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I'm often asked where my articles, videos, podcasts, etc. can be found, and it's never dawned on me until right NOW that I should get in the habit of sharing the single URL on my site where all this stuff happens to be collected. 😂 Live and learn, right? https://lnkd.in/dfyQaF7 #UX #UI #ProductDesign

I'm often asked where my articles, videos, podcasts, etc. can be found, and it's never dawned on me until right NOW that I should get in the habit of sharing the single URL on my site where all this stuff happens to be collected. 😂 Live and learn, right? https://lnkd.in/dfyQaF7 #UX #UI #ProductDesign

We need to expand beyond UI and UX. 📣 Yesterday, a designer posted about the classic example of ketchup to explain UI and UX. But this meme is too simplistic. 😵 Futuristic designers will incorporate: 1. Systems thinking - the product/service as part of a larger system with complex interdependencies. 2. Ecosystems - interconnected web of stakeholders, products, services, and environments. 3. Circular design - regeneration, long-term planning, environmental impact, resource efficiency, and social responsibility. Check out the new Sera Tajima Podcast episode to expand your skills for the future. 🙌 It's only 25 minutes and we deep dive into circularity. ♻️ 🔁 Repost if this was helpful. 💬 Comment what you would add as number 4 for things forward thinking designers consider in their process.

30 UX Design Resources You Should Know About UX resources span books, blogs, podcasts, videos, newsletters, and more! Check them out, and let us know what we’ve missed #UX #uxdesign #productdesign #interactiondesign #userexperiencedesign #experiencedesign #visualdesign #humancomputerinteraction

"What does it take to be successful in the field of user experience? There isn't a single, clear-cut answer, but there are a number of different skills, traits, and perspectives that foster better workplace relationships and strengthen creative problem-solving. Anna Kaley and other fellow NN/g UX Specialists offer their insights on the commonalities that highly effective UX professionals seem to share, and how they can enable more human-centered outcomes. In this episode... Anna Kaley proposes "6 C's" list of characteristics that enable UX practitioners to succeed in the workplace. Maria Rosala shares some findings from our UX careers research, which prove have some timeless advice, despite frequent changes in the industry. Tanner Kohler highlights the importance of human-centered research versus feature-focused research in creating human-centered designs. Rachel Krause offers recommendations on how to evolve from being a designer in isolation into a designer with influence. Kim Salazar discusses the necessity to see ambiguity not as something to be feared, but as something to be explored. Finally, a featured clip from UX Certified community member, Katherine Joyce which celebrates habits and mindsets to which we all can aspire." #UX #userexperience #Research #professionaldesign

Being a podcast, we don't approach the question of 'How do you give design feedback?' this in the same way that we would as if we were a company that works on UX or UI Design Projects, hiring UX/UI Designers or just being in a position to give design feedback. However, the approach would be to employ soft skills, because there are ways to give feedback and ways to not give feedback. By having a holistic and sensitive yet firm approach to a designer's work, you get to give them knowledge that they can use on their future designs, without making them feel as though they know nothing. Instead of "You did this wrong" or "That is a really terrible idea", approach your design colleague with "Hmm, I can see what you were doing, but we need to modify it a little to fit in with the scope of the project" or "That idea or design has merit, so it's something we can possibly implement on another project". There is no such thing as an "inappropriate or bad design" just "inappropriate context or bad timing". Any design can work, theoretically, but it solely depends on the purpose of the design. What are your thoughts? How would you approach a colleague who may have a design that doesn't fit, but put in the work and is quite proud of it? #design #aesthetics #feedback #designers #ux #ui #userexperience #userinterface #graphics #softskills

Hi there! Have you recently delved into the world of UI/UX design, or have you been on this journey for a while now? The list of resources recommended by Coursera can be an inspiration for you in both cases. This list is packed with books, blogs, and podcasts that can help take your career to the next level. Whether you want to expand your vocabulary, stay updated on current trends, get career advice, or simply find a creative touch for your next project, these resources are tailored just for you. #UIUX #DesignJourney #Coursera #Creativity

I cold DMed Darren Hood, MSUXD, MSIM, UXC because we have some shared UX war stories. He was gracious enough to Zoom with me for OVER AN HOUR to compare notes. (He did this for no other reason then he is a kind and curious person.) During that conversation, and through listening to his podcast,https://lnkd.in/e4AxGE34, I was inspired to write a 100% editorial post for my Substack. If you want some hot takes, check it out at https://lnkd.in/eDE89-Js Huge thanks to Darren Hood for inspiring me to step out of my comfort zone and share my unfiltered opinions about the current state of UX Research as a discipline. What did I get right? What did I get wrong? Feel free to reach out to further the discussion. I'm sure I missed some things and have blind spots that make my opinions seem off-base. I'm always willing to learn and change my mind, so any and all criticism is encouraged. Thanks for the support! P.S. If you find anything in my article offensive, blame Darren for inspiring me. Hahaha. Just kidding.

I know there are many out there looking for a job in UX either as entering a new field (maybe transitioning from another) or even as a practitioner currently in transition. First of all, it's tough out there right now (tougher than I've seen or heard before), and I empathize from previous pavement pounding experiences of how not fun and discouraging this can be. If that's you, take heart, stay encouraged, tenacious, hungry, keep learning/growing, be willing (if you're able) to take on projects for free or highly discounted in order to build your portfolio case studies and resume experience, and lastly take time to refresh and reward yourself after an emotionally, spiritually, and yes physically draining day of trying to sell yourself and prove how awesome you are (I hate that part the most) in our presently highly competitive and saturated marketplace. I also wanted to offer a free resource I put together and was reminded of while updating my User Defenders® – UX Design & Personal Growth podcast site recently, to help in this process: https://lnkd.in/dkwkNYtV Let me know if there's anything I can do to help, or answer any questions, or simply give you a virtual hug and highfive you may have/need in the process. #ux #uxjobs #uxcareer #uxdesign

I loooved today’s Lenny's Podcast with Judd Antin on how UX research is changing and ways to work with product. My favorite takeaways: [12:42] There’s a “middle-range” type of research question (ex: “we want to know how Airbnb hosts feel about payment options”) that aren’t specific or relevant to an ongoing business problem that oftentimes don’t drive impact. There’s many impactful things PMs can loop researchers into like long-term planning, evaluating concepts, better understanding markets or customer segments, etc. IMO for some of the ambiguous and surface-level question, maintaining direct relationships with customers for quickly pinging to get answers or setting up the right feedback collection tools is more effective. [17:44] Best researchers are multi-method, can handle 5 tools below, clearly understand which methods are best for the task/time tradeoff, and are business focused. - Generative Research: looking ahead and helping identify innovations - Evaluative Research: usability testing - Survey Design: best scaled way of getting high volume of responses - Applied Stats: being able to analyze and interpret results accurately - SQL and/or Prompt Engineering: being able to pull data and run analysis With new tools coming on the market, I’ve been wondering how PMs, researchers, and analytics roles evolve. For early-stage PMs and founders, it feels necessary to learn the above research skillsets. And to become best-in-class analysts or researchers, being able weave a story with both qualitative research and quantitative metrics to drive decisions is a super power (quant to size magnitude, qual to understand the “what” and “why”). [23:57] Judd coined a term “user-centered performance” where teams do work that is merely symbolic of trying to be customer-obsessed rather than actually being focused on truth-seeking. PMs and execs are infamous for this: think back to a time we asked our research team to validate our assumptions at the last minute before a product release. I’m unforunately guilty as charged 😅. I loved Judd’s framework: we don’t validate, we falsify. We should be “looking to be wrong” in our assumptions. This way, research can tell us we’re offbase and fix issues earlier. [1:04:00] Judd’s hot take is that NPS is a flawed metric and is garbage in, garbage out. It’s bad because it’s 11 items (not precise and idiosyncratic), survey data is flawed on mobile because answer options slip below the fold, and the question framing is unnatural for how customers typically feel and think. He recommends CSAT (”how satisfied are you with X, Y, and Z…”) since it’s more precise and correlated with business outcomes. [1:07:00] Should PMs rely on their own dogfooding of their product? Consensus yes. Judd thinks it’s important but has problems when PMs rely on their intuition. Oftentimes, PMs are nothing like their users, so their evaluation will be biased. Be wary of purely relying on your own intuition and be sure to talk to your users!