The UX designer is often focused on the world outside of their company and that’s, ideally, how it should be. Yet, all too often organizations are frustrating places to work. The company culture impedes us rather than supports us. The projects we work on are badly defined. The objectives we’re given
Developing digital products is expensive. Launching your first digital product is fraught with worries and tension. If you’re sinking your life savings into your product when is the right time to launch? And what should you consider to try and maximize the UX and thus the potential returns on your i
On a rating scale of 1-10 how ethical do you think you are? 1 is completely unethical, and 10 is 100% ethical. This is an important question because research shows that most of believe we act ethically all the time but in reality most of us let our standards slip at some point or another. In fact we
Hey! Wait a minute! This is a UX forum; what has ethnography got to do with design at all? That’s a fair question and if you give us just a few seconds we’ll walk you through that too. Ethnography is a funny discipline and one that many of us simply don’t get that much insight into during our academ
Welcome back to some great UX tips and tricks to get your project's UX practices on key!Pre-Made Palettes RockAuthor/Copyright holder: Amber Case. Copyright terms and licence: CC BY-NC 2.0Of course you’re going to want to customize the look and feel of your website. One of the easiest ways to do tha
If you’re a UX designer there’s a good chance that sooner or later; you’re going to find yourself working in-house for a client. This can be a wonderful chance to develop the soft and hard skills of consulting but without careful attention to your approach; it can leave you alone and frustrated too.
Online selling has become one of the most powerful ways to make money in the modern world. However, sadly, there’s a ton of bad information out there that might be hurting your UX and your conversion rates. So let’s take a quick look at some of the worst offenders:We Need Traffic!Yes, you do need tr
This is the third part of our series on awesome UX practices and we hope you enjoyed our previous instalments. Today we’re going to take a look at some tips that should help with your user research:Test Ideas EarlyYou don’t have to have so much as a sketch to test an idea with your user base. Go on
There is no greater menace in corporate life than the guy at the top of the food chain. As many a UX design team have learned; it doesn’t matter how good your research is or how much you’ve spent on it – design decisions that don’t meet with the boss’s approval, don’t get implemented. Every web des
This is the last in our UX tools series this week; if you think you’ve missed any of the series – they’ll be permanently available under the UX Daily tab of our website. Today we’re going to look at tools that just didn’t fit into any of the other categories but might still help when you run that al
UX professionals need no convincing of the need for their work but many CEOs and board-level executives still need persuading. So how can you make the case? Let’s take a look at three reasons that your business should invest in UX:UX Saves MoneyDevelopers aren’t cheap. In fact they’re often the high
If you’re facing the common dilemma of which features to give priority to in your current release; then there are a couple of simple techniques that you can use to decide which features should be the focus of your attention.Pair Comparisons ExerciseOur first exercise is very simple. Write down each
Yesterday we began our look at CMS systems for web design with WordPress; today we’re going to look at an altogether different beast – Drupal. There’s no doubt that WordPress is simple and easy to use but when it comes to handling sites that are going to be huge – it struggles a bit. WordPress is al
Every UX project requires that you work with other people and that means you’re going to want to work together as efficiently as possible. This is the sixth part of our UX tools series; if you have missed any of the rest of the series – they can be accessed from the UX Daily tab on our website. Conc
Copy writing is often neglected in favour of the graphic design and the coding. It’s just not as sexy as those things. But the User Experience depends as much on the words you use and the content your present as the box you put it in and the way it is organized. We’ve got some simple tips that may h
Documentation management is the bane of many a project manager’s existence. Yet, without a clear and simple documentation management system projects often go astray. Your team members need to be able to find their documentation when they need it. If they can’t; they’ll go and do other things instead
Here at the UX Daily we’re quite aware that many of our readers are involved in startups and entrepreneurial endeavours; with that in mind today, we’d like to bring you a list of 10 things that every entrepreneur should know to help maximize their chances of success. Decide Where You Will Spend You
In the consumer space, IT and UX seem to go hand in hand. Adoption is driven by user experience and so is retention. Products like Apple’s iPhone are borne from the understanding that ease-of-use and enjoyment of use are vitally important. Over in the Enterprise world, this seems to have passed many
For the budding entrepreneur there may be no more trite piece of advice than “do what you love!” This assumes that a.) there is something that you love and b.) that you can make a living from it. If you check out all the struggling actors, musicians, painters, sculptors, etc. in this world it’s pret
To the outsider, the idea of user testing might seem like a simple process that requires little preparation. Give the product to the user; let them play with it, push its buttons, and try to break it. If it doesn’t break, great! It’s ready to go to market. While this might be quite revealing and fun
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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