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Curious facts and insights about user and customer experience from the team at Akendi. From UX principles to thought-leadership around creating intentional experiences, our collection of General UX blogs covers everything from recent events to musings and seasoned advice.

Akendi: A Trailblazing UX Agency Training the Practitioners of Now

By Roberta Schultz

Akendi's President Tedde van Gelderen talked with Danielle Heifa from Strive, UXR Conference, to share how his team is training product people...

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How My Internship Helped Me Transition Into a Junior UX Design Role

By Anna Ballares

Looking back in retrospect, I decided to contemplate what I accomplished last year that led me to where I am today. I've recently had the...

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I Don’t Want Your #&%$!@* App

By Dan Iaboni

Claiming to be the front page of the internet, Reddit is one of the most visited websites in the world. In the past three months, there has been...

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Top 10 UX Blogs of 2018

By Roberta Schultz

In 2018 we saw a lot happening in the world of UX. From a missile crisis caused by poor design to failing ride-sharing mobile apps, the Akendi...

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Up in Smoke

By Dan Iaboni

On October 17th, 2018, cannabis was legalized in Canada, but how it is distributed varies across the country. In Ontario the only legal way to...

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How to Fail Better than Uber

By Michelle Brown

Let's talk about failure. I feel that word has reached a glorified state recently that it never deserved. Google the word “failure" and you'll end...

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The Powerful Art of Experience Thinking

By Jessica Murray

Art can have the same transformative power as any great technological advancement. Experience design isn't only for products and technology...

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Empower Your Users by Avoiding Language Ambiguity in Your UX Designs

By Hamilton Hernandez

Many of us have experienced ambiguity in words when we hear something like “let me put you on hold for a few minutes"‚ “He will be back in a few...

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5 Blogs for UX Inspiration

By Foong Ling Chen

Let's be honest, it takes a lot time and effort to keep up to date with industry news. Content creators like Fast Company, Dezeen, Core 77...

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Critical Non-Essentials, Marginal Gains & Service Design

By Geoff McCormick

With the current FIFA World Cup taking place, it seems obligatory to discuss sports Ã¢â‚¬" and how we, like our heroes, use their training and...

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How to Use Fitts’s Law When Designing Experiences

By Michelle Brown

Humans are notoriously unpredictable. Unlike gravity, electricity, or friction, they just don't seem to work the same way each time. And this is...

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Deception through Design by Design

By Dan Iaboni

Outside the walls of academia, there are no ethics committees, and so a designer can, either knowingly or unknowingly, create deceptive...

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The Akendi UX Training Course Guide

By Michelle Brown

Have a particular goal and want to know what UX training courses will help the most? While we recommend taking every course we offer through...

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What Makes the Akendi Team Tick?

By Siobhan Kennedy

Ã‚ÂÃ‚ÂToday, we're celebrating our talented team of researchers and designers by providing a glimpse into how they got started, and what fuels...

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Designing Better for Different Mental Models

By Michelle Brown

There's no such thing as easy to use for everyone. I've bought many transportation tickets in my life before. I've even muddled my way through...

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