Author: Susan Weinschenk
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How do you build a culture of trust?
How’s the trust quotient where you work? Or in the country where you live? How do you build a culture where people trust each other? We talk about the research on cooperation, punishment and trust in this episode of Human Tech. For more details on the topic after you listen to the podcast, you may…
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Nick Fine’s UX Psychology rant on the latest episode of the Human Tech podcast
Has the field of user experience (UX) been invaded and co-opted by designers? Has it lost its way from its original roots in Psychology? Nick Fine says “YES!”. In this episode of the Human Tech podcast we have a spirited conversation with Nick about his crusade to bring Psychology back in a big way to…
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Why You Should Kanban Your Life: An Interview With Amii LaPointe
In this episode of the Human Tech podcast we bring Amii LaPointe on the show. Amii is a Professor at the Milwaukee School Of Engineering where she teaches User Experience. We talk about the “old” days of writing documentation manuals, and her experiment in “kanbaning” her life. You can subscribe to the HumanTech podcast through iTunes,…
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What Conference(s) Should You Go To This Year?
We speak at a lot of conferences, and attend a few too. In this episode of Human Tech we “review” many of the conferences we’ve been to (that have conference dates coming up in the next 12 months). Some you probably know, and others you may never have heard of. These are all in the…
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A New Course On Color And Design
I’m so excited to be adding courses on color and design to our online training curriculum. Katie Stern, who has multiple degrees, books, and lots of experience designing with color and teaching others how to do the same, has put together the first course in what will be a whole curriculum on Color and User…
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The Dopamine Seeking-Reward Loop, or “Why Can’t I Stop Scrolling On My Newsfeed”
We’ve all been there. You glance at Instagram (or your twitter feed, or your Linked in feed, or Facebook, or your newspaper app…). You look at the first entry and then the next, and then swipe with your finger or thumb to see what comes next and then next, and before you know it 15…
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Alfonso de la Nuez On The Role Of User Research In The Future
Alfonso de la Nuez started in the field of usability with his small services company in Spain and ended up in California co-founding the user research software firm UserZoom. Last year UserZoom customers conducted more than 12,000 user research projects. In this episode of the Human Tech podcast we talk with Alfonso, the CEO of…
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Steve Fleming-Prot: The Experience Of Designing An Experience
In this episode of the Human Tech podcast we talk with Steve Fleming-Prot. Steve has been designing complex user interfaces and experiences for decades and now is a Senior UX Research Consultant at User Testing. In this episode we talk about the details of what happens when you are designing a user experience, and we…
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Helle Martens From Copenhagen On The Human Tech Podcast
In this episode of the Human Tech podcast we talk with Helle Martens, a User Experience (UX) consultant from Copenhagen. Our discussion includes the UX Copenhagen conference, why behavioral science has a hard time getting traction in UX communities, and the bicycle culture in Denmark, including “party bikes” and “beer bikes” (see images above and…
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A Conversation With Lou Rosenfeld: Design Ops, What Makes A Great Conference, Information Architecture…
Lou Rosenfeld publishes books, is the author of the famous “polar bear” book on information architecture (IA), and organizes conferences. He joins us on this HumanTech podcast episode and the conversation goes from library science to IA to conferences, to “Design Ops” and more! Links for some of the things we talk about: You can…
