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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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A Problem with Passwords #wtfUX
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"X: The Book" is both a crash course in architecting great experiences and...
Hey, How Do I Give You My Money? #wtfUX
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Samsung's New IoT Hub or an App-Controlled Star Wars Droid?
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The Internet of Things is likely to remain an abstraction to users until it can...
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...
My Mailbox Overfloweth but I Don't Have Time for Your Unsubscribe #wtfUX
Josh Tyson | UX Magazine
It's easy to accidentally subscribe to a company's newsletter. It's...
I Want Better Font Size Choices, Google #wtfUX
Indrani Stangl
Google should reconsider its Starbucks-esque approach to font size choices.
The Trials and Tribulations of the (Not So) Quick Pass #wtfUX
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Sometimes the process of paying roadway tolls online can feel worse than waiting in...

Getting started in UX

Our contributors and staff recommend these articles on for developing an understanding of experience design and jumpstarting your career.

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Seven Things Your Boss Needs to Know About UX
Why UX Designers Need to Think like Architects
Five Customer Experience Lessons Coffee Taught Me
Four Things I Learned about UX at Universal Studios
The (Sometimes) Giddy Experience of Learning Design

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