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- When UX Research Begins, Become the Voice of Reason
UX research begins when either a stakeholder asks for it or a researcher suggests it. When a stakeholder asks you to conduct a study, it is a good sign—the stakeholder realizes that answers to his or her questions lie with ...
Article - Tomer Sharon - January 17, 2013 - 0 comments - 0 attachments
- Cooper UX Boot Camp: Fair Trade USA
At Cooper, we believe you learn best by putting new skills into practice solving the kinds of challenges designers face on a daily basis. That’s why we designed UX Boot Camp , a four-day crash-course in our user experience design methodolo ...
Event - Cooper U - January 29, 2013 - 0 comments - 0 attachments
- Solving the Key Employment and Hiring Problems in the UX Field
The realm of user experience often feels enchanted. It’s growing in economic and cultural significance, and is filled with bright, capable people who unite research , design , technology , and strategy to make advancements that improve the ...
Article - UX Magazine Staff - January 10, 2013 - 0 comments - 0 attachments
- Getting Fruitful Collaboration Instead of Stale Groupthink
The value of bringing people with different perspectives together to work a problem is readily accepted by most. The business of making websites, software and other technical systems is too complex for an individual to execute in isolation. No surprise, ...
Article - Gail Swanson - January 08, 2013 - 1 comment - 0 attachments
- Stop Explaining UX and Start Doing UX
Both design communities I’ve been involved in (graphic design and user experience design) spend an inordinate amount of energy bemoaning the lack of respect designers get and how misunderstood our value is. Perhaps you’ve heard or even uttered s ...
Article - Kim Bieler - January 04, 2013 - 8 comments - 0 attachments
- Cooper U's Design Leadership
Ever had an innovative and beautiful idea that never saw the light of day? Feel like your organization believes in the value of design, but prioritizes deadlines over fully developed ideas? These are symptoms of unhealthy communication and c ...
Event - Cooper U - January 04, 2013 - 0 comments - 0 attachments
- Treat Your Users Like Children
Do you have kids of your own? How about young nieces, nephews, or nephews? Do you spend time around your friends’ children? Is there that one neighbor who has youngsters who makes it a point to disturb you any chance they get? If you've answered yes to ...
Article - Jamal Jackson - December 20, 2012 - 0 comments - 0 attachments
- The Flâneur Approach to User Experience Design
Recently I did something that most people would call a bit crazy. As I walked out of the office one Friday afternoon, a seemingly random thought came into my head: I should quit my job . Later that weekend, I did just that. Then I did the next logica ...
Article - Sarah Doody - December 18, 2012 - 9 comments - 0 attachments
- Improving Hiring for User Experience
Title 2: The Interviewer As I mentioned in my previous article on improving the hiring process for UX (two words: scented resumes), the rapid expansion of our field ...
Article - Nick Cawthon - December 11, 2012 - 0 comments - 0 attachments
- Practicing What We Preach
Title 2: Leading with Empathy In the previous article in the "Practicing What We Preach" series , we discussed how critical it is to carefully and thoughtfully esta ...
Article - Astrid Chow - December 04, 2012 - 3 comments - 0 attachments