Title: Developing a UX Practice of Practicing
Context: There is more than one way to improve your user experience skills. Actually no there isn’t. Get to practicing.
Synopsis: Everyone who is really, really good at what they do practices. But how does a UX designer practice? It’s not by doing more UX design work. That’s about the end product. Practice is about breaking down the process used to reach a desired outcome and spending time mastering those steps independent of how they fit together. This allows us to build a robust toolbox of skills that we can call on in relevant situations without having to think specifically about how we are going to accomplish the task at hand. So if you want to become a user experience master, spend less time worrying about the end product and more time on the path it takes to get there.
Best Bit: “Playful exploration is looking to see where the boundaries are. It doesn’t have a specific problem to solve. It’s not about teaching your muscles to react in a specific way. It answers the question, ‘when I take something in this direction, what happens?’”
via uie.com
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