FROM DESIGN TO DEFINITION
How do we move from research to design to development without losing sight of the user experience. This session looks at specifying UX artifacts for team members to glean meaning from our work. How does experience design specify its output in a way that developers can code and business can understand how the UX relates […]
FROM TECHCOMM TO UX: ARE YOU A DESIGNER
Tell (and believe) the story of your transition! Learn to assess your transferable skills, position yourself in the local market, and hold your head high in pursuit of UX jobs.
FROM SKETCHING TO CODE: JUMP-STARTING THE INTERACTION DESIGN PROCESS
Whether you’re an interaction designer, information architect, interface designerÑor anyone else responsible for the user experience!Ñthis session will share a broad range of tools and techniques for systematically coming up with the best ideas for your site or product’s design, and for bridging the gaps between the interests of the design, technology, business, and marketing […]
FROM CANCER TO BANKRUPTCY
Performing in-home ethnographic interviews is especially personal for User Experience Designers. But when the research is based on a person’s personal health or finances, it gets taken to a whole new level.
SELLING USABILITY IN (TO) ORGANIZATIONS
Imagine the need to promote usability to an organization. Not all organizations have the same level of interest and receptiveness to usability. Some just don’t care. What do we need to do about an organization that will help us sell usability more effectively? What questions should we ask about the organization, its people, and its […]