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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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!
Last week Luke and I attended UX Australia—our annual pilgrimage where we connect with the wider UX community to get educated and inspired about all things UX!
Here is our wrap-up and Sketchnotes.
Both UX Designers and entrepreneurs solve problems by talking to people and immersing themselves in the world of their users.
So why aren’t more designers creating startups? Could you be the next successful entrepreneur?
Part 2 of Matt’s travel diary from the recent UX Mastery workshop series in South-East Asia.
Matt makes us jealous with tales of riding quad-bikes, volcano trekking, and drinking coconut from its shell—all in the name of user experience training!
Last week Luke and Matt took their “Introduction to User Experience” workshop on the road, delivering training in Malaysia and the Philippines.
Matt reflects on the first part of their trip.
Last month we held a free panel discussion here in Melbourne, coordinated through our new meetup group.
We recorded a video of the entire panel discussion, which we’ve published here for your viewing pleasure.
Last year we set out to apply our storytelling and sketching skills to what we believe is a world-first: we sold space in a whiteboard animation video to sponsors, to raise money for important cancer research.
The concept raised $15,000, and the final video is ready to share with you at last. Be warned though: you may tear up while watching this video.
