designing and building websites for a variety of companies and corporations such as Editorial Humor (a humor and political cartoon magazine) and WHDH TV Channel 7 in Boston. Site Interactive focused on creating intuitive and simple user experiences for websites, including content management systems and embedded media. This was in 1996.

Work

Since Site Interactive, Bryan has worked in a variety of capacities on the web: As a consultant, a developer, an interaction designer, and an information architect. The key thematic element throughout his career is a dedication to user-centered design and a deep understanding of how people, organizations, and social groups use the Internet to get things done.

Currently

Bryan is still working as a consultant in the field of user experience design and information architecture. He is also an avid food and wine enthusiast, about which he can be found ruminating at his blog, Vinilicious.

Contact

You can reach Bryan in the following ways: