Stories is a collection of articles, videos, reading material, etc. on experience design, tech, business, leadership and more.
In this recent highlight taken from the Get More Done for UX designers Livestream (part 2), I’ll walk through some of the easiest and most straightforward ways to become confident in UX. While presence, influence, and confidence in the way you interact with other people can be honed over...
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...
My previous video on 13 UX job ad red flags resonated a lot and some of you have reached out sharing the insane job ads for product design, UX design and user research. One shared example took me aback in particular – a lengthy, jaded and outright insane spec...
In this quick video, I’ll cover one of the most requested topics recently – dealing with the take-home assignments during the UX interviews. While at the surface it seems like a simple request from the potential employers, where are a few things a designer or UX researcher needs to...
Continuing on the getting into UX, the UX job, and the design hiring intricacies topics, this time I’ll share some of the common red flags in choosing to apply for potential opportunities. UX job ads are probably the most important part of attracting the right talent for the hiring...
In this video, I’ll unpack a few thoughts on why people get rejected in their UX job interviews. More importantly, and from a UX hiring manager perspective, I’ll cover four specific things that nobody seems to talk about. And it almost doesn’t matter at which point in your career...
Time for another Livestream – In this seventh challenge video, I’ll review 7 strong UX project case study submissions from the viewers. It’s time for another UX design, user research, UI and prototyping challenge. The key aim in this challenge for every designer who is currently struggling to come...
Alright time to address the recent wave of requests to cover the UX cover letter question. How should you write one? and should you even bother writing one? As a UX team and hiring manager, I have to review a ton of applications and could count only a few...
Session #99: What’s New in Axure 10: Repeaters, Dynamic Panels and Forms. In this session, I’ll walk you through the key new developments in Axure RP 10 – the recent update that just went out public. I’ll showcase some of the most exciting bits: Axure UI facelift, a pleasure...
Necessary context: post-Covid19 lockdown world where remote work is still the thing, making the majority of the tech workers work off their laptops and zoom app. I’m a UX design and research manager with over 13 (as of this writing) direct reports, taking care of and providing strategic oversight...
In this short video highlight from the Get More Done as a UX designer Live stream, I’ll cover a few simple tools that can contribute to how you approach behavioural UX design outcomes for your users, but also how you can condition yourself into better habits. Because of the...
In this short video highlight from the Get More Done as a UX designer Live stream, I’ll cover why UX is one of the hardest fields to break into, but also the field that will require you to work smart, but more importantly hard. And very consistently at that...
In this short video highlight from the Get More Done as a UX designer Live stream, I’ll cover the foolproof framework and tool to help prioritise UX tasks and to-dos. Every UX designer and user researcher will face a choice paradox because of the sheer immensity of choices and...
In this short video highlight from the Get More Done as a UX designer Live stream, I’ll cover some of the key leadership principles for the current and future design leaders. While this advice is timeless, too many juniors and more experienced designers tend to overtly focus on their...
In this short video highlight from the Get More Done as a UX designer Live stream, I’ll cover the DiSSS (Deconstruct, Select, Sequence and add Stakes) framework that helps learn UX skills and prioritise work items fast and effectively. It doesn’t really matter if you’re just trying to get...
In this short video highlight from the Get More Done as a UX designer Lives stream, I’ll cover the Business – Users – Team – Self framework (B.U.T.S. in short). This is a simple sequence that should inform any UX designer’s or researcher’s decision-making process, focus areas, and generally...