Author: oz
-
Tuesday UX Trainer: Blockchain and Design
You reading an issue of Tuesday UX Trainer, a series that teaches you something new about UX design every week. In an issue of Remote UX Jobs (a separate newsletter curating UX jobs), I noted that “blockchain” is becoming a new industry UXers can design for, including AI, VR and eCommerce. In this issue let’s dive into exactly…
-
Tuesday UX Trainer: Automated cars and UX
You reading an issue of Tuesday UX Trainer, a series that teaches you something new about UX design every week. Each day in the United States, approximately 9 people are killed and more than 1,000 injured in crashes that are reported to involve a distracted driver. (Source: CDC.gov) Isn’t that statistic just crazy? It got me wondering if…
-
Tuesday UX Trainer: Users hate these ads the most
You reading an issue of Tuesday UX Trainer, a series that teaches you something new about UX design every week. This week, I decided to be ironic. Today’s issue is going to be talking about the relationship between advertising & UX. Not coincidentally, I have two UXB announcements for you before we get into this week’s training:…
-
Tuesday UX Trainer: Should UX designers learn how to code?
You reading an issue of Tuesday UX Trainer, a series that teaches you something new about UX design every week. This week’s issue is all about the “should designers code” debate… The question “should designers code?” is such a long-running debate in the design community that it’s now a meme about whether designers should do everything. Check…
-
Tuesday UX Trainer: User testing your designs + usability
You reading an issue of Tuesday UX Trainer, a series that teaches you something new about UX design every week. These are the UX articles worth reading this week… In a new article, I explain why the “Fine Dining” method of presenting case studies is far superior to the “Fast Food” method that’s so common in UX…
-
Presenting a design? Try the fine dining method
This is one of the most common problems I see with UX portfolios – Designers will show their work without context… “This is a wireframe. This is a user flow. This is a sitemap.” It feels like the designer is just going through the motions of what they think they’re supposed to show. When a…
-
Tuesday UX Trainer: User testing your designs + usability
How do you know if your design works? This week’s links are all about usability and testing your designs 1. When presenting your UX work in an interview, sophisticated design teams know to ask you this question: how do you know that’s the right design? They’ll be wondering if you tested your designs on actual…
-
Tuesday UX Trainer: Are job apps a numbers game, and what is the role of convenience in Chinese UX?
You’re reading an issue of Tuesday UX Trainer, a series that teaches you something new about UX design every week. > Here are this week’s 3 UX links worth reading… 1. You’ve probably been told that applying to jobs “is a numbers game.” Meaning you got to apply a lot. But is that all there…
-
Is applying to jobs a “numbers” game?
“It’s all a numbers game.” We’ve heard this when it comes to dating, with sales, and of course with the job hunt.. Does that mean you just blast out hundreds of resumes to whatever website will take it? Or that you need to burn yourself out going to endless UX meet ups? Let’s explore the…
-
UX Career Newsletter: What is an affordance?
You’re reading the UX Career Newsletter, a weekly UX newsletter covering UX career tips, UX training, and UX jobs One of the first words I learned in UX class was affordance. It sounded fancy and made me feel 10% more hipster as a designer. To oversimplify, an affordance is a signal for something that a user can act…