Yes Virginia, Santa does consider himself a UX designer. Just like everyone...
Title: The state of UX in 2015 / 2016 Context: UX Design: What happened in 2015 and what will happen in 2016. Just in case you weren’t paying attention and aren’t omniscient. Synopsis: Ah, the holiday...
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Title: How Gallaudet University’s Architects Are Redefining Deaf Space Context: The language of design has to speak to people of all abilities in order to be considered complete. Synopsis: There is a...
View ArticleCreative generalist? More like “Creative Full-of-crap-alist”.
Title: Domain Specificity of Creativity: Theory, Research, and Practice Context: Creativity does not succeed without expertise. It’s just science. Synopsis: From the time we are young, individuals are...
View ArticleDoes technology stifle or enable creativity? The answer is: “Yes”
Title: The Filter Bubble Context: What is creativity when everyone is enabled to be creative? Synopsis: Everyone is a photographer. I know because Instagram tells me so. According to Medium (and,...
View ArticleIn reality the election may in fact be rigged…by incredibly crappy design.
Title: Disenfranchised by Bad Design Context: It’s not just a bad idea to have confusing, poorly designed ballots for elections, in many cases, it’s also the law. Seriously. Synopsis: Voting can be...
View ArticleThanksgiving: Family, food, football, and most importantly, fantastic UX...
Title: Give Thanks for Good UX Context: It is the time of year for all of us to be thankful. Mostly for being designers and not developers. Just kidding. (Not kidding.) Synopsis: Ah Thanksgiving. One...
View ArticleThe problem with your UI may not be how it’s designed, but how it’s written.
Title: 9 simple but powerful UX writing tips for designers Context: The person who would design should first know how to write. Synopsis: The root of simplicity is clarity. The conceit of design is...
View ArticleI has’t designeth a new chandeli’r. Is’t not most wondrous?
Title: Transcript & Sketches from a Medieval Design Session Context: There are no new design problems under the sun. Synopsis: All of the experts will tell you that product design is a relatively...
View ArticleUX, UX, bo-bex. Banana-fana fo-fex. Fee-fi-mo-mex. UX!
Title: The UX of a Banana – Understanding What UX Design is All About Context: Need to explain what UX is to the uninitiated? Tell them it’s like a banana. That should clear up any confusion. Synopsis:...
View ArticleIf you don’t know what your product’s Net promoter Score is…that’s probably...
Title: Net Promoter Score Considered Harmful (and What UX Professionals Can Do About It) Context: There are two types of product designers in this world: those who don’t know what their NPS score is...
View ArticleThe next time you encounter an idea that’s the “greatest thing since sliced...
Title: The Toaster Context: Which came first: the sliced bread or the toast? Synopsis: The job of a designer is often that of building upon what has come before. We take existing ideas as a starting...
View ArticleEver been on an elevator where some kid pushed the button for every single...
Title: Five things elevators teach us about design, psychology and hats Context: Elevators can teach us a lot about psychology, such as how psychologically painful it is to be locked in a tiny space...
View ArticleYou cannot be a problem solver if problems do not first exist.
Title: Why Paper Jams Persist Context: How boring would the world be if everything worked exactly the way it was intended? Synopsis: Failure is merely an opportunity to make something better. When...
View ArticleJust because you can use something doesn’t mean its not gloriously useless.
Title: The Inexplicably Fascinating Japanese Art of Being Useless Context: From the people who gave us Pokemon, karaoke, and Godzilla comes a whole philosophy of uselessness. Synopsis: Designers spend...
View ArticleStorms a comin’. Quick, call the Waffle House.
One of the most serendipitous design accomplishments anyone can achieve is discovering a new and useful application for an existing tool or artifact that is equally as functional as its original...
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