The past decade saw a public realization that user experience was important, and businesses focused on building easy to use software and web products. Usability was the rage for a while. Now, it’s simply a given. Usability is the baseline you start before really...
I am mentoring a Jerusalem startup, Datovo, on the user experience of their products. They’re still pretty early in their process, and I was talking with founder Yuval Wirzberger (great guy!) about who would be using their mobile app. Yuval’s initial pitch...
The Next UX revolution: Transforming Stodgy Enterprise Applications in Engaging Experiences Marc Scibelli, writing for UX Magazine, tells us how to create a user experience team for the enterprise. Nano-Coaching Helping people learn with smaller and more frequent...
That’s right. I hate users. “Users” is a technical word, as in “user error.” A user is the vague being that’s manipulating your precious machinery and software applications. They’re impersonal. They make mistakes. They get in the way. Designing for users means you’re...
Business was in the doldrums for a while, which was the real impetus for my website redesign. I hadn’t done any sales or marketing since I went out on my own, more than 2 years ago, and I had barely done any networking, and only 1 UX event in the past year. With...