The Catch
Attribution: Kenneth AllenIt has now been 4 months and 14 days since my job at IBM dissolved, and on August 18th, I accepted a contract role to become a Principal UX Designer for PayPal, started yesterday (September 14). Big sigh of relief for me.
On Twitter, I noticed a designer (https://twitter.co..
Designing an admin panel
What is a good admin panel design and is it worth your time?
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The human working memory and the implications on Apple CarPlay
Today there are more things fighting for our attention than ever before. We are constantly juggling work, family, and social lives. What we don’t realize is, try as we might to multitask, our attention span is quite limited. Recent findings suggest that we can hold about four items (plus or minus 1)..
Advantages of doing design research in a foreign language
Being faced with the challenge of doing research in a foreign language is scary.
A few years ago, I moved to Germany with no knowledge of German. It was a daunting move as a researcher; my skill set as a researcher depended greatly on language. Knowing how to frame and ask a question to reduce bias,..
How to create personas based on science that actually work
It is quite difficult, if not almost impossible, to obtain a personality profile of one single individual let alone to create a persona…
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Will UX metrics ever become high-level business metrics?
Takeaways from the Persuasive UX Metrics Framework.Photo by Alexander Schimmeck with added post-its by meIn this article:
Why does UX need these metrics?The Persuasive UX MetricsThree important things about the metricsThe most valuable UX metricsWhy does UX need these metrics?Sales, marketing, HR, a..
Bringing product thinking to any team
Imagine this scenario. A team member approaches you excitedly and says, “I just sat in this amazing sales meeting, and I have an idea for a new feature we have to build! You would click here and here, then be able to do this, and it would work like this!” Maybe your coworker is even drawing you a pi..
UX lessons I wish I had learned earlier
Part 1 — CraftThey say “hindsight is 20/20”. It’s very true. 10 years ago I made the switch from graphic design to user experience after a 10-year stint working for print shops & manufacturing environments. It has been an incredible journey so far, but there are many things I wished I had learned ea..
Unknown unknowns: Targeted learning for a new product manager
Photo by Kelly Sikkema on UnsplashS o you’re a new Product Manager at a company. You’re excited about the opportunity but you’ve just received the third customer request this month for changes to form functionality that was released six months ago.
The form was kept purposefully simple so that it co..
If men hate shopping, why do they still lead so many retail companies?
Insights from 30 years of watching men and women shop and manage retail companies
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