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Happy 4th Birthday UX Podcast! We happen to turn 4 at the same time as reaching the milestone of 100 episodes. In this birthday special we really do sing happy birthday, then we invite you to join us on a trip down memory lane. Per and James have crawled through hours of UX Podcast episodes and each picked out three memorable clips that had made a lasting impact. It was a tough challenge. There are so many wise, smart and enlightening things that have been said during the past 4 years. In the end we picked out clips from Dave Gray, Jesper Bylund, Lisa Welchman, Ethan Marcotte, Alissa Briggs, Nathalie Nahai plus some bonus material from Brian Massey, Jared Spool, Russ Unger, Lisa Welchman and The Dirt Show. Phew! Make sure you listen all the way to the "end credits"! (Listening time: 65 minutes) Episode 100 was supported by Loop11, an easy-to-use online user testing toolset. UX Podcast listeners, your first full-featured usability test is on the house when you go to loop11.com/uxpodcast. https://soundcloud.com/uxpodcast/100-james-per-sing-happy-birthday https://twitter.com/uxpodcast/status/604170135017000960 References: Ja, må han (hon) leva (Swedish birthday song lyrics with English translation) #75 James & Per & Dave share principles of agility (Dave Gray) #5: The truth about gamification (Jesper Bylund) #92 James & Per & Lisa manage chaos (Lisa Welchman) #95 James & Per & Ethan are responsive (Ethan Marcotte) #79 James & Per & Alissa get unbundled (Alissa Briggs) #56 James and Per at Conversion Jam 3 (Nathalie Nahai, Brian Massey) #66 James & Per stunt UX (Delete/undo argument) #36 James & Per say white rabbits (Corpsing) #88 James & Per & Jared leave sheep alone (Jared Spool) Featured image taken by Angélica Portales and used under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 (cropped to 1:1)

Three articles stumbled upon recently by James and Per are up for discussion in this Link Show. First up - Why It’s Totally Okay to Use a Hamburger Icon. Or rather, why you should support top tasks with your designs. Second - Content first design. Using content prototypes to perfect your content. Third and finally - The Fallout From MobileGeddon: What’s the Impact on Your Business? Google tweaked their algorithm to punish poor mobile experiences. (Listening time: 37 minutes) https://soundcloud.com/uxpodcast/99-james-per-hide-their-hamburgers https://twitter.com/uxpodcast/status/599125343358717952 References: Article 1: Why it's totally okay to use a hamburger icon by Steven Hoober Episode 33: James & Per set design trends (hamburger icon discussion) Article 2: Content first design by Steph Hay Article 3: The Fallout From MobileGeddon: What’s the Impact on Your Business? by Brian Hughes Google's mobile friendly testing tool

Three articles stumbled upon recently by James and Per are up for discussion in this Link Show. First up – Why It’s Totally Okay to Use a Hamburger Icon. Or rather, why you should support top tasks with your designs. Second – Content first design. Using content prototypes to perfect your content. Third and finally – […]

UX Podcast attended the biggest UX conference in Sweden to date with over 850 attendees. "From Business To Buttons" was held on 21 April 2015. We managed to talk to three of the speakers on the day: Pamela Pavliscak, Cindy Alvarez and Mike Monteiro. To round up the day we were joined by Ben Sauer, UX Designer at Clearleft. Pamela Pavliscak, founder of Change Sciences, joined us directly off stage after her talk The Science of Happy Design. Cindy Alvarez, head of UX at Yammer talked to us about embracing hypothesis driven-design. Mike Monteiro, award winning presenter, legendary designer, podcaster and author, gave us some words of wisdom after his entertaining presentation 13 Ways designers screw up client presentations. (Listening time: 53 minutes) https://twitter.com/uxpodcast/status/594049540870828032 References: From Business To Buttons organised by inUse UX Podcast interview with Kim Goodwin UX Podcast interview with Ethan Marcotte Slides from Pamela's presentation: The science of happy design Slides from Cindy's presentation: Hypothesis driven-design Mike's presentation: 13 ways designers screw up client presentations (slides) and video Steve Wozniak interview at From Business To Buttons (video)

This podcast is episode 1 of 6 recorded at From Business to Buttons 2015UX Podcast attended the biggest UX conference in Sweden to date with over 850 attendees. “From Business To Buttons” was held on 21 April 2015. We managed to talk to three of the speakers on the day: Pamela Pavliscak, Cindy Alvarez and Mike Monteiro. […]

We talk to Joe Leech about psychology for designers and bullshit science. We debunk some myths and "rules" that come across as truths. How do you construct an argument with facts rather than fiction? How do we validate our data inputs and build confidence in our designs and decisions? We get into the ethics of both research and design patterns as well as testing hypothesis and "the scientific method". Are you going to freak your organisation out? We're always looking for a quick fix, but it really isn't that easy. (Listening time: 41 minutes) https://soundcloud.com/uxpodcast/97-joe-leech-interview https://twitter.com/uxpodcast/status/588956767738015744 References: Joe's Ethical code of conduct Academic article on ethics, Nudging and Choice Architecture: Ethical Considerations Persuasion triggers in web design (David Travis, 2010) Joe on Nathalie Nahai's podcast The Good The Bad and The Dirty Psychology for Designers (Joe's ebook) Joe's website

We talk to Joe Leech about psychology for designers and bullshit science. We debunk some myths and “rules” that come across as truths. How do you construct an argument with facts rather than fiction? How do we validate our data inputs and build confidence in our designs and decisions? We get into the ethics of both […]

Episode 96 is a linkshow. James and Per discuss three articles they’ve stumbled upon whilst roaming the internet. First - Leisa Reichelt tweeted that she thought domain expertise was at times a hindrance. We discuss her in-depth follow-up blog post. Second - Micro-feedback. Seizing opportunities at specific points to collect little bits of feedback to aid your research efforts. Third - lets's get drunk and test web sites... for money! (Listening time: 35 minutes) https://soundcloud.com/uxpodcast/96-james-per-give-micro-feedback https://twitter.com/uxpodcast/status/583892393302302720 References: Article 1: When experience matters (and when it doesn’t) by Leisa Reichelt Article 2: Get better qualitative data on your user experience with microfeedback by Sarah Doody Article 3: The user is drunk a service by Richard Littauter Windows 8 operating under the influence The user is drunk with Will Dayble Featured image by Guilia Forsythe (cropped to 1:1)

Episode 96 is a linkshow. James and Per discuss three articles they’ve stumbled upon whilst roaming the internet. First – Leisa Reichelt tweeted that she thought domain expertise was at times a hindrance. We discuss her in-depth follow-up blog post. Second – Micro-feedback. Seizing opportunities at specific points to collect little bits of feedback to aid your research efforts. Third […]

This podcast is episode 2 of 6 recorded at From Business to Buttons 2015The father of the term Responsive Web Design, Ethan Marcotte, joins us for a chat. We talk, naturally, about responsive web design. How it came about, where it is today and where it’s heading. We even dip our toes into some practical […]

The father of the term Responsive Web Design, Ethan Marcotte, joins us for a chat. We talk, naturally, about responsive web design. How it came about, where it is today and where it's heading. We even dip our toes into some practical solutions and discuss the challenges facing those of us working with and designing responsive web sites and products. (Listening time: 42 minutes) https://soundcloud.com/uxpodcast/95-james-per-ethan-are-responsive https://twitter.com/uxpodcast/status/578816191524925440 References: From Business To Buttons, Stockholm, 21 April 2015 Ethan's original RWD article on A List Apart from May 2010 Responsive Web Design Podcast with Ethan and Karen McCrane Interactive Architecture by Michael Fox and Miles Kemp How to make a performance budget by Daniel Mall Web page test visual comparison tool What does my site cost? by Tim Kadlec Featured image by Chris Casciano, cropped to 1:1

In the style of a radio phone-in, James and Per open the door and invite in you, the listener. Our guests in our third listener phone-in ended up being James Buller, Jesper Bylund, Dan Turner, and Tim Wright. Agency, in-house or freelance? What kind of job is best when starting out in UX? How do […]

In the style of a radio phone-in, James and Per open the door and invite in you, the listener. Our guests in our third listener phone-in ended up being James Buller, Jesper Bylund, Dan Turner, and Tim Wright. Agency, in-house or freelance? What kind of job is best when starting out in UX? How do you get round to writing that book you've always talked about? You don't need research do you? How do you market yourself as a freelancer? Does performance matter in experience design? (Listening time: 40 minutes) https://soundcloud.com/uxpodcast/94-james-per-you https://twitter.com/uxpodcast/status/573750106400407553 References: James Buller's website How to find a UX mentor UX Podcast's first every interview - Episode 5: Gamification with Jesper Bylund Jesper's startup: Blankpage.io Dan Turner's website We don't research. We build on Boxes and Arrows by Dan Slaying 5 UX myths for the good of mankind Tim's podcast, The Dirt Show Building a performance budget ROPS: Return on page speed

This podcast is episode 1 of 6 recorded at From Business to Buttons 2015We’re joined by Kim Goodwin author of Designing for the digital age and UX executive at both PatientsLikeMe and Cooper. We dive into the merits of journey mapping. What it is and how it can be useful. We also chat about UX principles, adoption and leadership. […]

We're joined by Kim Goodwin author of Designing for the digital age and UX executive at both PatientsLikeMe and Cooper. We dive into the merits of journey mapping. What it is and how it can be useful. We also chat about UX principles, adoption and leadership. How to evolve processes into principles, getting UX adopted in your organisation, and if you've already got a UX team, how to lead it. (Listening time: 38 minutes) https://soundcloud.com/uxpodcast/93-kim-goodwin-journey-mapping https://twitter.com/uxpodcast/status/568674468073218048 References:  From Business to Buttons, Stockholm, 21 April 2015. PatientsLikeMe Journey mapping as an insight tool (Video, UXLx 2012) plus slides Designing how we design (Video, From Business to Buttons 2014) Designing for the digital age (Book) Featured image by Elida Arrizza (Cropped to 1:1) UX Podcast listener survey 2015