A great portfolio is a collection of the stories that describe your best work. As the demand for UX professionals increases, there’s been a renewed discussion on the importance of having a portfolio. There are even some, like Whitney Hess in a recent SxSW panel, who assert that because UX isn’t really about the deliverables, [...]

[Read the rest of this article...]

Even the best of plans can go awry. We role play in our head how a usability test will proceed, understand the objectives at hand, and do a rigorous job of screening the participants. But what do you do when something totally unexpected occurs? Life circumstances among the participants can throw a curveball at our [...]

[Read the rest of this article...]

At this year’s SxSW conference, a panel with the Daily Show With Jon Stewart’s executive producer Rory Albanese revealed insight into a use for accessibility technology we’d never thought of. If you go to enough discussions on accessibility, you’ll hear about this old chestnut: Cuts in the sidewalk curbs, put in for wheelchair access, is [...]

[Read the rest of this article...]

In this seminar you’ll get a reality check on critiques from Adam Connor. He’ll describe how to give, receive, and act upon feedback while confidently guiding your projects through beneficial feedback loops. With the right approach to critique and collaboration, your designs will be stronger than ever. In Adam’s seminar you’ll learn to: Structure projects [...]

[Read the rest of this article...]

To the delight of UX designers everywhere, organizations today increasingly conduct user-centered research methods like surveys, focus groups, and usability testing. In this Next Step seminar, Steve Portigal will give you the talking points to make it happen in your organization. And once you find out how to quell cultural, budgetary, and process resistance to [...]

[Read the rest of this article...]

Getting data from your users is a fundamental part of creating great user experiences. Surveys are a great way to get feedback and learn about your users. The problem is everyone has sat through a painful, monotonous survey that asked a series of frustrating and seemingly pointless questions. As with anything in UX, if your users sense they’re in for a painful experience they simply won’t engage with your survey.

[Read the rest of this article...]

It sucks when an employee tells you how frustrating the new intranet system is that they went home crying and didnʼt want to come to work. The systems we build shouldnʼt becausing anxiety attacks in our co-workers. Yet thatʼs exactly what happened in one company. As a result of a merger, they swapped in a [...]

[Read the rest of this article...]

Did you miss out securing the $1,649 price for the UX Immersion Conference? It’s not too late. Register with the promotion code UX1649 by Tuesday, April 10 and you’ll still get it. Workshop Speakers and Topics Getting Started with UX Inside Agile Development Hugh Beyer shows you how to apply practical techniques to integrate proven [...]

[Read the rest of this article...]

Do you think you’re a mobile design or Agile guru? Now you can test your skill level with our mobile design and Agile quiz. Each quiz has 9 questions to test your knowledge. At the end of the quiz, you’re rewarded with recommended resources to further your knowledge. Plus you’ll discover if you’re as agile [...]

[Read the rest of this article...]

A dashboard is often the first screen that a user sees in your UI. The importance of visual design and data visualizations is high. But good looks aside, the dashboard has to meet the users’ needs. Beautiful dashboards are futile if the presented information isn't useful to the user to accomplish their tasks.

[Read the rest of this article...]

Over time, intranets can become beastly things. Yes, the very intranet that was supposed to provide a great one-stop-shop for all information has now become a confusing jumble of pages that lack findability, ownership, and currency. On April 4, James Robertson will show you the two fundamental questions you’ll need to answer before untangling your [...]

[Read the rest of this article...]

It’s not uncommon for people to multi-task between 2-3 devices during their day. A person may have their laptop out accessing the company intranet, while using their tablet for research, and finally checking their smart phone for their email. And it’s rare for a person to use one device for just one activity. Most of [...]

[Read the rest of this article...]

Last Chance for the $1,649 price Register for the UX Immersion Conference before Friday, March 30 and save yourself $300. Workshop Speakers and Topics Getting Started with UX Inside Agile Development Hugh Beyer shows you how to apply practical techniques to integrate proven UX processes through effective communication. Lean UX: A Seasoned Approach to Designing [...]

[Read the rest of this article...]

Free Podcasts on Mobile Design & the Agile Process We’ve grouped all the UX Immersion speaker podcasts in this one post so you don’t have to search for each individual podcast. These 6 fantastic podcasts are full of sage advice and useful tips on 2 separate and important topics: Mobile design and the Agile process. [...]

[Read the rest of this article...]

Try out an idea. See how it works. That’s the basics of an iteration, which we’ve used in our user experience work since the beginning. On the surface, it feels like when a team moves to an Agile development method, they are also moving to an iterative process. After all, what is a series of [...]

[Read the rest of this article...]