UX Central - Part 27

Lean UX – Running Workshops And Getting Results

By Rob Cowie 13 October 2014Theory, UX

User Experience, Design and Software Development rarely get along. Design wants to create gorgeous looking portfolio pieces, User Experience wants the pathways through the system to be crystal clear for…

Innovation Vs Tradition : What Does The User Really Want?

By Rob Cowie 13 October 2014Theory, UX

We here – you, me, that other guy reading this article – we follow technology. We are probably reading a few tech blogs. Probably we all tried a pre-release software…

How Can You Measure UX Without Observing Users?

By Rob Cowie 13 October 2014Testing, Theory, UX

The user puts the u in UX. What defines UX in general and usability in particular, is the observation of people interacting with products--software, hardware, and websites. For decades, UX…

The key difference between online and print publishing

By Rob Cowie 13 October 2014Design, Theory, UX

Vigorously managing what is already published is the critical difference between a professional online publishing culture and a traditional offline print culture. The Ebola factsheet page from the World Health…

Video: Human Centered Design

By Rob Cowie 12 October 2014Design, Video

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User Experience – Value, Strategy and a Practical Approach

By Rob Cowie 10 October 2014Resources, Theory, UX

I recently presented at the Tech4Africa conference in Johannesburg - "Africa's version of SxSW". It was a great experience, and awesome to represent UX at a tech-focused conference. This is…

Tech4Africa Conference 2014

By Rob Cowie 8 October 2014Speaking & Teaching

Tech4Africa is billed as Africa's SXSW. I presented on various aspects of User Experience including building a team, creating a UX strategy and a practical way of working.

How To Design For Thumbs in the Era of Huge Screens

By Rob Cowie 5 October 2014Design, Theory, UX

After years of resistance, Apple’s iPhone 6 announcement last week officially signaled the dawn of the Era of Huge Screens. And it’s going to crash into existence in a big…

Redesign Democracy: Dare to Think Big

By Rob Cowie 29 September 2014Theory, UX

Why are you in UX? It probably isn’t to get rich. Yes, there is plenty of money in being a UX professional today. If you’re competent, you should be enjoying…

Five Things They Didn’t Teach Me in School About Being a User Researcher

By Rob Cowie 29 September 2014Testing, Theory

Graduate school taught me the basics of conducting user research, but it taught me little about what it’s like working as a user researcher in the wild. I don’t blame…