Category: user experience
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The Secret Key To A Usable Product: Objects & Views
This is definitely a “nerdy” episode of Human Tech. We tackle a not very well known design topic:”objects and views”. It’s conceptually the hardest thing I consult on and teach about in user experience design. Learn about this powerful and slightly obscure factor that is the secret key to a usable product.
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A Rant About User Research: The Latest Episode Of The HumanTech Podcast
For this episode of the Human Tech podcast, Susan Weinschenk goes solo at the microphone to talk about user research: What it isWhy you can’t skip itWhat kind of user research to doMaking the ROI case for user research If you want to learn more about user research by the way, we have an online…
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7 Persona Mistakes
Many UX, Design, and Marketing professionals create and/or use personas. Personas have become so common that some would say that they are over-used. Should we let go of personas? Should we stop using them? One of the reasons that personas may be looked down on these days in some design circles is because people are…
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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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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…
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Why Scenarios Lead To Great Design
In this podcast episode we give examples of how to create design scenarios and discuss why scenarios are critical to designing a great user experience. You can subscribe to the HumanTech podcast through iTunes, Stitcher, or where ever you listen to podcasts.
