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Talking Lean UX with Jeff Gothelf
The author of the new O'Reilly book, Lean UX: Applying lean principles to improve user experience, shares his thoughts on outcomes, iterations, and more.
NO. 992 - April 3, 2013 - UX Magazine Staff 3

Simplicity: The next design battleground...

Four ways to keep your designs simple in the hyper-competitive mobile age.
NO. 991 - April 2, 2013 - Scott McDonald 4

Learning Programming by Persuasion
How the traits of persuasive technology can make learning Ruby more engaging for students.
NO. 990 - April 1, 2013 - Anu Ramaswamy, Aakash Dharmadhikari 0

Evaluating the Usability of Web Photos...

Photos have the power to make or break a users' experience—make sure they are communicating your message properly.
NO. 989 - March 29, 2013 - James Chudley 2

Practicing What We Preach
In the same way that users need considerate and responsive feedback from digital experiences, employees need it from their organizations.
NO. 988 - March 28, 2013 - Astrid Chow 0

Looking Into the Screens of the Future...

Designers are faced with alluring new challenges as users expect more sophisticated interactions with more persistant and pervasive screens.
NO. 987 - March 27, 2013 - Ken Yarmosh 0

Five UX Changes for Fixing Loyalty...

By improving user experience, brand loyalty programs can start living up to their business potential.
NO. 986 - March 26, 2013 - Maya Jackson, Liang Zhang 1

We Just Turned 50,000
Celebrating a social media milestone and looking ahead.
NO. 984 - March 25, 2013 - UX Magazine Staff 1

Why Certify? Accreditation can add value...

How BSI ISO9001 certification refined design processes for a digital agency that already has multiple accreditations.
NO. 985 - March 25, 2013 - Danny Bluestone 1

UX Adventure: Enhance your resume,...

Taking on unpaid research and design projects can be a great way to bolster your resume and reinvigorate yourself.
NO. 983 - March 22, 2013 - Cory Lebson 1

A Matter of Character: Knowing your...

To design a product that fits into the story of users' lives, try looking at them as characters through the lens of a screenwriter.
NO. 982 - March 21, 2013 - Sarah Doody 2

Testing Dialog Design in a Speech...

Speech-recognition apps require specialized testing methods that can be applied to other interfaces as well.
NO. 981 - March 20, 2013 - Stephen Keller 0

The RITE Way to Prototype
The RITE Method can be an effective way to integrate user testing and iteration for fast and fluid design.
NO. 980 - March 19, 2013 - Jenny Shirey, Ann Charng, Quynh Nguyen 7

The Proliferation and Potential of...

By making transactions more fun, banks can drive customer behavior, improve brand loyalty, and increase engagement.
NO. 979 - March 18, 2013 - Sachendra Yadav 8

Refining Simplicity
There are some simple things you can do to make sure your designs stay simple and user-centric.
NO. 978 - March 15, 2013 - Jared Lewandowski 5

Visual Balance and Weight Allocation for...

Paying close attention to the visual path your website creates will reveal opportunities for reaching peak usability.
NO. 977 - March 14, 2013 - Tammy Guy 9

How to Effectively Manage a UX Design...

Tried and true tips for getting the most out of your user-centered design team.
NO. 976 - March 13, 2013 - Joseph Dickerson 2

A Midwesterner's Guide to...

Pulling top user-centered design talent away from the coasts is challenging, but it can be done using the right approach.
NO. 975 - March 12, 2013 - Kyle Murphy 13

Contextualization is the Key to...

What "location, location, location" is to real estate, "context, context, context" is to user-centered design.
NO. 974 - March 11, 2013 - Ron Rogowski, Stephen Powers 0

UX Behind the Firewall
Implementing the UX process internally can improve the user interface of a company's applications, improving productivity and morale.
NO. 973 - March 8, 2013 - Clive Howard 4

Creating Savvy and Sophisticated User...

User-centered designers and researchers now have the tools and techniques to deliver more personalized (and valuable) experiences than ever before.
NO. 972 - March 7, 2013 - Matthew Fiore 5

The Five Worst UX Mistakes Websites Make...

There are many pitfalls that can sink a user's experience with a website, here are five of the worst.
NO. 971 - March 6, 2013 - Susan Weinschenk, Ph.D. 12

The Complexity of Simplicity
Keeping user-centered designs simple can be extraordinarily complicated, so staying focused is key.
NO. 970 - March 5, 2013 - Jay Selway 7

Player-Centric Design: The UX of The...

A major component of successful design, use-centered thinking guides the popular iPad puzzle game, The Room.
NO. 969 - March 5, 2013 - John Ferrara 2

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