How to get into design, UX, user research? What books, courses, methods and techniques should one apply? What uncommon tips can you give for one to progress quickest? – In this section, I’ll try to cover these and other questions junior designers tend to raise.
Time for another UX portfolio review. This time I’ll break down and give pointers to product designer Nadav. I’ll cover a few of his cases and highlight some areas that might make it much more effective: UX case study and how to make it flow, showing more than telling,...
As a UX designer and user researcher, you don’t have to have a Ph.D. in psychology to benefit from the underlying human factors. While deep-rooted psychology is probably the best starting knowledge base for a true user experience career, having access to quality research studies and data can make...
It’s time for another UX challenge. This time I’m lifting a limit of just coming up with Axure prototypes – use any tools you feel most comfortable with. The key aim in this challenge for every designer who is currently struggling to come up with a good challenge and...
This past year has been a challenging and turbulent year for everyone; One positive outcome of so many people facing the lockdowns and isolation is the drive to get into UX design and UX research. The reach for the experience design content has grown exponentially resulting in over 1million...
In this newsletter, I want to share some bits that made me ponder, just like the better questions should. I’m a firm believer that the best user experience designers don’t ask a lot of questions. Instead, they ask well thought out succinct ones. Often, the best designers ask stupid...
Sometime back I asked my viewers if there’s anyone who would like to get their UX portfolios reviewed and shared with the broader audience. While it must be daunting to put it out there, constructive feedback and specific pointers can make all the difference. I’ve received a few asks...
The other day I got a quick message asking for a sanity check – is finding a UX job a numbers game? One of the midweight user experience designers who has been interviewing with over 10 different companies but without a great outcome. I can guarantee that majority of...
Sometime back I promised to cover how UX designers should document their progress along the way capturing information that would inform future efforts. Fact is, user researchers and designers need to work on their UX portfolios and UX case studies continuously and usually way earlier than needed. In this...
Sometime back I asked my viewers if there’s anyone who would like to get their UX case study and portfolios reviewed and shared with the broader audience. While it must be daunting to put it out there, constructive feedback and specific pointers can make all the difference. I’ve received...
Sometime back I asked my viewers if there’s anyone who would like to get their UX portfolios reviewed and shared with the broader audience. While it must be daunting to put it out there, constructive feedback and specific pointers can make all the difference. I’ve received a few asks...
Getting into UX could take: 6 months, 1, 2, 3 years… all typical entry marks the starting out and junior designer face. This harsh reality of getting into UX is often missed out from all the noise, hype, and intensive upskilling career tracks. Often newcomers to the field are...
Sometime back I asked my viewers if there’s anyone who would like to get their UX portfolio reviewed and shared with the broader audience. While it must be daunting to put it out there, constructive feedback and specific pointers can make all the difference. I’ve received a few asks...
Getting stuck and not being able to progress, climbing the proverbial ladder, and in other words not being able to get promoted is something which every one of developing designers will experience at some point in their journeys. This is the issue that goes beyond your typical design specialities...
Sometime back I asked my viewers if there’s anyone who would like to get their UX portfolios reviewed and shared with the broader audience. While it must be daunting to put it out there, constructive feedback and specific pointers can make all the difference. I’ve received a few asks...
Then working within cultures that don’t support human-centered and user-focused problem-solving, UX designers have really just a couple of options. One is the easy route which most tend to take when dealing with challenges, the other is less obvious but is something I always recommend to take the harder...
Sometime back I asked my viewers if there’s anyone who would like to get their UX portfolio reviewed and shared with the broader audience. While it must be daunting to put it out there, constructive feedback and specific pointers can make all the difference. I’ve received a few asks...