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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Episode 5: Consumers overvalue what they have, and that’s a problem.
Another derivative of what I call “ownership bias” is the difference between the willingness to accept money (WTA) and the willingness to pay money (WTP). People exhibit ownership bias when there is something that they feel is theirs; that they own. Let me take you…
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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…
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Episode 4: How trying to avoid regret changes our behavior
Let’s talk about regret aversion. Again, fancy phrase, simple idea. Let’s go on a mind-journey! Imagine this. You’re at home cleaning out an old shoe box of junk. I mean, you’ve had this stuff forever since you were a kid. But do you really need…
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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,…
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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…
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Episode 3: Why something being FREE is so compelling
Everyone loves free. There’s something truly magical about getting something that you value for free and the feeling seems universal. In another post I’ll talk about why we feel indebted when we get something for free, but for now, I want to focus on the…
