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The truth about the presentation process
Having the opportunity to speak to an audience who cares what you have to say and believes they can learn something new from you is a totally surreal experience. Especially when you consider that months of work pours out of … Continue reading ?
Empathy is the Antidote to Shame
shame n. A painful feeling of humiliation or distress caused by the consciousness of wrong or foolish behavior. v. To make someone feel ashamed. In her TED talk Listening to Shame, vulnerability researcher Brené Brown exposes the truth about shame: … Continue reading ?
More Empathy, Better Design
“A lot of people in our industry haven’t had very diverse experiences. So they don’t have enough dots to connect, and they end up with very linear solutions without a broad perspective on the problem. The broader one’s understanding of … Continue reading ?
How to Conduct Yourself While Conducting Interviews
I spend most of my time these days coaching senior leaders and product teams on how to build empathy for their customers and colleagues. This is what my consulting business has evolved into over time. One of the tools we … Continue reading ?
In Defense of In-house Designers
Are the designers comprising successful, corporate, design teams on par with their agency counterparts? Amy Marquez argues in favor of the former, providing perspectives and strategies to champion a group of designers that is often overlooked.
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UserTesting Tuesday: If A Return Policy Falls in the Forest
You’ve probably pondered this philosophical question before: “If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?” If you’re like me, then after a few minutes of scratching your head you gave up and moved on to more important things like taking naps and playing thumb war. (I’m not the only one that still plays thumb war, am I?) For … Read More
5 steps to kicking off your Lean UX team
Today we’re proud to introduce a guest post from Jeff Gothelf. Jeff is a product strategist, Lean UX advocate, interaction designer, author, and all around good guy. Without further ado, let’s hand this post over to Jeff… Besides spending time writing the Lean UX book, I’ve been doing a lot of teaching in the past year. Show More Summary
Our 8 Favorite UX and Usability Conferences in 2013
Were you the kid who (maybe secretly) loved going to school? Because in between all of the social activities you actually enjoyed learning? If you’re a lifelong learner, this passion has never gone away. So you also want to attend the best user experience, design, or usability conferences. Show More Summary
The Grammar of Interactivity
We all shudder a little when we look back on the days of “Click here to…” calls to action. Jonathan Richards shares his method for determining the phrasing of interactive elements.
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UserTesting Tuesday: If a picture is worth 1,000 words then I’m a unicorn. Spoiler alert: I’m not a unicorn.
Whoever said, “A picture is worth a thousand words” was an idiot. I would much rather look at a picture than read a thousand words – and I know I’m not alone. “Would you rather look at me, or read an instruction manual? Case closed.”...Show More Summary
The Onion: Internet Users Demand Less Interactivity
It’s satire and reality at the same time. “It’s weirdly self-centered and creepy to be broadcasting my whereabouts to the whole world, and then be rewarded for it with some worthless piece of clipart,” said Tampa, FL college student Theresa Gibson. “I don’t want to know where other people are, I don’t want them to [...]Show More Summary
Google Makes A Bold Statement, We Lose Our Minds
In the largest change to AdWords in five years, Google is making a bold statement. Luckily for you, we’re here to help with an offer that will make you think we’ve completely lost our minds. But first, let’s talk about Google’s bold statement. Show More Summary
The Enduring Misconceptions of User Experience Design
A couple weeks ago I suddenly saw a resurgence of interest in an article I wrote for Mashable in January 2009 titled, 10 Most Common Misconceptions About User Experience Design. Later that year I turned it into a presentation and … Continue reading ?
Increase Your Conversion Rate With the 2013 Usability Testing Challenge
You’re already running usability tests, which is fantastic. But are you covering all aspects of your web presence? Don’t miss out on customers or revenue; a simple usability testing plan can ensure that you’re uncovering optimization opportunities across your entire web presence. Show More Summary
Avoid the Pains of Pagination
Everyone has scrolled to the bottom of a web page before and seen that row of numbers. That row of numbers is a website's pagination. Pagination is a user interface pattern that divides content into different pages.
OC Event on 2/23: Mobile as a UX Driver plus How to Get a Great UX Job
I’m going to be presenting with Jon Fox in Orange County at Kareo with Jon Fox: From Application to Interview: How to get a Great UX Job Patrick Neeman presents: The process of getting a great user experience job isn’t as hard as you would think. This workshop covers all aspects of the interview process, [...]
Speaking Up
Two days ago, a prominent designer named Sarah Parmenter published a post titled Speaking Up, in which she revealed the horrific harassment she has endured as a public woman in technology. Sarah and I have spoken at the same conferences … Continue reading ?
Why CAPTCHAs Fail on Marketplace
American Public Media’s popular program Marketplace ran a story on Friday about Ticketmaster finally removing CAPTCHAs from their ticket-buying process. Reporter Sally Herships contacted me to share my thoughts. Captcha-22: When online security hurts sales CAPTCHAs demonstrate that a company … Continue reading ?
UserTesting Tuesday: Social Proof Causes Swear Words And Bad Grammar
In Robert Cialdini’s amazing book, Influence, he talks about the principle of “social proof.” According to Cialdini, the principle states, “one means we use to determine what is correct is to find out what other people think is correct.”...Show More Summary
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