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Hey, Information Architect, What Do You Do?

If you are or have ever been an IA, we want to hear about your skills, techniques, outputs, and responsibilities.
NO. 1 032 - June 6, 2013 - UX Magazine Staff
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The Evolution of the Online Dating Experience

Getting into the nitty-gritty of online dating reveals a complex user experience evolving toward the ubiquity of social networking.
NO. 1 031 - June 5, 2013 - Jayse Lee
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How Chief Customer Officers Orchestrate Experiences

When used correctly, a Chief Customer Officer can drive customer experience efforts that change the way a company operates for the better.
NO. 1 030 - June 4, 2013 - Paul Hagen
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How to Design for the Gut

Designing for visceral reactions in your users can create experiences that deliver emotional satisfaction and drive habitual use.
NO. 1 027 - May 29, 2013 - Morgan Brown, Chuck Longanecker
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The Experience Tells The Story

An original don of advertising, David Ogilvy's 11 principles for creating great campaigns still ring true today.
NO. 1 025 - May 28, 2013 - Ted Booth

UX Magazine Featured Article

Killed at Launch
A failure to account for UX results in an e-commerce being pulled offline shortly after launch.
NO. 994 - April 5, 2013 - Pete Mackie19

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Designing & Selecting Components for...

How to choose (or design) components based on sound principles of usability.
NO. 462 - May 8, 2011 - Donna Maurer Spencer 4

You Are Solving The Wrong Problem
When solving a difficult problem, re-ask the problem so the solution helps you learn faster.
NO. 663 - May 2, 2011 - Aza Raskin 8

Ten Guidelines for Quantitative...

Advice from Vanguard's UX manager on using quantitative data.
NO. 659 - April 22, 2011 - Richard Dalton 9

Why We Need Storytellers at the Heart of...

Storytellers help build cohesiveness in products and within teams.
NO. 655 - April 14, 2011 - Sarah Doody 45

Personas: The Foundation of a Great User...

A primer on personas and how businesses can get the most from them.
NO. 640 - March 25, 2011 - Kevin O’Connor 10

The UX of Data
Data storage in the cloud enables experiences that would be impossible with only local storage.
NO. 622 - February 17, 2011 - Scott Jenson 5

Content Strategy and UX: A Modern Love...

It's inherently impossible to design great UX for bad content.
NO. 619 - February 15, 2011 - Kristina Halvorson 18

Myspace's UX-Induced Death
NO. 605 - January 12, 2011 - Jonathan Anderson | UX Magazine 34

User Experience for Developers
Tips from a developer-turned-UX-pro on making the transition from engineering to UX.
NO. 598 - December 24, 2010 - Pek Pongpaet 17

10 Surefire Ways to Screw Up Your iPhone...

Avoidable design and usability mistakes that can shatter hopes of success on the App Store.
NO. 591 - December 10, 2010 - Jeremy Olson 7

Mobile User Experience Trends on the...

A look at several future trends of significance for UX practitioners.
NO. 581 - November 17, 2010 - Marek Pawlowski 15

Playing Hard to Get
Scarcity can be used as a powerful persuasive tactic to influence users' behaviors and experiences.
NO. 560 - September 23, 2010 - Stephen P. Anderson 10

Five UX Research Pitfalls
Avoiding the growing pains and pitfalls associated with becoming a user-driven company.
NO. 550 - September 2, 2010 - Elaine Wherry 12

Don’t Become a Digital Dinosaur
UX pros must work on the holistic customer experience—across channels, devices, time, and space.
NO. 547 - August 24, 2010 - Samantha Starmer 15

When You Startup with UX
With few actual users and extremely limited budgets, how to startups engage in user-centered design?
NO. 543 - July 21, 2010 - Whitney Hess 7

The Dirtiest Word in UX: Complexity
Complexity shouldn't necessarily be avoided; it must be balanced with context and user needs.
NO. 541 - July 6, 2010 - Francisco Inchauste 25

Shades of Grey: Thoughts on Sketching...

An incisive look at the fundamental nature and function of sketching in UX design.
NO. 540 - June 24, 2010 - Will Evans 10

Fusing Content Strategy with Design
Developing content strategy techniques for defining and designing interactive content systems.
NO. 539 - June 23, 2010 - David Gillis 7

Beyond Frustration: Three levels of...

It's not enough to just be usable—products actually have to make people happy.
NO. 536 - June 16, 2010 - Dana Chisnell 11

iPad vs. iPhone: A User Experience Study...

NO. 535 - June 10, 2010 - Nate Bolt, Brynn Evans, Cyd Harrell 26

From Industrial Design to User...

Experience-driven design has made "experience" the new hot buzzword. But is it really new?
NO. 534 - June 8, 2010 - Mark Baskinger 19

The Small Print: Writing UI Instructions...

Twelve tips for writing in-context UI instructions to make websites more usable.
NO. 528 - May 17, 2010 - Connie Malamed 15

Shades of Grey: Wireframes as Thinking...

Wireframes are process and communication tools, not just design artifacts.
NO. 524 - April 29, 2010 - Will Evans 22

Doing More With Less Time
Abbreviated processes rely on trust, collaboration, and prototyping to build consensus and confidence.
NO. 521 - April 23, 2010 - Jared Lewandowski 7

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