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.
On November 12 & 13th, Akendi participated in RGD's 16th annual Design Thinkers Conference, the largest Conference for Visual Design in Canada...
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Great recipe apps realize that meal planning, whether it is weekly prep or planning dinner with friends, is a multi-step process. It requires...
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In the lead-up to the new Star Wars movie, Star Wars the Force Awakens, I have been re-watching the existing Star Wars movies. Partly to acquaint...
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So being a bit of an (massive) Apple fan-girl, I was unbelievably excited when the new iPad Pro arrived in our office at the end of last week...
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Over the weekend, I had the opportunity to attend the CanUX 2015; a volunteer-driven event that has come to be Canada's premier annual UX...
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When those meeting requests appear in your inbox, is your first reaction “UGH! Another one?" As a project manager, I love to organize how we are...
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I want to love and embrace fitness trackers. I really do. I'm active AND I love data. Yet despite doing a thorough fitness tracker competitive...
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A large part of my career was spent at Philips and as a Dutchman. I was, and still am, proud of this Global Dutch company. At one point it was the...
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If you remember the movie Flight Club, or watched the TV series Mr. Robot, a common theme is the destruction of the financial system by...
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A few years back I ran a workshop at a summer camp for high school students on the topic of user centered design (UCD), which probably doesn't...
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In my UX consulting life I go through many, sometimes brief, cycles of meeting a potential new client, talk about what their pain points are, what...
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As you may have heard, on September 24th and 25th, Akendi presented the inaugural IoT613 conference in collaboration with CapCHI and Design 1st...
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Shopping online can be daunting and frustrating, from un-useable checkout processes to boring visuals, most online shopping experiences are...
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I've recently relocated outside of the Greater Toronto Area and find myself commuting into Toronto on the GO Train quite frequently.In the early...
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Coming from a development background, with a lot of experience in HTML and CSS, I was recently asked to create the new templates for Akendi's...
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