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What we can learn from their stories. Continue reading on UX Collective »

We asked students to share their stories about using ebooks. Here’s what we learned. Continue reading on UX Collective »

Weekly curated resources for designers — thinkers and makers.“The differences in my mind are mostly those of scope, responsibility, and visibility. As a lead designer, your focus is the project, and your responsibilities are to ensure that you work cross-functionally with PM and Engineering to deliv..

Here’s what you need to know about conducting design research for an early-stage startup. Continue reading on UX Collective »

How to design for weird user behavior.Photo by Luísa Schetinger on UnsplashThis article was inspired by a conversation I had with Ryan Warrender on our Podcast Design Huddle. User Fudged Experiences are when users do something unexpected with our products or service, usually in a hacky way. Here are..

YouTube’s founding team. Image: Jawed KarimYouTube began with three PayPal employees, Chad Hurley, Steve Chen, and Jawed Karim, who initially conceived it as an online dating service. Hurley grew up around technology; he won third place in a national electronic competition in 9th grade with an ampli..

Image of quote — Expose yourselfEminence or exposure is this important “thing” that often gets overseen. Designers and non-designers often think they don’t have time or that they have nothing special to offer. Working on yourself or your personal brand can actually be a daunting task, a blocker for ..

How a 15th-century German goldsmith had laid the path of modern-day UX practice and philosophies.Collage by authorWell, a lot of you might be wondering what Gutenburg has to do with UX! Yes, he invented the press — which had changed the world; but was there any concept of the idea of UX back then? D..

I’m a UX Designer and the UX title is making no sense to me.“Experience” encompasses everything and it’s unfair with the UX Designer and with whoever is working with UXers. Photo is taken by Lubos Volkov, via UnsplashI haven't yet come across an industry that has its discipline as a continuousl..

Don’t design with constraints even when you have them Continue reading on UX Collective »