2018-07-24 01:13
By now, we all know about the invaluable knowledge that can be gained from user testing. It is one of the most effective ways to improve your site or product, by seeing real users interact w… Read More
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2018-07-02 05:58
It is an exciting time to be a storyteller and designer on the technology front because of the opportunities and constraints represented by the many platforms and devices in use today.As cre… Read More
2018-06-18 02:54
Anyone who’s familiar with best practices in design fields knows how important it is to commit time and resources to UX development. How people feel when they use your UI has a signifi… Read More
2018-05-28 21:05
UI and UX, two terms that are mistakenly used as synonyms. The difference between UI and UX is that UX, or user experience, is all about how users experience the use of an application or web… Read More
2018-05-09 04:52
“I don’t get this and I never will!”Just about everyone has felt this way at some point when attempting to understand something new. Whether it’s furniture assembly i… Read More
2018-04-03 23:50
It’s not easy creating a website design that works. It really isn’t.Did you know that when a visitor arrives on your website, you have about five seconds (or less) to capture the… Read More
2018-03-28 03:47
I will say this bluntly and without sugar coating … the MVP has died. What does that mean for product and UX designers?MVP: Minimum Viable ProductThe minimum viable product (MVP)… Read More
2018-03-25 23:41
Thought I’d share my journey on creating the first Product design system at my company.I remember the first day I joined Capital Float, I asked my colleague if there was a style-guide… Read More
2017-11-02 23:29
The most successful apps give us a reason to come back every day. We return to Facebook and Twitter every day because of the community social media fosters -- for better or worse. When you n… Read More
2017-11-02 09:39
(aka The Haunted House Queue Line Disaster)Ever since I was could walk, I’ve been obsessed with Halloween and design. This passion evolved from building a haunted (grass-killing) maze… Read More
2017-10-03 22:06
When I got my first full-time job, I got my dad a MacBook Air as a thank you gift. I helped him set it up and explained that “Finder” is similar to “My Computer” on h… Read More
2017-05-12 13:58
I've worked for a healthcare IT company Edifecs as a UX Designer for two and half years and in this span I have presented many of my designs remotely to different team members of the project… Read More
2017-05-12 13:37
What is Digital Ethnography and how can it benefit UX?Digital ethnography is the study of people through digital artifacts (e.g. pictures, texts, and videos). Digital spaces hold a few advan… Read More
2017-05-10 15:02
How we can turn the Net Promoter Score (NPS) from an “ultimate question” into an “ultimate answer” for strategic decisions.I love my old Alfa Romeo. It looks good, ha… Read More
2017-05-10 11:34
IntroductionMachine Learning is the most sought after topic in the field of software Industry and would be considered the most in-demand technical skill going ahead. A Machine Learning algor… Read More
2017-05-10 11:11
The dynamic thing about being a UX designer is that there are no rules per se, and there are no ‘right’ or ‘wrong’ answers to a problem. With mobile apps, the user ex… Read More
2017-04-20 01:33
Stories have the power to transport our minds to another place, and in this place, we are more likely to embrace things we’d scarcely pay attention to in the “real world”.A… Read More
2017-04-19 05:10
A case study of the international money transfer marketI recently took on the challenge of understanding why 96% of Americans that send money internationally are unhappy with their money tra… Read More
2017-03-28 03:35
As a Service Designer at Transformator Design, I often work with improving services that lack accessibility and diversification. We work with an iterative method, starting with customer inte… Read More
2017-03-21 03:28
Some may argue that familiarity beats novelty. Most designers would probably disagree, but why are we so convinced that a redesign will have a positive impact on a business? M… Read More
2017-03-21 02:45
A journey of a MS-HCI (Human Computer Interaction) student at Georgia Institute of Technology who is passionate about User Experience… Read More
2017-03-01 22:42
There is no bond as powerful as the one between a mother and child. When my son Antonio was born 10 months ago I was overwhelmed, really confused and of course in love. As parents we try to… Read More
2017-03-01 02:59
Recruiters have a questionable reputation across many industries, and UX is no exception. But that doesn’t mean you should avoid talking to them at all costs. There are good recruiters… Read More
2017-02-28 01:04
How amazing a website looks and feels from the public facing side is a big deal. We think about it a lot ourselves. When you envision a website in your mind, you naturally think of how the f… Read More
2017-02-27 14:40
User experience design has probably been around for 3.3 million years since Homo Habilis first started creating stone tools (a design that still exists today in the form of the hand axe... o… Read More
2017-02-27 05:14
This article will show you how to get absolutely free, unbiased feedback on your website, app, or prototype from real people using Peek user testing!There are a number of methods to eva… Read More
2017-02-26 22:52
There’s a guideline in UX that says a machine should never ask a question to which it can work out the answer on its own. Alan Cooper and his partners, authors of About Face, widely co… Read More
2017-02-16 02:24
“I am the wisest man alive, for I know one thing, and that is that I know nothing.” ~ SocratesContextual interviews are a technique widely used in user experience research a… Read More
2017-02-15 21:44
Empathize – Who is your stakeholder? Who is your user?This is easy right? The stakeholders were my future husband and I, but since we are both very close to our parents, and since they… Read More
2017-02-15 02:58
Or how to keep Groomzilla awayAs a UX designer with a background in Law and Visual Communication, I have been solving problems for a while.Yet, little can prepare oneself for solving a chall… Read More
2017-02-15 01:57
Recently I attended the Melbourne UX Leadership Meetup, that was presented by Margaret Hanley, she was sharing her ideas and insights around UX maturity models. In these models Jennifer Fras… Read More
2017-02-02 21:22
When designing a web page with many sections and details, it is very easy for the user to feel lost. Following these UX design guidelines can transform a messy collection of informatio… Read More
2017-01-24 06:41
Have you ever built a product? And have you found yourself unable to get your idea on track? This is a case study demonstrating how we discovered a niche audience in a crowded market i… Read More
2017-01-24 06:11
Designing a product is very difficult. Redesigning an already accepted and popular layout is harder still. When the user gets acquainted with a product, the slightest change to their experie… Read More
2017-01-15 21:56
Tech and Improving the Gifting ExperienceValentine’s Day is the holiday when significant others go through the gifting ritual. But gifting can be a draining process because it is hard… Read More
2017-01-13 01:25
Today, the bar for good user experiences (UX) is higher than ever before. People expect more than just a functional product; delivering a poor experience is no longer an option. With the bar… Read More
2017-01-11 22:47
Every week on The UX Blog Podcast, Nicholas Tenhue interviews user experience professionals about current trends, hot topics, and their careers. Subscribe on your favorite podcast player!… Read More
2017-01-06 01:14
What if UX designers used computers to help users feel empathy? UX professionals probably hear all the time that empathy is key to ensuring that users are engaged. The challenge is to make t… Read More
2016-12-26 22:26
As a UX designer with a background in Law and Visual Communication, I, Mario Quintana, have been resolving problems for a while. But little prepared me for this new challenge: planning… Read More
2016-12-21 03:55
Every week on The UX Blog Podcast, Nicholas Tenhue interviews user experience professionals about current trends, hot topics, and their careers. Subscribe on your favorite podcast player!… Read More
2016-12-14 02:36
Matthias from Just Ask Users is so excited about The UX Blog that he created a special one-time free offer for you, our valued readers: If you haven't used Just Ask Users before, you can sig… Read More
2016-12-14 00:57
Every week on The UX Blog Podcast, Nicholas Tenhue interviews user experience professionals about current trends, hot topics, and their careers. Subscribe on your favorite podcast player!… Read More
2016-12-05 00:38
If you’ve seen HBO’s Silicon Valley, you might remember a recent episode in season 3 in which the Pied Piper app launched and had hundreds of thousands of downloads upon launch… Read More
2016-12-05 00:15
From real-time pair designing and developing, to weekly sprint cycles and even to monthly sprint cycles, what we’ve come to understand is that Agile has many meanings depending on who… Read More
2016-11-29 21:34
We are all familiar with the common news feed; they can be found on sites like Twitter, Facebook, New York Times, Huffington Post, and Buzzfeed. This article explains what they are, when to… Read More
2016-10-21 03:35
As a Service Designer at Transformator Design, I often work with improving services that lack accessibility and diversification. We work with an iterative method, starting with customer inte… Read More
2016-10-18 02:49
“UX is a lot more than buttons and wireframes. The stuff that seems obvious is only the tip of the iceberg, and the stuff that matters most is completely invisible.”Joel Marsh, U… Read More
2016-10-14 01:45
Disclaimer: This is a (satirical) look at the website of a candidate for the position of President of the United States from an experiential standpoint. This analysis is not meant to side wi… Read More
2016-10-05 04:14
This article will show you how to get absolutely free, unbiased feedback on your website, app, or prototype from real people!There are a number of methods to evaluate web sites for usab… Read More
2016-10-03 20:22
When designing a web page with many sections and details, it is very easy for the user to feel lost. Following these guidelines can transform a messy collection of information into a c… Read More
2016-09-28 04:15
UX Checklist AppsBridging the gap between UX strategy and execution in a project can be difficult. It can be a challenge to find the right design methods, tools and techniques to use in… Read More
2016-08-12 02:18
We all know that Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are in the political limelight. So, why don't we have a little fun with their websites? Let's take a look at Hillary Clinton's website. This… Read More
2016-08-10 00:27
Every week on The UX Blog Podcast, Nicholas Tenhue interviews user experience professionals about current trends, hot topics, and their careers. Subscribe on your favorite podcast player!… Read More
2016-08-09 22:00
One of the essential traits of any UX designer is to be able to ‘walk a mile in their user’s shoes’ - We call this being an ‘Empath.'By seeing things as they do, we a… Read More
2016-08-09 19:07
A journey through time and space with one of my oldest sitesIt’s a good thing none of my old sites are around today.For one thing, many of them used Flash. Gratuitously. And while we d… Read More
2016-08-09 15:13
A journey map can help a company visualize the needs, desires and motivations of its customers and provides the data it needs to engage its customer base efficiently.Journey mapping focuses… Read More
2016-08-01 23:31
Every week on The UX Blog Podcast, Nicholas Tenhue interviews user experience professionals about current trends, hot topics, and their careers. Subscribe on your favorite podcast player!… Read More
2016-08-01 01:26
Getting great products into users’ hands is incredibly hard.The modern product development product has many phases of brainstorming, planning, designing, coding, marketing, and shippin… Read More
2016-07-26 01:37
Every week on The UX Blog Podcast, Nicholas Tenhue interviews user experience professionals about current trends, hot topics, and their careers. Subscribe on iTunes or Google Play Music!… Read More
2016-07-18 22:21
Every week on The UX Blog Podcast, Nicholas Tenhue interviews user experience professionals about current trends, hot topics, and their careers. Subscribe on iTunes or Google Play Music!… Read More
2016-07-18 20:28
Rather than being a creative activity, problem-solving sessions for many businesses are nothing more than an exercise in analytics.And far too often, these sessions happen in boardrooms, whe… Read More
2016-07-13 22:38
How to be strategic and apply UX tools and methods to our own livesWe have effective UX methods and tools we use to design for users, why not use them on ourselves? Can we apply UX tools to… Read More
2016-07-08 20:03
Every week on The UX Blog Podcast, Nicholas Tenhue interviews user experience professionals about current trends, hot topics, and their careers. Remember to subscribe on iTunes!… Read More
2016-07-06 00:04
How amazing a website looks and feels from the public facing side is a big deal. We think about it a lot ourselves. When you envision a website in your mind, you naturally think of how the f… Read More
2016-07-02 03:50
Free UX CoursesUser experience design is an increasingly sought after role in tech organizations, but can be hard to obtain the relevant skills without a degree in human-computer interaction… Read More
2016-06-30 20:04
We have been living in a world of ‘clean and minimal’ for quite some time, so what’s next?Over the last several months, some of the leaders of innovative design have taken… Read More
2016-06-28 06:15
Every week on The UX Blog Podcast, Nicholas Tenhue interviews user experience professionals about current trends, hot topics, and their careers. Remember to subscribe on iTunes!… Read More
2016-06-24 19:07
Global UX is a series of interviews where Nicholas Tenhue from The UX Blog meets user experience professionals from around the world to hear about their perspective on the state of UX in the… Read More
2016-06-13 13:40
User experience design has probably been around for 3.3 million years since Homo Habilis first started creating stone tools (a design that still exists today in the form of the hand axe... o… Read More
2016-05-21 12:59
The healthcare industry continually develops innovative ways to collect, combine, and mine health data. However, a patient’s needs can quite easily be missed while we drown in a sea of… Read More
2016-05-17 02:19
Usability testing is a method where users try to complete tasks with a product or service. Meanwhile, observers are present who carefully watch and analyze the users and determine their succ… Read More
2016-05-15 12:31
End-User Participation In Healthcare ITIn recent times, electronic healthcare systems have become the norm. Many hospitals and private clinics around the world use electronic devices to regi… Read More
2016-05-13 18:11
When designing any product or system, we should strive to figure out what is it that users need and how their needs can best be met. User-centered design (UCD) is a framework of processes (p… Read More
2016-04-14 19:49
In the healthcare domain, clinicians and patients experience the same scenarios - a journey that often begins with crisis or uncertainty, is followed by a carefully orchestrated process of t… Read More
2016-04-14 18:29
Technology is all encompassing part of our lives; from using our phone, computer, tablet, television, or car for personal use or at work. All of us are looking for ways to adapt and le… Read More
2016-04-14 17:25
In Better Patient Engagement Through User Experience - Part 1 we discussed User Experience and Customer Experience in the context of patient engagement. In this post we will take a look at a… Read More
2016-04-01 13:37
What is it like to engage customers in the healthcare field? Each experience is different not only for the physician or nurse, but also for the patient. Alignment among all parti… Read More
