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Everything starts in the dark. Continue reading on UX Collective »

Write down the narrative of your project. Why you started this project? Is it because the executive told you to do so? Why do they think it’s a good idea? Is there any evidence to support their argument? By writing, you’re making sense of things. You might feel you know so little about the project a..

When do we stand up in a design review, present our case, and say “this is a hill I’m willing to die on”?Photo by Mike Erskine on UnsplashI love to talk about designing with constraints. So much of the life of a UX professional is evaluating and compromising technical limitations, time limitations, ..

Figma hacks you might not have heard of Continue reading on UX Collective »

When talking about consumer and producer responsibility, there are apparent differences in device categories. OEMs take note. Continue reading on UX Collective »

Researchers — set non-researchers up for success by determining when & how to effectively involve them in UX research activities. Continue reading on UX Collective »

When I first stumbled upon the four-hour product definition workshop by Eric Johnson, I was thrilled. Most workshop guides get stuck with… Continue reading on UX Collective »

An interface is not something projected on a screen, it is a mediation technique between interrelated levels and layers.No one knows for sure, how Gyges came to the throne of Lydia (680 BC), which led to countless stories and legends about it. At that time, Lydia was ruled by Candaules, a man who ac..

A couple years ago I wrote about how healthcare should take customer experience guru Dan Gingiss’s advice: do simple better. Now new research illustrates why this is so hard: when it comes to trying to make improvements, people would rather add than subtract. That, in a nutshell, may help explain wh..

We live in a simulation. Just not the one you’re thinking of. Continue reading on UX Collective »