Here is a great little video done by UXMastery.com in which they explain not only what UX Design is, but also why you should learn more about it, regardless of your job. Love the animated sketch notes as well!...
Websites and apps all have an interface. This interface is your golden ticket to the front row seat, literally directly facing the user. It is where the user comes to digitally interact with your product or service. Needless to say, that...
I’ve recently noticed a lot of different articles being written about what a UX designer is, and in honor of improving peoples experiences, I thought I’d throw in my two cents as well. Let’s start broad: What is User Experience...
Imagine walking into a company and being given a project with a large budget to do everything in order to deliver the perfect product: proper user research, analysis, competitive landscaping, iterative wireframing, lavish usability...
Two years ago, my colleague started to compile a list of UX Terminology for everyone to read. I really like this idea of having one common repository for UX Lingo in order to help others within the organization understand what we are...
Let’s say you know this set of facts about me: I am a college-educated female between the ages of 20-30. I work in the financial sector and commute to work with the public transport system....
Recently I participated in a panel discussion at AppsWorld, covering the topic of designing for an evolving customer base within a multi-platform environment. The panel consisted of myself, James Lucas (Senior Product Manager at...
As UX designers within a large financial organization, me and my team often get asked by other parts of the business how their teams might be able to incorporate UX practices into their process. Just the other day, one team within the...
A few months ago, I watched a video on how to evaluate whether or not research was being conducted effectively. The video, which I can not find anywhere for the life of me, outlines a number of questions to consider before diving into user...
I recently read the paper Design in the Age of Biology, by Hugh Dubberly. I created a diagram of the main themes running throughout the paper: What is Old(Left) is moving towards New (Right):...
User Experience (UX) Design is the process of enhancing a persons experience with a given product, system or service.
UX involves an in depth understanding of a users behaviors, attitudes, and emotions in order to create a successful design.