UX Podcast

It's the end of the first day of UXLx 2013 and we grab a few minutes just before they lock up the venue for the night to chat to Mr Lean UX, Jeff Gothelf. We had a little problem with the sound during this show, some echo and hiss appeared from nowhere. Sorry! (Listening time 12 minutes) References: Jeff's blog LEAN UX Applying Lean Principles to Improve User Experience

The first morning of the conference is over and we're straight out of our first workshops. James attended Better Meetings by Design with Kevin Hoffman and Per attended Lean Ethnography with Kelly Goto. (Listening time 15 minutes) References: James's notes from Better Meetings by Design Per's sketchnotes from Lean Ethnography

We are in Lisbon, Portugal for UXLx 2013. Today we travelled down from Stockholm via Frankfurt and spent the pre-conference evening tasting some wine and mingling with other delegates. To finish off the day, we were joined by Bruno Figueiredo, the organiser and curator of UXLx. We talk to him about the conference and about the UX scene in Portugal. (Listening time 18 minutes) References: UXLx 2013 UXLx conference notes

It's time to pack our bags and head off to Lisbon, Portugal for UXLx 2013. In this show we talk about the things you should think about and prepare before attending a conference in order to get the most out of it. We also look at the programme for UXLx 2013, chat about the workshops we're attending and have a little look at the conference day itself. (Listening time: 41 minutes) References: UXLx conference programme How to work a conference James's UXLx business cards Per's business cards blog post Nya visitkort är en njutning (In Swedish) Eliminate Design Per's presentation at UXLx UXlx videos including Gerry McGovern's The Long Neck Versus The Long Tail UX Podcast at UXLx 2012

Spring has finally arrived in Stockholm. In this link-show James and Per discuss three articles they've recently stumbled upon. We discuss... the important of cognative load when making simple products, websites and services. Why every start up needs a UX advisor - or why everyone needs a UX advisor. Finally we chat about Google's new European cookie law compliance feature. (Listening time: 41 minutes) References: Cognitive Overhead, Or Why Your Product Isn’t As Simple As You Think Cognitive load Bump Shazam Simpelt är inte enkelt är inte intuitivt (Per's To-do app blog post, in Swedish) If Google Cares About Cookie Consent, So Should You EU Cookie Law in Sweden (James's blog post about the Cookie Law) The BBC unveils its EU cookie law solution Why every startup needs a UX Design Advisor by Ross Popoff-Walker James's tweet and Ross's tweet about the article Terminologist  

Jesper Åström joined us in Episode 39 for a chat at Clarion Sign Hotel in Stockholm. Jesper is is currently writing a series of 100 guest blog posts in 100 days. A crazy challenge. One of the posts so far was about "workers, commentators and spectators" where Jesper outlined the 1-9-90 method and gave some examples. We discuss the method aswell as the use of data and "dark patterns"  in increasing engagement and acheiving results. Plus a bit about Jesper's background during 15 years in the business. (Listening time:  38 minutes) References: Blogg 100 - andra sommaren (100 post posts in 100 days, in Swedish) 100 gästposter på 100 dagar #blogg100 (in Swedish) Scams: Why are email scams written in broken English? Arbetare, kommentatorer och publik – traditionella beteenden som lämnar spår efter sig på webben (Swedish) The Participation Choice (BBC Internet Blog) Twitter Cards Formulists Admin comments statistics (wordpress plugin)

Once James has finished talking about gardening and pruning apple trees, we get on with a link show. We discuss three recent articles we've found on our travels. Google does some pruning of its own and sunsets Google Reader. Econsultancy published a list of 14 lousy web trends that are making a come back. Finally we take a look at some interesting and amusing banner ad statistics. (Listening time: 38 minutes) References: What If The Google Reader Readers Just Don’t Come Back? Google Reader is dead, so we rebuilt it for you in Zite (in six hours) 14 lousy web design trends that are making a comeback 15 Alarming Stats About Banner Ads The view from the studio at Beantin HQ.

Brett King, banking disruptor and founder of mobile-based Moven bank joins us for a chat from a restaurant in Santa Monica, California. Retail banking is about to be disrupted. There no way of avoiding of stopping that. Can existing banks survice? Can new banks establish themselves? and big a role will UX will play in the upcoming shake-up? (Listening time 43 minutes) References: Preview of Brett's book Bank 3.0 (PDF) BANK 3.0 - When banking is no longer a place (Video) M-Pesa mobile money service WyWallet (Swedish) and Swish (Swedish) UX Podcast episode 5 - Gamification with Jesper Bylund The digital challenge to retail banks Per's sketchnotes from Brett King's presentation at #wudsthlm

Two giggly old men begin this episode of UX Podcast by corpsing. Once we had composed ourselves, the topic was misunderstanding the term UX.  What is UX? Can it be definied? Can you be a "UX-er"? Is the phrase "UX" needed or are we just unnecessarily compliating things? (Listening time: 36 minutes) References: White rabbits on the first of the month User Experience on Wikipedia User Experience Design on Wikipedia 10 Misconceptions about UX by Whitney Hess Let's kill the UX department Stop producing crap! UX Podcast episode 4 UXLx 2011 UX Podcast pilot episodes

Many people and families share login details and profiles for various digital services. Why are so many of these services failing from a UX perspective in such common user scenarios? Netflix, Spotify, Facebook, even the iPad itself all suffer from these problems. In Episode 35 James and Per dive into the topic, discuss some examples and try to come up with some answers. (Listening time: 32 minutes) References: Netflix (on Wikipedia) Spotify to introduce family subscriptions Personal accounts are personal Netflixs shows off user profiles Share your password and go to jail Magine (steaming TV service) Digital life at 40 (James's nostalgic blog post) Min första dator (Per's nostalgic blog post, in Swedish)  

Recorded at Web Service Award 2013 in Stockholm, Sweden. We talk to Judith Wolst, course co-ordinator for Interactive Communication at Bergs School of Communication, about educating the digital stars of the future. We also grabbed a few minutes with one of this year's students, Diago Fria, who gives an insight into what they are learning and what they hope to acheive. (Listening time: 22 minutes) References: Judith's presentation at WSA 2013 (Video, in Swedish) Students from Bergs presentation at WSA 2013 (Video, partly in English, Partly in Swedish) UX Podcast episode 4 - Stop producing crap! Nu drar vi till Berlin! (In Swedish) Judith and Bergs students at WSA Day 2013

Recorded at Web Service Award 2013 in Stockholm, Sweden. We talk to Judith Wolst, course co-ordinator for Interactive Communication at Bergs School of Communication, about educating the digital stars of the future. We also grabbed a few minutes with one of this year's students, Diego Fria, who gives an insight into what they are learning and what they hope to acheive. uxpodcast-episode-034-berghs.mp3 Listen on Posterous (Listening time: 22 minutes) References: Judith's presentation at WSA 2013 (Video, in Swedish) Students from Bergs presentation at WSA 2013 (Video, partly in English, Partly in Swedish) UX Podcast episode 4 - Stop producing crap! Nu drar vi till Berlin! (In Swedish) Judith and Bergs students at WSA Day 2013 Permalink | Leave a comment  »

In the first show of 2013, James and Per host a link show... with a single link. We talk our way through a recent blog post by Gannon Burgett where he lays out 13 design trends for 2013. We turn into grumpy old men about some of them, but find that we like and agree with some of the others! uxpodcast-episode-033-design-trends.mp3 Listen on Posterous (Listening time: 41 minutes) References: Walk me A Stop-Motion History of the GIF Episode 23: James and Per find their breakpoint Photo: James and Per recording episode 33.   Permalink | Leave a comment  »

In the first show of 2013, James and Per host a link show... with a single link. We talk our way through a recent blog post by Gannon Burgett where he lays out 13 design trends for 2013. We turn into grumpy old men about some of them, but find that we like and agree with some of the others! (Listening time: 41 minutes) References: Walk me A Stop-Motion History of the GIF Episode 23: James and Per find their breakpoint Photo: James and Per recording episode 33.

James and Per bring you episode 32 of UX Podcast from a bar in Stockholm. We're are joined by Jonas Söderström, author of Jävla skitsystem (Stupid bloody system) and "the Swede that comes closest to the title of web usability guru". We talk about poorly designed digital systems and the work related stress this causes. Where did it all go wrong? How do we fix it? Can we fix it? Ux Podcast Episode 32 by James Royal - Lawson & Per Axbom Listen on Posterous (Listening time: 28 minutes) References: Jävla skitsystem (English page) Stupid bloody system (Presentation on slideshare) The best interface is no interface Harvest and Tick time reporting systems Ubiquitous computing and calm technology Permalink | Leave a comment  »