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Category: Process and Methods

Simplify your work and your life by learning the tools and techniques that authors have used to conquered gnarly problem spaces. From avoiding burnout to doing scrappy research on a shoestring budget, you’ll benefit from their experience, avoid making the mistakes they made, and go on to make all new mistakes of your own. (Then contribute your learnings back to us!)

December 19, 2013 Process and Methods / Workplace and Career

Building the In-house Design Agency

Posted by Steve Turbek

The first article discussed the pros and cons of different UX team structures. For companies that depend on user experience for business success, a strong internal team is essential. But how do you get there from here? Having built one

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December 3, 2013 Deliverables / Process and Methods

How to Breathe Life Into Personas

Posted by Barnaby Nagy

Personas are essential when you are working on a project and don’t know the target audience very well. For instance, not every designer has experience in fashion or banking. Creating a model of your target audience may help you and

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November 26, 2013 Process and Methods / Workplace and Career

Soldiers & Hessians, Ronin & Ninja

Posted by Steve Turbek

When UX’ers talk, they tend to talk about process, but the ability to deliver an innovative user experience starts before kickoff and lasts after the launch. Repeatable success in UX depends on the right culture. This is particularly important in

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November 12, 2013 Design Principles / Foundational Thinking / Learning From Others

An Open Letter to Project Managers

Posted by Michael Lai

Dear Project Managers, It has been a very enjoyable experience working with everyone over the last couple of months and sharing our ideas on UX design. The various discussions about user interface, product usability, and user engagement have been an

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October 29, 2013 Discovery, Research, and Testing / Process and Methods

Context matters

Posted by Maciej Płonka

What makes a marketing e-mail or newsletter efficient? One can judge, for instance, by the number of users that opened the message or clicked on a specified element representing primary action, such as a product link or button. Those indicators

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