Author: Susan Weinschenk
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What’s Wrong With Gamification?
A couple of years ago “gamification” was a hot topic. Product managers of software, apps, and internal company intranets and training programs attempted to take the factors that make games engaging and apply those to non-game digital products. The results have largely been less than successful. In this podcast episode we talk about what makes a…
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What We Learned At The Habit Summit
We just got back from attending and speaking at the Habit Summit conference in San Francisco. We share some of the things we learned from the speakers at the Summit, such as: a new app that purports to fix your tech/life balance, that instead of “Hooked” everyone now wants to get “Unhooked”, and that the…
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Photography and Design: James Chudley Is Our Guest On HumanTech Podcast
How much do you think about photography in the design of websites and digital marketing? James Chudley joins us on this podcast episode to talk about photography, design, and lots more. And here are some links for things we talk about: James has a great ebook :Usability of web photos book – http://amzn.to/2nIyOt5 And he has…
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Why We Still Love User Testing
User Testing as a way to get feedback from people about a product is still going strong. In this episode Susan quizzes Guthrie about the what and how of user testing, and talks about some of her fun and more memorable moments of the hundreds of tests she’s conducted. You can subscribe to the HumanTech podcast…
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Memory
Did you see the movie Inside Out? Remember the colored memory balls — stacks and stacks of them? Well, that’s not how memory works. In this podcast episode we talk about the way we store and retrieve memories. You can subscribe to the HumanTech podcast through iTunes, Stitcher, or where ever you listen to podcasts.
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Updated Free Online Course: User Experience Fundamentals
At The Team W we’ve updated our free User Experience Fundamentals online video course. This latest version of the course has been filmed in our new studio. We’ve expanded and updated the content. The video clip below will give you an idea of what’s in the course. You can get details on the course, preview…
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Rating Your Projects A- Vs A+
In the last blog post Guthrie Weinschenk explained his idea about saving time and money by rating your projects before you start them. In this podcast Susan and Guthrie discuss how this works and why it works. You can subscribe to the HumanTech podcast through iTunes, Stitcher, or where ever you listen to podcasts.
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Increase Your Work Efficiency In 5 Seconds Or Less
This post is written by Guthrie Weinschenk, J.D., Chief Operating Officer at The Team W, Inc. Giving your project a grade before you start working on it will improve your efficiency and the outcome of the project. Take a few seconds to decide whether the project is going to be an A- or A+ project.…
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Behavioral Science vs. Behavioral Economics
What is behavioral science? How is it different from behavioral economics? And why are both so cool? Plus, Guthrie geeks out about Daniel Kahneman’s research. You can subscribe to the HumanTech podcast through iTunes, Stitcher, or where ever you listen to podcasts.
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Automation And The Future Of Jobs
Are you an information worker? Or maybe you are a professional, like a lawyer or a doctor? Do you think your job is safe from automation? You may not be as safe as you think. In this podcast episode we talk about automation and the future of jobs. HumanTech is a podcast at the intersection…
