Innovation is truly just a buzzword. That’s why in this section I’ll skip the fluff surrounding this noun and rather focus on the process of making new ideas come to life. I’ll share key techniques and methods that help me and my team innovate all the time.
Big news for everyone, but even more so for techies, product and UX design peeps. In this video, I’ll review recently announced Windows 11 UX features. Covering the good, the bad, and the ugly bits and bobs I’ll give you my honest opinion. There’s also plenty to be excited...
Not so long ago, newspaper headlines covered the massive tension between the Internet and the traditional media. With a gradual push forward, the new media transformed every human experience as we know it. Some were delightful, others frustrating and downright devastating. What I like about the current shift towards decentralisation is...
What is genuinely universal, and what is not? In this Experience Designed newsletter, I’ll share some recent fascinating finds that capture scientific, human-centred, past and future thinking views regarding conceptual and real universality. I What happens when a neurosurgeon and an astrophysicist compare notes? A mind-blowing comparison between our...
That’s right all of the visual deliverables were designed by AI. And your new design colleague might not be named Sarah and be a human as you know it. In the near future, it will practically unavoidable to avoid (menial and much more creative) task automation. Today I’ll share...
It’s not a secret that quantifying the ROI of UX research is a very hard thing to do. Especially for the new and risky ventures. That’s why the majority of organizations default to overtly lean research and design methods. In this video, I’ll share one of the recent business...
It’s been almost half a decade and there have been very few improvements in terms of Apple’s Macbook Touch Bar UX. With the recent Big Sur release Apple has made some tweaks with repositioning buttons here and there making users relearn to use this input method yet again. In...
Human-centered AI, eh? Depending on your career projection in the experience, service, and product design, you might just be lucky enough to work on grand projects that build on top and support human decisions. It almost doesn’t matter how advanced the machine learning algorithms and AI are if it...
Continuing from the recent Apple developments in the silicon space (M1 chip release) as well as the accompanying release of the new macOS Big Sur, this video will cover the latter. I’ll walk you through some of the key areas in the new operating system that all user researchers,...
There have been some exciting new developments from Apple. Firstly they replaced their reliance on Intel to deliver the chips, the second is them producing their own Apple M1 Silicon for the new line of Macbook Air, Macbook Pro and Mini devices. While the architecture is exciting, there’s another...
“Feeling another person’s emotions does not innately make you a good person.”– Devon Price …it also makes very little difference if taken at face value. Empathy + skin in the game + long term considerations (knock-on effect, dependencies) ⇒ Solution This might seem like a controversial topic, but at...
If you have been following this series or my channel you know how fascinated I’m with machine learning, automating menial (and sometimes challenging) design tasks, and meaningful decision support for human beings. This time it’s another interesting take on automation for the product, UX, and UI designers like you...
This week’s design tool pick is not really a product and UX design tool, but a method. I’ll showcase a powerful daily practice that will train your proverbial idea muscle. Like with any other skill ideation and coming up with the best new thing can be enhanced by repetition....
This week’s pick: An Human-Centered Design kit from Ideo. This is a set of methods, thinking principles and case studies that been transformative in my own experience design and UX development. It’s also a set of tools I recommend every designer to refer to regularly, especially when it comes...
Unquestionably design that divides the audience and receives both overtly positive and negative feedback tends to be a sign of great design. It indicates that the solution answers a specific user’s needs, goals and pain points, rather than catering to all. But is it that simple though? This month’s...
The following 7 design, inspiration and other bits of interest bullets that kept me pondering during last month: Before covering what’s next, let’s first look into the past year or so to better understand the underlying themes then it comes to design, tech and customer experience. The real MVP...
This week’s pick: previously featured Octalysis gamification framework. This has been my go-to resource for years to simply deconstruct and evaluate real-life service and digital user experiences. During experience design (UX research, ideation, and design) efforts you’ll definitely encounter user pain points around tasks that are painful to accomplish....