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Beer-fueled brainstorming sessions aside, experience design can be serious work. It can also be explorations of sci-fi, meditations on beloved toys, celebrity-themed listicles, and feisty kittiens. C'mon, let's have some fun.

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Clay Norris

Why the successful companies of tomorrow are investing heavily in product design today.

A Problem with Passwords #wtfUX

Josh Tyson | UX Magazine

When creating a password, it's nice when a service lets you double check your entry.

Hey, How Do I Give You My Money? #wtfUX

Daniel Brown

A hard-to-find "buy" button on iStock invites frustration into the checkout process.

Book Review - "X: The Experience When Business Meets Design"

Gigi Peccolo | UX Magazine

"X: The Book" is both a crash course in architecting great experiences and simultaneously a must-read for any designer looking to brush up on his trade.

Samsung's New IoT Hub or an App-Controlled Star Wars Droid?

Josh Tyson | UX Magazine

The Internet of Things is likely to remain an abstraction to users until it can demonstrate real value ... like Sphero's BB-8 Star Wars toy.

The Toy Awakens: The UX of Sphero, Star Wars and BB-8

Gigi Peccolo | UX Magazine

We talked to Sphero's Chief Product Officer John Blakely about UX, the breakout bot BB-8, and the nature of play. And, of course, a galaxy far, far away.