• iPhone X? Yes or No? It Might Come Down To Which Part Of Your Brain Is Active.

    iPhone X? Yes or No? It Might Come Down To Which Part Of Your Brain Is Active.

    This week Apple announced the iPhone X. Some of you have decided you are definitely NOT going to buy it, others have decided you definitely are, and others are on the fence. Whether you go for it or not at least partially depends on whether…

  • How To Get People To Commit To Your Product Or Service

    How To Get People To Commit To Your Product Or Service

    How do you get people to commit to your product or service? If you provide a free trial are they more likely to purchase? In this podcast episode we talk about the science of commitment, including what works and what doesn’t about free trials, why making…

  • Heuristics: The Unsung Heroes Of How People Think

    Heuristics: The Unsung Heroes Of How People Think

    We talk a lot about “cognitive biases” — the tendencies we have to think and act in ways that are not always logical, and not always accurate, but we forget that many of these brain shortcuts are very adaptive and very successful. In this podcast…

  • Mistakes People Make With Personas, And Why You Should Care

    Mistakes People Make With Personas, And Why You Should Care

    Creating personas before you design a product seems quaint and old-fashioned these days. In this Human Tech podcast episode we get UX-nerdy and talk about why we still think personas can be useful, how they help you design, and the mistakes that people make when…

  • A Conversation With Damien Borba from Adobe XD

    A Conversation With Damien Borba from Adobe XD

    I think that AI and robots will be writing all the code and doing all the design of digital products before too long. But until then, we need good design tools. My favorite is Adobe XD. Have you tried it? We met Demian Borba, Stategic…

  • The ROI of User Experience

    The ROI of User Experience

    How do you know if the work you are doing to improve the user experience of your product is worth the time and the effort? One of our most popular webinar topics is how to calculate the return on investment (ROI) of User Experience. So…

  • The Visual Cortex And Design

    The Visual Cortex And Design

    Did you know that here is a part of the visual cortex that is sensitive just to a tilted line? Or that some people see millions more colors than the rest of us do? On this episode of Human Tech we talk about the strange…

  • Updated User Testing Course

    Updated User Testing Course

    At The Team W we’ve updated our User Testing 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.…

  • The Future Of Retail

    The Future Of Retail

    Many retail store chains are closing stores. Some say retail stores are a dying breed, and that shopping malls are also in trouble. What is the future of retail? Will technology save the day or is technology part of the reason retail is in trouble?…

  • How well do you know your EEG from your GSR?

    How well do you know your EEG from your GSR?

    Our guest, Spencer Gerrol from Spark Neuro gets in the weeds with us in this episode and explains all things neuro-measurement.  How well does EEG measure interest and engagement? Can you tell what people are feeling? Which emotion? What does GSR (galvanic skin response) add?…