CATALOGING THE ART AND SCIENCE OF USER EXPERIENCE DESIGN
Title: The Myths of the Overworked Creative Context: Our energy is a finite resource that requires renewal or you will go into debt. So stop spending what you don’t have. Synopsis: Fact: we suck at taking care of our internal … Continued
Title: If You’re Busy, You’re Doing Something Wrong: The Surprisingly Relaxed Lives of Elite Achievers Context: Bees do it. Beavers do it. Lions don’t. Which is why they are the kings of the jungle and lay around all day while … Continued
Title: Welcome to the post-digital world, an exhilarating return to civility – via Facebook and Lady Gaga Context: Keeping it real is not just a good idea, it’s the law. According to the guy who wrote this article anyway. Synopsis: … Continued
Title: Banishing Your Inner Critic Context: Everyone has an inner critic but not everyone lets it sabotage their productivity. Synopsis: You know exactly what the inner critic does to undermine your confidence, yet most of us sit there and take … Continued
Title: Yes Is For Wimps. Get Used To Hearing “NO”. Context: “No” is not an insult. It is a challenge. Synopsis: We hear “no” all the time in our business. “No we can’t do that.” “No users won’t get it.” … Continued
Title: Agile UX – How To Avoid Big Design Up Front By Pretending Not To Do Big Design Up Front Context: User experience design within an Agile environment doesn’t always go according to plan. So that should be part of … Continued
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 … Continued
Title: Why being wrong is good for you Context: Show me a person who is never wrong, and I’ll show you someone who will bore the crap out of you. Synopsis: Nobody likes being wrong because, by definition, that means … Continued
Title: No Innovator’s Dilemma Here: In Praise of Failure Context: If success was easy, everyone would have invented a better vacuum cleaner that doesn’t suck by now. Wait. What? Synopsis: James Dyson, inventor extraordinaire, talks about the inextricable link between … Continued
Title: Failure: The Secret to Success Context: Success does not happen without failure. Period. Synopsis: If you can’t learn from your mistakes, you can’t learn. If you are afraid of making mistakes, you can’t succeed. One of the better corporate … Continued
Title: From Wireframes to Code, Part I Context: Can wireframes work harder in the software development process than as merely a UI blueprint? Sure. Why not? Synopsis: The value of wireframes may actually be a matter of perspective. If they … Continued
Title: Embracing Quick Wins… and Quick Losses Context: When is a loss a win? When you lose quicker than winning slow. “Take that, turtle!” said the hare. Synopsis: Anyone who’s sat in any type of business critical meeting recently has … Continued
Title: Wireframes are dead, long live rapid prototyping Context: Prototypes may be harder to make, but do they make a UX designer’s job easier in the long run? Synopsis: As software design becomes more complex and time to market becomes … Continued
Title: Why designers should learn to code. Context: Don’t worry, I’m not heaping more work on you guys. It’s just an interesting opinion. That I happen to share. Synopsis: The hybrid designer/developer mythical creature is rumored to live in a … Continued
Title: Six Factors for Highly Unsuccessful Products Context: Light 3 minute video to help you wind up your week with a smile. A very knowing, wry, been-there-done-that smile… Synopsis: From the site: “At the FailCon 2010 conference in San Francisco, … Continued