A New UX Training Community: Experience Thinkers
By Siobhan Kennedy
02.10.2021
To kick off our training in 2021, we’re sharing an interview with Tedde van Gelderen, President and Founder of Akendi and Experience Thinkers...
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Making something usable is not magic. It’s a process of carefully testing and refining designs through an iterative process. Our collection of Testing blogs covers the fundamentals of testing approaches and methodologies as well as tips and techniques to hone your skills.
The Sweet Spot – Participant Numbers in Qualitative Research
By Cassandra Wiesner
06.18.2020
Being a UX designer I conduct a lot of qualitative research, from developing personas and journey maps to validating websites and products. There...
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The Art of Asking Questions in Usability Testing
By Hamilton Hernandez
03.27.2018
The first post in this series talked about the fundamentals of asking questions in UX research. This article describes how we ask questions during...
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Why Is Usability Testing Important?
By Leo Poll
10.09.2017
Usability Testing is an essential aspect of any user-centred approach that puts the user at the centre of the development process. Adopting this...
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Putting User Testing in Context
By Tobias Coe
09.01.2016
The traditional role of user testing in the product lifecycle has changed dramatically over the last 2-3 years. User testing is one of the main...
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Seeing is not always believing.
By Leo Poll
08.13.2015
We have 5 senses (some people claim they have six) and you cannot trust any of them. Cognitive psychologists studying exteroception try to make...
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Not All Errors Are the Same
By Dan Iaboni
08.06.2015
While driving the other day I tried to switch the radio station using the controls on my steering wheel. Instead, I accidentally redialed a...
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Make it “easy to use” for “tech savvy” people
By Cindy Beggs
08.04.2015
Have any of you heard these phrases from clients or stakeholders? We hear these often; not always at the same time, but definitely on their own. ...
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Making the natural ‘natural’?
By Janet Bewell
07.23.2015
Should you test in-person or remotely? What to choose when there are so many options? If the question was simply about the quality of the test...
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Smart Watch Design Heuristics
By Seneca Brandi
07.21.2015
Interaction design can be a delicate balancing act between meeting the needs of the user and wrestling with the limitations of the technology...
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Design Will Save the World
By Dominira Saul
06.30.2015
In a recent interview with Zane Lowe of the BBC, Kanye West said that he believes that the world can only be saved through design. “I believe...
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Always Be Testing
By Seneca Brandi
06.09.2015
Usability is defined as the effectiveness, efficiency and satisfaction with which specified users achieve specified goals in particular...
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Paper vs. High Fidelity Prototyping Tools When it Comes to Concept Testing
By Dominira Saul
05.14.2015
I fondly remember the days of sketching concepts on paper with a pencil and going to users to solicit feedback. There was a certain joy to...
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How to Do a Paper Prototype Test in 7 Steps: The quick, easy, and dirt cheap way
By Michelle Brown
05.12.2015
Elsie had $100, very little time, and needed results. She and her team were developing a new grocery-shopping app that would substantially...
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Akendi Goes to the Movies – James Bond
By Dan Iaboni
05.07.2015
As 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...
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