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Error messages, Figma features, and Adobe MAX

The Product Design Report - November 02, 2022 10:00 - 8 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratings
On the second episode of the Product Design Report, we talk about the Wix design team refactoring their error messages, several updates and tools for Figma and FigJam, a recap of Adobe MAX, accessible color combinations, Overflow Stories, and the State of Design Ops 2022 report. Links: Article...

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Penpot has big news

The Product Design Report - October 18, 2022 10:00 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratings
Watch the first episode of the Product Design Report where we talk about working remotely as a designer, Penpot's big announcement about a round of funding, the Abstract show on Netflix, and the new Spark app for Mac. Links Article about in-demand remote jobs: https://www.cnbc.com/2022/09/05/t...

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How Do I Translate UX Research Into Designs? w/ Darshan Gajara

The Product Design Report - December 14, 2021 05:05 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratings
Darshan Gajara is Head of Design at GraphCMS and creator of Product Disrupt. In this episode, we discuss how to take insights you glean from UX research and turn them into actual designs. We talk about: Make sure your design and research reports are clear and story-based so others have the rig...

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What Mistakes Slow Down My UX Research? w/ Nikki Anderson

The Product Design Report - November 02, 2021 08:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratings
Nikki Anderson is the founder and managing director of User Research Academy—an online school to help people enter the field of user research—and a frequent writer in the field. We discuss common mistakes that can make your research less effective and less efficient. We discuss: Forgetting our...

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When is it okay to skip UX research? w/ Ioana Teleanu

The Product Design Report - October 21, 2021 03:07 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratings
Ioana is a UX Manager at UI Path, Co-founder of Mento Design Academy, and creator of UX Goodies. In this episode, we chat about when you should (or shouldn't) do research and if it's ever okay to skip research. We discuss: Focusing on your research question and if you might already have the an...

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Which tools can help me with UX Research? w/ Anfisa

The Product Design Report - October 07, 2021 04:00 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratings
Anfisa is a Senior UX designer at Citrix, creator of the Into UX Design course, and content creator on Instagram. In this episode, we chat about some of our favorite research tools and how to use them for more efficient UX research. We discuss: How our need for research tools differs depending...

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Quicker UX Research Synthesis w/ Lindsey Martin

The Product Design Report - September 15, 2021 04:00 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratings
Lindsey Martin is a UX Director at Lucid and former UX Research Lead. In this episode, we chat with her about how to make the UX research synthesis process more efficient. We discuss: The real definition of synthesis and its importance Doing synthesis as you go Synthesizing with a buddy Lev...

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UX Research Methods in a Pinch w/ Trae Winterton

The Product Design Report - September 01, 2021 04:05 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratings
We chat with Trae Winterton about how to pick research methods that can still be highly effective even if you're short on time (or budget). Trae has worked in Support, Analytics, UX Research, and now as a Product Manager at BrainStorm. We chat with Trae about: Finding passionate people who ar...

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Efficient UX Research Recruiting w/ Varun Murugesan

The Product Design Report - August 24, 2021 04:00 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratings
We chat with Varun Murugesan about how about how to tailor the UX research recruiting experience to be as efficient as possible for you and your team. Varun is a Research Manager at BestBuy, and also co-founder and Head of Research at Apple & Banana. He was previously a UX Researcher at Faceboo...

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UX Chats Trailer

The Product Design Report - August 04, 2021 03:02 - 2 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratings
We (Jordan and Taylor) introduce ourselves and our new show: UX Chats! We'll be sitting down with other senior designers to find solutions to specific challenges that designers face every day. This isn't design theory, this is actionable content to help you become a more efficient, effective des...

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Teresa Torres from Product Talk - Continuous Discovery Habits

UX Backstage - July 09, 2021 18:40 - 47 minutes
Teresa Torres is an internationally acclaimed author, speaker, and coach. She teaches a structured and sustainable approach to continuous discovery that helps product teams infuse their daily product decisions with customer input. In this episode, we dive deeper into a few areas of her new book f...

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Jared Spool, Amy Jackson and Maxim Leyzerovich - The UX job market during COVID-19

UX Backstage - May 24, 2020 07:30 - 56 minutes
On May 5, 2020 UX Backstage hosted a private conversation with Jared, Amy, and Max about hiring in UX. This is an extraordinary episode to address the current COVID-19 situation and provide some guidance for designers and hiring managers.

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Jeff Gothelf from Lean UX - Design for behavior change

UX Backstage - March 25, 2020 04:00 - 39 minutes
Today we talk to Jeff Gothelf, a coach, speaker, author & consultant helping organizations build better products and executives build the cultures that build better products.

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Jeff Gothelf from Lean UX - Design for behaviour change

UX Backstage - March 25, 2020 04:00 - 39 minutes
Today we talk to Jeff Gothelf, a coach, speaker, author & consultant helping organizations build better products and executives build the cultures that build better products.

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Ryan Rumsey from Second Wave Dive - The language of business for designers

UX Backstage - January 27, 2020 01:00 - 51 minutes
For this conversation, we focus on how to tailor design to different business settings to make effective trade-offs. Ryan speaks about how he learned how to be more strategic as a design executive.

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Christian Rohrer from NN/g - UX Strategy, business models and key metrics

UX Backstage - October 22, 2019 05:00 - 39 minutes
For this conversation, we focused on what exactly UX strategy is, how to spot a company on their journey to apply strategic design and how to even begin to think of key metrics for user experience.

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Ryan Singer from Basecamp - What we need from design in a leadership level

UX Backstage - August 26, 2019 16:50 - 49 minutes
For this conversation, we focused on the strategic side of design, which is called “the shaping track” in Ryan’s book. You’ll learn about the different skills needed for strategy versus hands-on design; as well as his journey from web designer to head of strategy.

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Interaction Designers vs Algorithms

UXLx: User Experience Lisbon - August 30, 2017 13:08 - 19 minutes - Video ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
Speaker: Giles Colborne In this talk we’ll look what algorithms are good for, and where they fall down. It’ll discuss what it means to design a service using algorithms and the skills you’ll need to develop and adapt if you’re to thrive in the next era of experience design.

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How We Talk and How Machines Listen

UXLx: User Experience Lisbon - May 16, 2017 08:58 - 30 minutes - Video ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
The Structure of Discourse in Human-Computer Interaction Speaker: Abi Jones Abi Jones compares human-to-human and human-computer conversation and interaction, introducing you to the conversational machines in your life and those to come. Learn what makes for great human-computer speech intera...

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Creating Consistent Experiences With Design Principles

UXLx: User Experience Lisbon - April 20, 2017 09:07 - 34 minutes - Video ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
Speaker: Adam Connor By understanding what principles are and where they come from we can move beyond the lists of best practices and heuristics we’re all familiar with and create unique, consistent experiences. Inconsistency is one of the most common points of breakdown and frustration in the...

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The Invisible Problem with Fairy Tale Experiences

UXLx: User Experience Lisbon - March 22, 2017 09:27 - 16 minutes - Video ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
Speaker: Per Axbom Adopting techniques from behavioral sciences we are, as UX practitioners, becoming ever better at nudging users to perform the tasks we want them to perform. But when we remove all barriers and deliver the fairy-tale experience of requiring minimal brain capacity to move forw...

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Designing to Learn

UXLx: User Experience Lisbon - March 15, 2017 15:37 - 30 minutes - Video ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
Speaker: Melissa Perri Over the past few years there’s been a push in the product development world to “make products that people love”. A great User Experience is now essential to creating a successful product. While many companies focus on having the best design and the greatest experience, t...

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The Emerging Global Web

UXLx: User Experience Lisbon - January 26, 2017 15:53 - 34 minutes - Video ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
Speaker: Stephanie Rieger In this presentation we explore some of the fascinating and innovative services that are re-shaping the internet at the hands of consumers in emerging economies. Driven by mobile, the power of personal relationships, and the breakneck pace of globalisation, these servi...

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Calm Technology and Wearable Computing

UXLx: User Experience Lisbon - December 13, 2016 09:33 - 21 minutes - Video ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
Speaker: Amber Case In this presentation, Geoloqi co-founder Amber Case will take you on a journey through the history of calm technology, wearable computing, and how developers and designers can make apps “ambient” and inspire delight instead of constant interaction. This talk will focus on t...

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Co-Create: Creating Better Together

UXLx: User Experience Lisbon - November 23, 2016 10:22 - 47 minutes - Video ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
Speaker: Denise Jacobs Despite the prevalent mythology of the lone creative genius, many of the most innovative contributions spring from the creative chemistry of a group and the blending of everyone’s ideas and concepts. How can we best leverage this collective wisdom to generate creative syn...

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Magical UX and the Internet of Things

UXLx: User Experience Lisbon - October 17, 2016 11:57 - 1 hour - Video ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
Josh Clark What if this thing was magic? The web is touching everyday objects now, and designing for the internet of things means blessing everyday objects, places, even people with extraordinary abilities—requiring designers, too, to break with the ordinary. Designing for this new medium is le...

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3 Strategies for Behavior Change

UXLx: User Experience Lisbon - October 10, 2016 08:51 - 30 minutes - Video ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
Stephen Wendel Do your users fail to engage with your app, or don't follow through on their goals? Steve Wendel, the Principal Scientist at HelloWallet and author of Designing for Behavior Change, will present the three main strategies you can use to support behavior change: building habits, in...

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Designing with Linked Data

UXLx: User Experience Lisbon - September 28, 2016 14:50 - 26 minutes - Video ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
Mike Atherton This is not your usual UX talk. It’s a little about information architecture, a bit about content strategy, but mostly it’s about how we can use information floating around the web to build content-rich products, and how we should try harder to weave our work into the fabric of th...

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Separation Anxiety: Taking Messenger from a Feature to a Standalone App

UXLx: User Experience Lisbon - September 28, 2016 14:48 - 11 minutes - Video ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
Marissa Phillips About a year ago, most people didn’t know that Facebook had a separate app for messaging, and Messenger didn’t offer much that you couldn’t already get from the Facebook app. Since then, Messenger was completely redesigned, and it’s now used by millions of people. Learn how the...

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Information Architecture for Everybody

UXLx: User Experience Lisbon - May 17, 2016 11:02 - 49 minutes - Video ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
Abby Covert What does a restaurant menu, a business to business sales process and an eCommerce website have in common? All of these things involve structuring information for an audience to understand. And while the audience and context may change, the practice of seeing our way through the ass...

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