Matt attended Web Directions Code last week, and it got him thinking about the degree that coding plays (or should play) in the role of a user experience designer.
In addition to penning his thoughts, he created an experimental videoscribe to accompany this post.
Matt happens upon an industrial design anomaly that leaves him puzzled: a confusing label on a toilet roll dispenser.
What lessons can we learn from the design of physical products, and how can we apply them to digital design?
Where does sketchnoting fit into the design process? And why are UX Designers so drawn to creating visual notes?
Matt explores these questions and more. Could sketchnoting be the perfect platform for practicing core design skills?
Matt divines lessons for UX Designers from one of his favourite movies, The Blues Brothers.
What do two black-suit-and-sunglass-wearing, cigarette-smoking, morally compromised musicians have to do with user experience design? As it turns out, quite a lot …
One reasons UX Designers love their job so much is because of the variety—we get to work with different clients, technologies, people, industries, and techniques.
How’s this for variety? You need to learn how to become a project manager, too. Matt explains why.
Empathy is one of the most important skills a UX Designer can possess. But if it’s so important to be empathic, how should we go about improving?
In this post, Matt spells out some techniques that you can apply when conducting user research and making design decisions.
The start of the year is always a good time to make some resolutions to focus on for the year ahead.
Cameron lists 13 UX Resolutions to help you set goals and get the most out of 2013.
We call ourselves UXers, and despite our different backgrounds and skill sets, we all have something in common. But what is it?
Matt ruminates on the attribute that makes UX Designers unique.
Luke lists 5 of the top frustrations you might experience as a UX designer, and shares some ideas about how you can deal with them.
Everyl Yankee talks about ‘task’ oriented UX design techniques, and how we must then take the step up to ‘object’ oriented user interfaces and navigation systems to keep user interaction as simple and straightforward as possible.