UX Central Weekly #6

Next week I’ll be talking at the Digital Business Models Conference in Rosebank, Johannesburg. My topic is officially "Recombining products and/or services and data to change the way a firm…

Who Needs UX Strategy?

UX strategy has come into prominence in the past few years as a specialty area within the field of User Experience, as shown by the rapid increase in UX Strategist…

Are Users The New Designers?

In 2010, James Bridle discovered that his Apple iPhone was collecting and storing his location data. The experience brought him to the realization that as a user, his actions were…

UX Central Weekly #5

I always look forward to Gerry McGovern's weekly New Thinking posts. This week he writes about how a general collapse in trust by people when it comes to organisations and brands is…

Collapse in trust is a good thing

For too long people have placed blind trust in organizations and brands, which has only led to manipulation and abuse. Society is now entering a new phase of healthy skepticism.…

UX Central Weekly #4

Thanks for checking out UX Central Weekly number 4. I came across an interesting anecdote from Stephen Dubner in the “When To Rob a Bank…” book I’m still reading this…