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Many great designs, products, websites, and projects begin with paper. Your ideas should begin with paper too. Yes, it’s nice to start building a…
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Users can find many ways to use a product as you don't intend. Research, observation, and testing can help prevent this. But no idea or product survives…
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User interviews are a core user experience method. They are a great way to gain foundational knowledge about the problems your users are facing. And a…
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Welcome to the first weekly Better Design roundup, where we look at the most interesting stuff in design, product development, tech, and policy over the…
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One of the first things I do in all of my classes is show this clip of Homer Simpson trying to design a car. I’m serious. It’s a great lesson in how not…
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The Five Areas of UX
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Quit quitting is the latest hot-take trend that news orgs and social media are discussing. What is it? As best I can tell it is doing your job as you…
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