The end of the year brings about a time of reflection, appreciation, and forward planning. You might review what you’ve achieved over the past 12 months… or think ahead to your goals for the upcoming year, for instance. Alternatively, your mind may be filled with excitement about the gifts you plan
We’re not here to tell you how to run your business but (and isn’t there always a but in a sentence like that?) we would like to ask many of the companies that we come across; “why is there no UX representative in the senior management team?”UX is not Customer ExperienceAuthor/Copyright holder: Bory
The growing popularity of UX as a profession does not necessarily mean that everything is rosy for UX teams in enterprise development groups. There is still a tendency to assume that “design” is the only part of the UX role that matters. This often leads to UX teams which cannot fulfil their duties
The spaces we occupy deeply influence our experiences, our feelings, and our behaviors. Our state of health, psychology, productivity, mood, and creativity spaces influence us on many levels and also influence our interactions with each other. The spaces in which we journey through Design Thinking a
Hierarchical data is essentially a specialized form of network data – in that while entities within the dataset do not have dependent relationships; they are all related to each other by the principle of containment. They, unlike standard data networks, do not use the principle of connection.A hiera
Not all data has dependencies or a linear structure. In fact some data is related by either or a combination of two properties: connection and containment. These data sets are considered to be networks.An easy example of a network is the London Underground Tube Network. Here the stations are either
Linear data sets come in three varieties – univariate, bivariate and trivariate. A univariate data set has a single dependent variable which varies compared to the independent attributes of that data. A bivariate set has two dependent variables and a trivariate set has three.Representing data sets o
A preattentive visual property is one which is processed in spatial memory without our conscious action. In essence it takes less than 500 milliseconds for the eye and the brain to process a preattentive property of any image. This is good news for information visualization designers and graphic des
Lean UX can be a tricky beast to get to grips with at first. For those used to working in more traditional UX environments it can be very challenging to move to an environment where the focus is on making decisions rather than producing deliverables.That means there’s a change in the way that the UX
You worked on an amazing UX project. You documented every detail and deliverable and when the time came, you began to write a UX case study about it. In the case study, you highlighted how you worked through a Design Thinking process to get to the end result; so, can you stop there and now move on t
Tomorrow is only a day away… as the little orphan Annie once sang. But tomorrow can also be forever, too. Knowing when to start your business and knowing when you’re procrastinating so that your business is forever a day away can really help get you started. The perfect time to start your own busine
The diffusion of innovation is the process by which new products are adopted (or not) by their intended audiences. It allows designers and marketers to examine why it is that some inferior products are successful when some superior products are not.The idea of diffusion is not new; in fact it was or
When you’re looking at going freelance or starting your own design agency, you’ll want to understand and examine the business models and the different types of work available to you before you start. This will help you understand and define what you intend to do with your business and how you will d
It doesn’t matter how amazing a product is; if no-one is using it, then it hasn’t succeeded. Adoption is the process of prospective users becoming actual users of a product. It is adoption that is the objective of design; more so than user experience, usability, utility, etc. History is full of prod
Information visualization is a process by which data (or information) is represented to help the recipient of the information build an accurate representation of it in their mind. It is most common for information visualization to be constructed graphically (e.g. to facilitate visual understanding)
Do you sometimes feel that it’s difficult to keep up with all the latest trends? From time to time do you feel overwhelmed with everything you need to learn?If your answer to those questions is “Yes,” then we have some good news. Our courses are designed to help you stay up-to-date with all the late
By early 2016, Apple had captured nearly half of the smartwatch market, having extensively improved on old flaws. It’s essential that you learn the six fundamental UX smartwatch lessons that Apple learned the hard way. These UX fundamentals help you not only to conceptualize designing for smartwatch
The Interaction Design Foundation is the world's most prestigious community and course platform for User Experience designers. We've spent the last 14 years building our community and course platform from scratch – based on a brilliant technology stack. And now we need you to help us build pure awes
There’s life in the old things yet. While direct mail marketing may not be as sexy as internet marketing or as straightforward as telemarketing, it can still bring profitable results for some freelancers and entrepreneurs. Learning how to approach direct mail marketing makes it easier for you to kno
It may not be popular but outbound telemarketing is one of the most effective strategies for growing a business. The good news is that this doesn’t have to be hard, and it doesn’t have to involve bullying potential clients into submission, either. Building an effective telemarketing strategy for bus
AI is replacing jobs everywhere, yet design jobs are booming with a projected 45% job growth. With design skills, you can create products and services people love. More love means more impact and greater salary potential.
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