UX Podcast

Lisa Welchman was the opening speaker on the conference day of UXLx 2015. She posed the question Are we Architecting the Information Age? We talk to her about our responsibility as designers and creators of digital products, services and information. We discuss the need to take a holistic view and have the confidence to stand up for what we know we should be doing digitally. A thought-provoking and philosophical chat about the way we work and should work - "Are you doing your best work right now?". A call to arms for UXers to architect the bigger picture. This episode is sponsored by Interact London 2015. Inspiring UX thinkers. https://soundcloud.com/uxpodcast/107-architecting-the-information-age-with-lisa-welchman https://twitter.com/uxpodcast/status/639688034045296640 References James & Per sing Happy Birthday - Episode 100 - mention of mobiles and accessibility James & Per & Lisa manage chaos - Episode 92 - Interview with Lisa James & Per & Joe peel onions - Episode 97 - Ethics of research and design Right to internet access James & Per scream Stupid bloody system! - Episode 32 with by Jonas Söderström

Lisa Welchman was the opening speaker on the conference day of UXLx 2015. She posed the question Are we Architecting the Information Age? We talk to her about our responsibility as designers and creators of digital products, services and information. We discuss the need to take a holistic view and have the confidence to stand up for what we […]

Many of us suffer from imposter syndrome. Everyone else is better than me. This was just luck. Good timing. Soon they're going to find out that I'm faking it. We talk to Lori Cavallucci and Amy Silvers to learn more about what is it and how it effects us. Why does our branch in particular seem to suffer from it? What can we do to deal with it and can it be a good thing in any way? Amy is an information architect and UX designer in the NYC. Lori is a user experience designer with a background in psychology working in Philadelphia. (Listening time: 39 minutes) https://soundcloud.com/uxpodcast/106-imposter-syndrome-lwcavallucci-a_silvers https://twitter.com/uxpodcast/status/634620477579902976 References: We're not worthy: Understanding and escaping imposter syndrome (IA Summit 2014 program) We're not worthy - Video of Amy & Lori's talk from Madison+ UX August 2014. Feeling like a fraud - The psychology of the imposter phenomenon Featured image by Sharyn Morrow cropped to 1:1 (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

Many of us suffer from imposter syndrome. Everyone else is better than me. This was just luck. Good timing. Soon they’re going to find out that I’m faking it. We talk to Lori Cavallucci and Amy Silvers to learn more about what is it and how it effects us. Why does our branch in particular […]

A triple set of interviews with Nicole Fenton, Alastair Somerville and Mike Atherton recorded at UXLx 2015.  Nicole is an editor, writer, content strategist. Alastair is a specialist in sensory cognition and accessibility. Mike is a user experience designer and information architect. First we talk to Nicole about content, conversations and being iterative with your words. trying to figure […]

A triple set of interviews with Nicole Fenton, Alastair Somerville and Mike Atherton recorded at UXLx 2015.  Nicole is an editor, writer, content strategist. Alastair is a specialist in sensory cognition and accessibility. Mike is a user experience designer and information architect. First we talk to Nicole about content, conversations and being iterative with your words. trying to figure out the right words for the right situations. Our second interview is with Alastair. It's not just about the screen. We talk about sensory experiences and about how accessibility settings can help us deal with cognitive load. Finally we chat to Mike about linked data and its potential as well as some of its potential problems and challenges. (Listening time 43 minutes) https://soundcloud.com/uxpodcast/105-nicole-fenton-alastair-somerville-mike-atherton https://twitter.com/uxpodcast/status/629570954558095360 References: Words as material - Transcript of Nicole's UXLx talk. Charity water Interface writing - code for humans Designing wearable experiences - Slides from Alastair's workshop at UXLx. Designing with Linked Data - liveblog notes of Mike's UXLx presentation Folksam accident data mashup BBC Playlister FOAF project

A conversation with Abby Covert and Andrew Hinton about dealing with digital change. Recorded at UXLx 2015. Abby is an independent information architect and author of How to Make Sense of Any Mess. Andrew is also an information architect and author of Understanding Context. We touched on numerous subjects and challenges, including: The pace of digital change, […]

A conversation with Abby Covert and Andrew Hinton about dealing with digital change. Recorded at UXLx 2015. Abby is an independent information architect and author of How to Make Sense of Any Mess. Andrew is also an information architect and author of Understanding Context. We touched on numerous subjects and challenges, including: The pace of digital change, the challenges of updating our mental models, cleaning up the underlying mess or the mess will return, the benefits of being open about assumptions. Be ready to be wrong! (Listening time: 45 minutes) https://soundcloud.com/uxpodcast/104-sorting-out-this-mess-with-abby-covert-andrew-hinton https://twitter.com/uxpodcast/status/624490809010860032 References: How To Make Sense of Any Mess - Abby's book Understanding Context - Andrew's book Andrew Hinton photograph taken by Joona Ryödi

A Linkshow. James and Per discuss three recent articles they have found on their digital travels. Our first article is Designing with Analytics by one of our previous guests Pamela Pavliscak. Hands on advice for using web analytics for research. Our second article is What is Zero UI? John Brownlee’s Coverage of Andy Goodman‘s talk […]

A Linkshow. James and Per discuss three recent articles they have found on their digital travels. Our first article is Designing with Analytics by one of our previous guests Pamela Pavliscak. Hands on advice for using web analytics for research. Our second article is What is Zero UI? John Brownlee's Coverage of Andy Goodman's talk at SolidCon. The third and final article is Fixing 6 Mistakes Companies Make when Working with UXers by Sarah Doody. We adapt and remix Sarah's list a little. (Listening time: 35 minutes) https://soundcloud.com/uxpodcast/103-what-is-zero-ui https://twitter.com/uxpodcast/status/619424961548189696 References: Article 1: Designing with Analytics By Pamela Pavliscak #98 James & Per at From Business to Buttons 2015 #102 Story Mapping & Analytics with Adrian Howard & Mike Beasley Article 2: What is Zero UI? By John Brownlee covering Andy Goodman's talk #90 James & Per are not robots Article 3: Fixing 6 Mistakes Companies Make when Working with UXers By Sarah Doody #96 James & Per give micro-feedback Featured image by Reigh LeBlanc (CC BY-NC 2.0)

Interviews with Adrian Howard and Mike Beasley recorded at UXLx 2015. Adrian regularly teaches and speaks on integrating Lean, UX and Agile methods and Mike is the author of Practical Web Analytics for User Experience. First we talk to Adrian about story mapping and learn about the differences between story mapping and journey mapping as well […]

Interviews with Adrian Howard and Mike Beasley recorded at UXLx 2015. Adrian regularly teaches and speaks on integrating Lean, UX and Agile methods and Mike is the author of Practical Web Analytics for User Experience. First we talk to Adrian about story mapping and learn about the differences between story mapping and journey mapping as well as how useful it can be to "slice" your stories. In the second part of the show we talk to Mike about web analytics as a user experience research tool. How it could be used and how you can get started if you're hesitant about diving in as a UX-er. (Listening time 46 minutes) Episode 101 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/ux-podcast-episode-102 https://twitter.com/uxpodcast/status/614325814272897024 References: User story mapping slides from UXLx 2015 User Story Mapping by Jeff Patton Story mapping tools: Board thing, Stories on board, Occam's Razor blog by Avinash Kaushik 12 Must read analytics blogs Practical web analytics for user experience by Mike Beasley  

An interview with Josh Clark and Stephen Hay recorded at UXLx 2015. Josh is the man behind Big Medium, formally Globalmoxie, and was the closing keynote speaker at UXLx. Stephen Hay is the author of Responsive Design Workflow, designer, developer and magician. We talked to Josh and Stephen about magic, illusion, deception and persuasion. How […]

An interview with Josh Clark and Stephen Hay recorded at UXLx 2015. Josh is the man behind Big Medium, formally Globalmoxie, and was the closing keynote speaker at UXLx. Stephen Hay is the author of Responsive Design Workflow, designer, developer and magician. We talked to Josh and Stephen about magic, illusion, deception and persuasion. How you should lie to your users and clients. We take a dive into the design process. Do you let the client see behind the curtain? How the mental models of your clients should steer your communication - show them what they want to see. (Listening time 34 minutes) Episode 101 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/101-magical-ux-with-josh-clark-stephen-hay https://twitter.com/uxpodcast/status/609265871081598976 References: Notes from Josh's talk by Bruno Amaral The Art of Deception sketchnotes by Per Axbom Josh and Stephen's airport vanishing act

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 […]