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Designing Care Through Messaging
Samihah Azim
Integral to transforming the delivery of care are deep explorations, research, and...
Using Proto-Personas for Executive Alignment
Jeff Gothelf
When company executives participate in developing proto-personas, the customer'...
Turning On-Demand Services into Products Users Want
Jared Lewandowski
Want to give users an on-demand service they keep coming back to? Make sure to know...
Stanislavski and the Reluctant Stakeholder
Tracy Brown
Tools employed by a mighty Russian acting coach can also can also be used to ease...
In Conversation with Alan Cooper
Josh Tyson | UX Magazine
Podcasting with Alan Cooper: father of Visual Basic, creator of personas, co-founder...
Doing More With Less Time
Jared Lewandowski
Abbreviated processes rely on trust, collaboration, and prototyping to build...
The 7 Steps of Using Journey Mapping to Optimize CX
Ania Rodriguez
Journey mapping is a sophisticated, simple, and especially powerful tool that can...
What’s Your Sign? The everyday personas in the stars
Tracy Brown
The personality types presented by Eastern and Western astrology don't offer...
Create a Rewarding UI for Your Admins
Nick Switzer
A website's front-end success is often dependent on an efficient and rewarding...
Communication: The Cure for Common UX Design Challenges
Patricia Cranmer
Keeping open lines of communication at every stage of product development will save...
UX is for Cheesemakers, Too
Tracy Brown
A branding assignment with a small Scottish cheesemaker provides fertile examples of...
Book Review - "Communicating the User Experience"
Jane Pyle
Communicating the User Experience proves itself a fine resource for novice UXers but...
Design for Experience: Bottom Line Impact
UX Magazine Staff, Design for Experience
A closer look at the Design for Experience awards category: Bottom Line Impact
Book Review - "Universal Methods of Design"
Cyd Harrell
Universal Methods of Design earns a spot on the shelf—a resource for user-centric...
Kicking Off the 2014 Design for Experience Awards
UX Magazine Staff
The 2014 international Design for Experience awards program, presented by UX...
Scenario Design Unifies The Splinternet Experience
Ron Rogowski
Managing user experience across several digital touchpoints requires an...
The UX Design Process for the Boxee Beta
Whitney Hess
Whitney Hess gives a behind-the-scenes look at her UX research and design for Boxee.
Using Post-Service Personas to Design Closure Experiences
Joe Macleod
Post-Service Personas help you understand the emotions of users after they end their...
Experience Design in the Agency Setting
Tom Schneider
Experience designers can help traditional agencies build a consistent brand...
Five Tips for Experience Designers Working to Improve Healthcare Innovation
Tracy Brown
Our ability to find the underlying problems puts experience designers in a unique...
Designing for Mobile Superpower
Joanna Proulx
Calling the future of mobile "bright" is an understatement: the...
Announcing Winners in the 2014 Design for Experience Awards
UX Magazine Staff
Here they are! The winners of the 2014 international Design for Experience awards.
Creating a Successful Information Experience for Your Users
Linda Newman Lior
Solid information strategy moves users over the learning curve and through a...
A Matter of Character: Knowing your users and their stories
Sarah Doody
To design a product that fits into the story of users' lives, try looking at...
Lean Strategy for UX Design
David Gillis
When it comes to delivering viable solutions, a lithe and muscular approach outpaces...
Process Makes Perfect: Speech Recognition User Interface Design
Stephen Keller
The nine steps to a voice user interface design with rewarding user experience.
Developing a Thirst for UX
Josh Tyson | UX Magazine
Results of the Promoting Empathy for Users category of the Design for Experience...
Get a Free Book from Rosenfeld Media and the Design for Experience Awards
UX Magazine Staff
You can get free book from Rosenfeld Media when recommend someone for a Design for...
Creating Savvy and Sophisticated User Experiences through Personalization
Matthew Fiore
User-centered designers and researchers now have the tools and techniques to deliver...
Simplify Your Projects by Using a UX Checklist
Joseph Dickerson
Charting your progress in the design process with the help of a simple checklist can...
How to Effectively Manage a UX Design Team
Joseph Dickerson
Tried and true tips for getting the most out of your user-centered design team.
New Design Practices for Touch-free Interactions
Brian Pagán
Enriching UX theories and practices to support touch-free and natural language...

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