‘I feel as though I’m cheating…’
A client once said this to me after watching his very first focus group session. The concept of getting answers to questions from real...
Read moreResearch is the backbone of good design. A thorough understanding of people’s needs is required to make things easier, faster, and more enjoyable. Our collection of Research blogs covers a range of research methods and the necessary insights to integrate them into your practice.
A client once said this to me after watching his very first focus group session. The concept of getting answers to questions from real...
Read moreBringing a product to life has never been easier. "Products" of course can be websites, apps, things, whatever it is you desire can quickly be...
Read moreIn 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...
Read moreIn a couple of weeks Akendi, along with our partners, will be hosting IoT613, in Ottawa. IoT613 will be a gathering of those interested in...
Read moreBefore the beginning of every summer, I like to research and choose my summer reading list. I try to balance my list with fiction and...
Read moreWe have 5 senses (some people claim they have six) and you cannot trust any of them. Cognitive psychologists studying exteroception try to make...
Read moreOn April 26, 1986 a sudden explosion lit up the night at a local power plant. The operators were ill equipped and unprepared for the situation...
Read moreAs we gear up for summer blockbusters, I thought it would be fun to take a look at how usability and user testing is represented in the fictional...
Read moreCard sorting is a great method of exploring and understanding how users organize and label content. In our post on Card Sorting, we provided the...
Read moreEvery year we do lots of usability testing on products that are in various states of design and/or development. Many are already in market, and in...
Read moreAs UX professionals, we design products and experiences that are intuitive, easy to use. What happens when a product is released that isn't...
Read moreWhen it comes to repeatedly creating exceptional user experiences, there are few tools in the UX practitioner's toolbox as critical as usability...
Read moreI recently attended a large UX conference -“ lauded as one of the largest in Canada. It was an enjoyable couple of days with some well-known an...
Read moreIf the output is to be a stellar information architecture, what are the inputs we need? Card sorting is a technique to gain insights and...
Read moreWho doesn't love a good reward card? Discounts or money back on products, which I am going to buy regardless, seem good to me. Sure, I know it is...
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