We are all chimpanzees that got lucky. Our firmware hasn’t changed that much since we came down from the trees.
Talks and Workshops
Commentary, quotes and insights from UX talks, workshops, meet-ups and conferences. Onus on Content Strategy, User Research and Collaboration.
Lean UX and co-location
Nothing is more effective than walking over to a colleague, showing some work, discussing, sketching, exchanging ideas, understanding facial expressions and body language, and reaching a resolution on a thorny topic.
Finally got around to reading my copy of Lean UX that I won at UX London 2013 (!)
Neglecting to iterate equals misguided optimism
It’s not iteration if you only do it once.
— Jeff Patton
UX isn’t magic
UX. We make decisions. We put them on paper. We’re not magic.
— James O’Brien
Let’s not kid ourselves that we’re rocket scientists, even as we succeed at selling user experience design across our organisations and projects.
Francis Maude on designing services around the user
All hail user-centred design and the death of silo’d information architecture in the public sector!