Why your UX Designer won’t be the next Steve Jobs
Your UX designer won’t be the next Steve Jobs. You might be wondering why I would say this. After all, UX designers devote their lives to improving and perfecting the…
Why most UX is shite
I was invited to speak at the MonkiGras event this week where getting a little sweary and ranty is kind of encouraged (it goes well with the craft beer consumption…
UX – Where has it come from, and why is it here?
There has never been a better time to be a UXer. A quick browse over any job site or forum reveals a plethora of Web-related User Experience positions. You needn’t…
Top UX predictions for 2014
If 2013 marked a year of frenzied growth in the land of experience design, 2014 could be a year of downright explosive expansion. There's no arguing that connectivity will increase…
4 UX principles Microsoft forgot that doomed Windows 8
Microsoft has bet the future of Windows on a risky strategy of creating an operating system that works on both tablets and desktops. This seemingly smart strategy is doomed for…
Building prototypes to support Participatory Design
As UX professionals, we often lead design exercises with our stakeholders, including immediate team members and external clients. In these brainstorming sessions, participants identify opportunities to improve the design, thereby…
Achieving alignment: Collaboration vs Wireframes?
In this edition of Ask UXmatters, our experts discuss whether wireframes can sometimes be a crutch that product teams rely on too much when trying to achieve alignment rather than…
The case for Responsive Web Design
A study conducted by Google entitled “The New Multi-screen World “found more people are accessing online content using different devices of varying screen size. For example, people might start researching…
Card sorting defined
Card sorting can be described as a technique that is used to help structure, improve or define the menu and taxonomy of a website or product. This is mostly used…