When all else fails – RFTM (Reach for the Manual)
As UX professionals, we design products and experiences that are intuitive, easy to use.What happens when a product is released that isn't...
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As UX professionals, we design products and experiences that are intuitive, easy to use.What happens when a product is released that isn't...
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A recent trip abroad got me thinking a lot about money, partially how much I was spending, but mostly about the usability of the pieces of paper...
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When it comes to repeatedly creating exceptional user experiences, there are few tools in the UX practitioner's toolbox as critical as usability...
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I'm sure we have all encountered new types of interactions in public and office spaces that made us react with a 'that is odd', 'I don't know...
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If you lived in a rural community at the beginning of the 20th century you probably didn't travel very much and many of the things you needed...
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We often travel for the work that we do here at Akendi, so hotel and travel arrangements are nothing new to us. It becomes routine after a while...
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The benefits of following a process are known far and wide by those with one. In UX specifically, a UX process can help align departments and...
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There is a growing sentiment that Storytelling is an aspect of User Experience, and that it's something we need to take notice of and somehow...
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Designing for women is a topic that many people have addressed and was recently brought to my mind when shopping for various sporting goods. I...
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A little while ago I saw the movie Her, a sci-fi, dramatic comedy about a lonely writer named Theodore who develops an unlikely relationship with...
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A common requirement that I see when reviewing user requirements documents is that the system should be simple. First, stating that the system...
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In personality psychology, we talk about traits and states. Traits are said to be stable characteristics across situations, like being...
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Yup, that's right those murderous robots of cinematic lore. The terminator movies teach us some valuable lessons about technology that we'd be...
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This year was proclaimed to be the year of wearable technology so I decided to give one of the more successful products a try to evaluate the...
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As we know, successful product innovation is something that all product managers strive for. There are plenty of resources out there that provide...
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