The Doorway Effect explains why it’s so easy to lose track of our original goal when we change environments – like walking through a door. This phenomenon occurs when our attention moves between levels, reflecting how our memories rely on the environment we’re in. Good tidbit to keep in mind when designing user flows, for anything…

Launched: the brand new UX frequently asked questions page. After curating hundreds of questions from readers via email, Facebook and my own career coaching, I present you the top questions & answers across 4 categories. If you have a question about UX careers, this page is likely to have an answer for you. Highlight: Select a…

New UXers on our Facebook group and email are always asking “what are the best UX courses & training available?” I put together a new curated list of the best free & paid UX courses. Try sorting by cost and category. I’ll be adding images and some more details to this page as time goes on :) _ _…

One of the unavoidables of being a UX designer: getting your design critiqued. Learn the subtle art of facilitating and participating in design critiques in this quick primer. Last year, the design-to-development company Avocode made a report about the trends they saw based on data from 2 million Sketch & Photoshop design files uploaded to their tool. Some interesting things to…

You reading an issue of Tuesday UX Trainer, a series that teaches you something new about UX design every week. Don’t want interviewers to fall asleep during your portfolio presentation? Consider using these UX storytelling techniques to engage your audience throughout the beginning, middle and end of your case study. Speaking of portfolios, Bestfolios is a…

TUT is a UXBeginner publication, curating the latest user experience news & training.  A crack team of interaction designers from Stanford put together the Ritual Design Lab, which explores how designers can learn from the patterns of rituals “to develop better designs — that are engaging for users, and that offer more meaning to them.” Makes sense…

❓Have you ran into the situation in which you’re tasked with designing a user flow before knowing the functionality? There’s multiple approaches, from using design conventions (as is suggested in the top answer) or communicating with your team to flesh out design options. If you’re ever looking for a good design challenge (or brain teaser),…