Matthew Magain (@mattymcg) is passionate about communicating information using visuals, and teaching others to do the same. A freelance user experience consultant, he helps clients communicate to their customers and to each other, through the use of sketching, design, and illustration. His clients have included World Vision, AustralianSuper, and the Australian Labor Party.
Matthew has won a Mobie award, has been featured in several books, and has presented at conferences in Australia and overseas. He was a co-founder of UX Mastery, an online resource for aspiring user experience designers, where he shares his insights and experiences from over 10 years of designing web and mobile apps. He spends his spare time illustrating children’s books.
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On Saturday, Matt spoke at World IA Day in Wellington, New Zealand, on the topic of “architecting happiness”.
Matt explored the theme of how we can architect happiness through our own career, and how the container of “UX” can allow us to find our calling without resorting to drastic change.
It’s been a while since we launched our last ebook. However, we have some good news: 1) our latest ebook, UX Sketchnotes, is out now, and 2) it’s completely free for subscribers to our newsletter.
What are you waiting for?
With an award-winning community manager at the reins, it’s no wonder the UX Mastery community forums is going from strength to strength.
This year on Community Manager Appreciation Day, we say congratulations to Hawk for winning public recognition for her community management skills.
We hope you’ve enjoyed this year’s edition of UXmas, the advent calendar for the UX community. Matt recaps the recent list of UX articles.
The UX Mastery team are taking a hard-earned break over the festive season. Happy holidays, and see you in 2015!
During the first 12 days of UXmas this year, we’ve postulated on the future of the industry, drawn parallels between UX and Rudolph, and even snuck a peek at Santa’s naughty list.
Matt reflects on the gifts that have been unwrapped to date. What has been your favourite UXmas gift so far?
UXmas, the digital advent calendar for user experience designers, is back for 2014.
This is the third year that we’ve collaborated with friends to bring you a festive collection of educational socking-stuffers.
Be sure to make a daily UXmas article part of your festive routine.
It’s World Usability Day, and to celebrate, the folks from Optimal Workshop have pulled together the ultimate UX and Marketing Toolkit, worth $30,000.
Here’s how this amazing collection of tools could be yours.
Last week Matt travelled to Indonesia to explore the age-old question: What the @#$% is UX?
He got answers; he also got a stomach bug. It was all worth it in the search for how to craft a good experience.
Do you have an idea that you’d love to share with the UX community?
Every year we publish UXmas, a digital advent calendar for the UX community. Past contributors have included some of the biggest names in the industry, and this year your name could be on that list. Read on to find out how!
We continue to receive questions from readers and workshop students about how to get into UX Design.
As a result, we’ve updated our article on how to prepare yourself for a career as a UX Designer—and how to find an awesome job while you’re at it. With new and improved animated video!