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A Common Design Taxonomy

[email protected] | James Wondrack
post authorJames Wondrack

James Wondrack
James Wondrack is a results-driven, award-winning design leader with 17+ years of experience. He recently joined the team at Effective UI as Lead Experience Architect responsible for facilitating, generating, and executing great user experiences for clients and their end users. Prior to joining EffectiveUI, James helped launched more than 150 websites for financial, consumer, and professional services organizations. Some of his clients included AT&T, Cisco Systems, Simple Finance Technology Group, First Niagara Financial Group, PBS Kids, ESL Federal Credit Union, Empire Brewing Co., The Glenlivet, Kahlúa, and The Macallan Distilleries. He also served as adjunct professor of Advanced Information Design at the Rochester Institute of Technology, and is the co-author of “Photoshop IQ.”

The Real Problem with “The Expert”

[email protected] | Toni Ferro
post authorToni Ferro

Toni Ferro
Toni Ferro is a PhD candidate in the department of Human Centered Design & Engineering at the University of Washington. She worked at Intel Corporation as a software project manager for 12 years before returning to graduate school. She now studies the use of publicly available online services (PAOSs) to conduct day-to-day work.

Bottling Lightning

[email protected] | Siri Mehus
post authorSiri Mehus

Siri Mehus
Siri is a user researcher at Blink UX in Seattle with an academic background in the study of language and social interaction. Around three years ago she considered changing her name, but decided to just go with it.

Apply Empathy Within Your Organization

[email protected] | Indi Young
post authorIndi Young

Indi Young
For the past 20 years, Indi Young has been pioneering ways to understand customers and employees in order to support them better. Most organizations have developed awareness and expertise at gathering big data–the numbers that track what and how people have done things. These same organizations, however, are inexpert at understanding why. The messy and divergent reasoning and motivations that drive people’s decisions are what Indi helps you tune in. She is expert at gathering the thoughts that lie deeper than simple preferences, opinions, and desires. And she is expert at helping you solidify patterns and sort through the wavelengths to focus on particular channels so you can support people in more powerful ways.

Putting Experience Design to Work Everywhere

[email protected] | Josh Tyson
post authorJosh Tyson

Josh Tyson
Josh Tyson is the co-author of the first bestselling book about conversational AI, Age of Invisible Machines. He is also the Director of Creative Content at OneReach.ai and co-host of both the Invisible Machines and N9K podcasts. His writing has appeared in numerous publications over the years, including Chicago Reader, Fast Company, FLAUNT, The New York Times, Observer, SLAP, Stop Smiling, Thrasher, and Westword. 

How Split Testing Validates New Product Concepts without Code

[email protected], [email protected] | Nis Frome, Steven Cohn
post authorNis Frome

Nis Frome
Nis works at the intersection of product and content for Alpha, a platform for Fortune 500 product teams to generate user insights on demand. His articles have been published in Forbes, Content Marketing Institute, and The Next Web. Follow him on Twitter or Medium @NisFrome.

post authorSteven Cohn

Steven Cohn
Steven tries hard to be a good father, husband and entrepreneur . He sold his first two companies to LivingSocial and TripAdvisor. Validately is Steven's third company. Validately's mission is to help teams build better products. Validately is a rapid user feedback platform. Validately makes it easy and affordable to test prototypes and live sites on customers or potential customers and learn about Demand or Usability BEFORE you code. Try it for free at Validately.com.

Bridging the Narrowing Gap between Digital and Physical Experiences

[email protected] | Josh Tyson
post authorJosh Tyson

Josh Tyson
Josh Tyson is the co-author of the first bestselling book about conversational AI, Age of Invisible Machines. He is also the Director of Creative Content at OneReach.ai and co-host of both the Invisible Machines and N9K podcasts. His writing has appeared in numerous publications over the years, including Chicago Reader, Fast Company, FLAUNT, The New York Times, Observer, SLAP, Stop Smiling, Thrasher, and Westword. 

Help Us Find Examples of Great UX … Get a Free Book

[email protected] | UX Magazine Staff
post authorUX Magazine Staff

UX Magazine Staff
UX Magazine was created to be a central, one-stop resource for everything related to user experience. Our primary goal is to provide a steady stream of current, informative, and credible information about UX and related fields to enhance the professional and creative lives of UX practitioners and those exploring the field. Our content is driven and created by an impressive roster of experienced professionals who work in all areas of UX and cover the field from diverse angles and perspectives.

GM and MFA Students Work to Foolproof the Driving Experience for Millennials

[email protected], [email protected] | College for Creative Studies, Lillien Waller
post authorCollege for Creative Studies

College for Creative Studies
College for Creative Studies (CCS) is an art and design college located in Detroit. Their MFA in Integrated Design produces graduates who are able to decode multi-dimensional design problems that require holistic approaches in order to create meaningful and valuable design solutions. The curriculum integrates multiple disciplines to prepare students for professional success—immersing students in both quantitative and qualitative research to explore and better understand the factors contributing to a particular problem and the potential effects of proposed solutions.

post authorLillien Waller

Lillien Waller
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Quickpanel: UX Certifications

[email protected] | Elaine Matthias
post authorElaine Matthias

Elaine Matthias
Elaine brings a rare combination of strategic thinking and project management to Rosenfeld Media. She’s succeeded at generating and implementing great ideas in a variety of business settings, translating abstract visions into concrete outcomes, and being knee deep in the design mix. She has a B.A. in Political Science from Indiana University and a M.A. in Art History, Connoisseurship and the Art Market from Christie's Education, New York. In her free time, she likes to explore topics related to art and design. A native of Louisville, Kentucky, she currently resides in Brooklyn.

3 Things that Will Change Experience Design in 2015

[email protected] | Saul Gurdus
post authorSaul Gurdus

Saul Gurdus
Saul's passion is driving user-centered innovation to continually improve customer experience. As VP of Insights & Enablement at Citrix, his teams develop and share a deep understanding of Customers' emotions, needs and behaviors as well as their experiences throughout their lifecycle. This deep customer understanding opens the door for identifying opportunities to improve the customer experience. His innovation enablement teams are in a perpetual cycle of experimentation where they blend the best of design thinking, lean startup, agile development, and others into fast-paced, collaborative environments that push teams right to the edge of their comfort zone where he’s found learning happens best. Saul is also responsible for developing and delivering a world-class information experience for Citrix customers. Prior to this, Saul served as VP, Services Programs & Operations where he led the Operations, Programs, Marketing, Design, Product Management, Product Development, and Media production for Citrix's WW Services organization.

The Experience Makes the Product, Not the Features

[email protected] | Lee Dale
post authorLee Dale

Lee Dale
Lee has spent the past 15+ years working with organizations to help them realize the transformative capabilities of digital. From customer experience to service delivery, Lee’s day-to-day at Say Yeah is spent coaching organizations—from public sector to industrial, sports to finance, insurance and more—on how to leverage technology and human-centred design processes in ways that increase market opportunity and engagement while reducing costs and inefficiencies. This is accomplished by guiding teams towards delivering exceptional, accessible, and inclusive experiences across all consumer touchpoints and related services. You can follow Lee on Twitter @leedaleyyz and find more product insights from him on Say Yeah’s Digital Insights blog.

The (Sometimes) Giddy Experience of Learning Design

[email protected] | Josh Tyson
post authorJosh Tyson

Josh Tyson
Josh Tyson is the co-author of the first bestselling book about conversational AI, Age of Invisible Machines. He is also the Director of Creative Content at OneReach.ai and co-host of both the Invisible Machines and N9K podcasts. His writing has appeared in numerous publications over the years, including Chicago Reader, Fast Company, FLAUNT, The New York Times, Observer, SLAP, Stop Smiling, Thrasher, and Westword. 

Designing for Different Online Personality Types

[email protected] | Liraz Margalit
post authorLiraz Margalit

Liraz Margalit
Liraz Margalit, PhD, is a Web psychologist at ClickTale, a company that provides website optimization software and consulting. She analyzes online consumer behavior from a psychological perspective. Her analyses incorporate theory and academic research into a conceptual framework that creates insights into online consumer behavior. Liraz writes ongoing blog for Psychology Today named “Behind Online Behavior.” She previously held a post-doctoral internship with the Program of Political Psychology and Decision Making at the Lauder School of Government - IDC (Herzlia), where she is a lecturer.

Let’s Bridge the Gap Between Enterprise And Consumer Apps

[email protected] | Nathan Graves
post authorNathan Graves

Nathan Graves
As a User Experience Designer at DSI, Nathan Graves channels more than a decade of experience as a web designer and developer to create intuitive, agile and visually appealing mobile experiences that include enterprise and consumer apps, as well as device-specific solutions. Rather than viewing an app as a stand-alone tool, Nathan creates mobile solutions that not only offer an exemplary user experience, but also help accomplish key business goals.

Designers Should Give Themselves Better Experiences

[email protected] | UX Magazine Staff
post authorUX Magazine Staff

UX Magazine Staff
UX Magazine was created to be a central, one-stop resource for everything related to user experience. Our primary goal is to provide a steady stream of current, informative, and credible information about UX and related fields to enhance the professional and creative lives of UX practitioners and those exploring the field. Our content is driven and created by an impressive roster of experienced professionals who work in all areas of UX and cover the field from diverse angles and perspectives.

Are We the “Things” in the Internet of Things?

[email protected] | Josh Tyson
post authorJosh Tyson

Josh Tyson
Josh Tyson is the co-author of the first bestselling book about conversational AI, Age of Invisible Machines. He is also the Director of Creative Content at OneReach.ai and co-host of both the Invisible Machines and N9K podcasts. His writing has appeared in numerous publications over the years, including Chicago Reader, Fast Company, FLAUNT, The New York Times, Observer, SLAP, Stop Smiling, Thrasher, and Westword. 

Adapting Information Architecture for Lean and Agile Environments with DoGo Mapping

[email protected] | Rob Keefer
post authorRob Keefer

Rob Keefer

Rob Keefer is a co-founder and the Chief Scientist at Pomiet. Rob works with organizations to envision and develop web and mobile applications that promote peace of mind for users and decision makers alike. His Masters Degree in Human Factors Engineering and PhD in Computer Science give him a great appreciation for interdisciplinary teams working to solve complex problems. When he is not trying to fix horrible user interfaces in healthcare, Rob enjoys distance running and cycling.

How to Manufacture Desire

[email protected] | Nir Eyal
post authorNir Eyal

Nir Eyal
Nir Eyal writes, consults, and teaches about the intersection of psychology, technology, and business. Nir founded two tech companies since 2003 and today is a past Lecturer in Marketing at the Stanford Graduate School of Business. Nir is also an advisor to several Bay Area start-ups and incubators. Nir’s last company received venture funding from Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and was acquired in 2011. In addition to blogging at NirAndFar.com, Nir is a contributing writer for Forbes, TechCrunch, and Psychology Today. Nir attended The Stanford Graduate School of Business and Emory University.   Nir Eyal is the author of Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products and blogs about the psychology of products at NirAndFar.com. For more insights on using psychology to change behavior, join his newsletter and receive a free workbook.

Designing for Place at The Home Depot

[email protected], [email protected] | Mike Schneider, Skyhook Wireless
post authorMike Schneider

Mike Schneider
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post authorSkyhook Wireless

Skyhook Wireless
Skyhook Wireless is a worldwide leader in location. In 2003, Skyhook gathered the world’s Wi-Fi access points and combined them with GPS and cell tower locations to build a global, 1st-party network providing the fastest, most accurate and battery-friendly location results. Today, Skyhook handles billions of requests, powering location and context for devices, apps, publishers, ad-tech, wearables, media, mobile device management, digital rights management, device recovery and more. Skyhook Wireless is a wholly owned Subsidiary of Liberty Media and True Position. To learn more about Skyhook, please visit skyhookwireless.com.

Early Application Fee Extension for the DfE Awards

[email protected] | UX Magazine Staff
post authorUX Magazine Staff

UX Magazine Staff
UX Magazine was created to be a central, one-stop resource for everything related to user experience. Our primary goal is to provide a steady stream of current, informative, and credible information about UX and related fields to enhance the professional and creative lives of UX practitioners and those exploring the field. Our content is driven and created by an impressive roster of experienced professionals who work in all areas of UX and cover the field from diverse angles and perspectives.

Get a Free Book from Rosenfeld Media and the Design for Experience Awards

[email protected] | UX Magazine Staff
post authorUX Magazine Staff

UX Magazine Staff
UX Magazine was created to be a central, one-stop resource for everything related to user experience. Our primary goal is to provide a steady stream of current, informative, and credible information about UX and related fields to enhance the professional and creative lives of UX practitioners and those exploring the field. Our content is driven and created by an impressive roster of experienced professionals who work in all areas of UX and cover the field from diverse angles and perspectives.

The Top UX Predictions for 2015

[email protected] | UX Magazine Staff
post authorUX Magazine Staff

UX Magazine Staff
UX Magazine was created to be a central, one-stop resource for everything related to user experience. Our primary goal is to provide a steady stream of current, informative, and credible information about UX and related fields to enhance the professional and creative lives of UX practitioners and those exploring the field. Our content is driven and created by an impressive roster of experienced professionals who work in all areas of UX and cover the field from diverse angles and perspectives.

The Top UX Trends of 2014

[email protected] | UX Magazine Staff
post authorUX Magazine Staff

UX Magazine Staff
UX Magazine was created to be a central, one-stop resource for everything related to user experience. Our primary goal is to provide a steady stream of current, informative, and credible information about UX and related fields to enhance the professional and creative lives of UX practitioners and those exploring the field. Our content is driven and created by an impressive roster of experienced professionals who work in all areas of UX and cover the field from diverse angles and perspectives.

Can Experience Design Make Tobacco Cool Again?

[email protected] | UX Magazine Staff
post authorUX Magazine Staff

UX Magazine Staff
UX Magazine was created to be a central, one-stop resource for everything related to user experience. Our primary goal is to provide a steady stream of current, informative, and credible information about UX and related fields to enhance the professional and creative lives of UX practitioners and those exploring the field. Our content is driven and created by an impressive roster of experienced professionals who work in all areas of UX and cover the field from diverse angles and perspectives.

Designing a UI to Generate Real Business Value

[email protected] | Pavel Kostychev
post authorPavel Kostychev

Pavel Kostychev
Pavel is an award-winning artist, graphic and user experience designer. With over 20 years experience in the field, Pavel has developed a design proficiency that is characterized by functionality and creative excellence. His skill set includes art direction, graphic design, GUI and application design, brand and corporate identity, web design, interactive animation (Flash), 2d animation, publishing, and illustration. Pavel was born in Moscow, Russia, and moved to Israel in 1991.

Implementing Customer Experience as an Organizational Value

[email protected] | Pete Kinser
post authorPete Kinser

Pete Kinser
Pete is based in Denver, Colo. and is the Director of Experience Strategy at Universal Mind where he leads strategy, design, and research projects and teams. He works with leaders to help educate and encourage human-centered mindsets within organizations. Pete received a bachelor's degrees in Design and Psychology and a master's degree in Information Science from the University of Missouri. He is also a Adjunct Professor at the University of Denver where he teaches courses focused on design-thinking, user-centered design and customer experience. You can also reach Pete via Twitter @petekinser

How Do We Design Experiences that Make a Difference?

[email protected] | UX Magazine Staff
post authorUX Magazine Staff

UX Magazine Staff
UX Magazine was created to be a central, one-stop resource for everything related to user experience. Our primary goal is to provide a steady stream of current, informative, and credible information about UX and related fields to enhance the professional and creative lives of UX practitioners and those exploring the field. Our content is driven and created by an impressive roster of experienced professionals who work in all areas of UX and cover the field from diverse angles and perspectives.

Half-Math and That Gushing Hole in Your Bucket

[email protected] | John Boykin
post authorJohn Boykin

John Boykin
John Boykin answers to user experience designer, information architect, interaction designer, information designer, and UX researcher. He’s been doing all of the above for over 10 years. Clients include Walmart, Macy’s and Bloomingdale’s, Blue Shield, Bank of America, Visa, Symantec, NBC, HP, Janus, Prosper, and Mitsubishi Motors. His site, wayfind.com, will tell you more than you want to know.

4 UX Lessons I Learned Playing with Toys

[email protected] | Agus Esperon
post authorAgus Esperon

Agus Esperon
Agus is a graphic designer and illustrator who specializes in motion graphics. He is the co-founder and UX and Art Director of Wideo, an online tool for intuitively creating animated videos without previous graphic design or video knowledge. He has vast experience making demonstrative videos for startups and big brands, including MTV, Nickelodeon, TNT, and Warner Channel.

Introducing a New World of Possibilities with “Appticipation”

[email protected], [email protected] | Mike Schneider, Skyhook Wireless
post authorMike Schneider

Mike Schneider
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post authorSkyhook Wireless

Skyhook Wireless
Skyhook Wireless is a worldwide leader in location. In 2003, Skyhook gathered the world’s Wi-Fi access points and combined them with GPS and cell tower locations to build a global, 1st-party network providing the fastest, most accurate and battery-friendly location results. Today, Skyhook handles billions of requests, powering location and context for devices, apps, publishers, ad-tech, wearables, media, mobile device management, digital rights management, device recovery and more. Skyhook Wireless is a wholly owned Subsidiary of Liberty Media and True Position. To learn more about Skyhook, please visit skyhookwireless.com.

It’s Time to Push the Limits of UI Design

[email protected] | Dominic Quigley
post authorDominic Quigley

Dominic Quigley
Focusing on visual design, UI design, and the experience, Dominic is a key member of the Fjord London team. Over his 15 years experience he's worked with a wide range of clients including financial services, retail, telcos, property, travel and transport and technology brands. Dominic has led transformative projects at Fjord by leveraging key insights and strong experience in a wide range of design principles to bring to life innovative multi-channel, multi-context services. Fjord is part of Accenture Interactive.

How Do We Interact with Our Organizations?

[email protected] | UX Magazine Staff
post authorUX Magazine Staff

UX Magazine Staff
UX Magazine was created to be a central, one-stop resource for everything related to user experience. Our primary goal is to provide a steady stream of current, informative, and credible information about UX and related fields to enhance the professional and creative lives of UX practitioners and those exploring the field. Our content is driven and created by an impressive roster of experienced professionals who work in all areas of UX and cover the field from diverse angles and perspectives.

Comparing Popular Layer-Based and Code-Based Prototyping Tools

[email protected] | Bona Kim
post authorBona Kim

Bona Kim
Bona Kim is a Lead Product Designer on Sing! Karaoke at Smule, a maker of social music creation mobile apps such as Sing Karaoke, Autorap, Guitar and Piano. Bona’s main responsibility is to create delightful user experience and seek new opportunities on the edge of mobile music technology. With background in design and interactive technology, her passion is to create meaningful connection worldwide via non-verbal interaction. Before joining Smule, Bona was a UX consultant in E-commerce sphere and an active artist at Interactive Telecommunications Program at NYU. Her work was featured on Make magazine, Engadget, Gizmodo, Inhabitat and many more. You can follow her on Twitter at @artdesignlife and on Medium at @creativespirited.

Kicking Off the 2014 Design for Experience Awards

[email protected] | UX Magazine Staff
post authorUX Magazine Staff

UX Magazine Staff
UX Magazine was created to be a central, one-stop resource for everything related to user experience. Our primary goal is to provide a steady stream of current, informative, and credible information about UX and related fields to enhance the professional and creative lives of UX practitioners and those exploring the field. Our content is driven and created by an impressive roster of experienced professionals who work in all areas of UX and cover the field from diverse angles and perspectives.

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