Yesterday, a friend asked me about UX and why do I care so much about it. As I’ve described before in a contest entry about valuable design outcomes, I would like to believe that advocating for UX is an exercise of pragmatic idealism. In recent years, I realized that I can’t be one of those… Continue reading On Human-Centered Technology and Pragmatic Idealism
Category: UX Research
How to Find True Love by Running Your Own Design Research
The Problem: There are a lot of assumptions about True Love. Does True Love exist? Is it even possible? This design research aims to find out which assumptions are right or wrong, demystify True Love, and eventually build a prototype based on user needs. User = could be you or someone you know Let’s get into… Continue reading How to Find True Love by Running Your Own Design Research
Why a Copywriter Like Me is Showing Up in UX Meetups
Besides frequently asked about my decision in trading my 9-5 desk job for self-employment as a copywriter, friends often find it strange that I talk a lot about UX when I’m not a designer, product manager, or even a web developer. I repeatedly get asked the following: You’re a copywriter, why the sudden interest in UX? UX is… Continue reading Why a Copywriter Like Me is Showing Up in UX Meetups
My Favorite UX Research Resources
Self-learning is easy these days. Digging through library archives or interviewing (stalking if you like) an expert used to be standard practice. Now that there’s Google and tons of online courses available, you do a bit of google-fu and voila — You have 5184965 search results to sift through! But there’s one downside: It means you have to… Continue reading My Favorite UX Research Resources