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Category Archives: Ways of working
Agile is hard. Really valuable UX is way harder in Agile
Thoughts about how to further the cause of UX in Agile without becoming the progress prevention process.
Why a ‘mobile first’ approach doesn’t always cut it
‘Mobile first’ isn’t necessarily what you might think it is in the context of UX.
Hamburger menus suck
Hamburger menus have meant that we don’t have to think about capturing users attention and navigation models any more.
Information Architect is still relevant today, even more so
Why skills in Information Architect shouldn’t be devalued just yet.
Making the case for investment in UX
UX isn’t something that stops when you deliver a design. Selling UX to stakeholders and product managers can be hard.
Maturity in feature design
Do we try to do too much rather than understanding boundaries and constraints in which we can make the most effective products and experiences?
Is using the ‘time spent’ metric to evaluate usability a ‘good’ thing?
Time as a general metric is not a useful indicator of a good or bad experience because it does not account for context.
My list of top 10 UX books
Some of the books listed are old but should still make for good reading for anyone practicing UX.
Is something that is ‘simple’ the same as something that is ‘usable’?
A simple definition of usability versus ease of use.
