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Tag: ux
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Should UX Practitioners Learn to Code?
UX is a unique specialty. Trying to become a unicorn, where you perform tasks beyond UX specialties, doesn't help anyone.
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A Jack-of-All-Trades Job Might Be Setting You Up to Fail
Managers: design a job that can be challenging, but has realistic expectations — and most importantly, can be done by the level of person you intend to hire.
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The One Question All Start-Ups Must Answer
The best question a startup can ask itself is: Does this product solve real problems for real customers?
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Poor or Flawed UX Research Contributes to Start-Up Failure
Startups who don’t bring in UX researchers are often asking the wrong and often biased questions.
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8 Ways to Fix Common Post-Launch Website Redesign Problems
An outline of the most common post-launch website redesign problems and how to avoid and/or fix them.
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The Best Way to Bill UX Projects
Contractors have four main ways to bill for a project. Here's how to decide which approach is right for you.
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The Dirty Little Secret About UX Master’s Degrees
Does a master's degree really make you a UX master?
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Do You Need a Short Order Cook or an Interface Scientist?
Before hiring for a design role, you should know the difference between a short order cook and an interface scientist — and which of the two you need.
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What We Really Mean By ‘Clean Design’
Clean design typically means uncluttered, simple and more white space. But if you're removing elements that are useful for customers, you're doing it wrong.
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The IoT: Usability by Design
For consumers to adopt the IoT on a broad scale, developers are going to have to adopt robust policies around user testing.
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Why Doesn’t UX Get Fast Feedback and Iterate?
In the battle between fast and good, UX will choose good every time — and you should too.
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3 Steps to Delivering Great UX With an Agile Mindset
Your software needs to deliver more than mere functionality: it must keep customers engaged.
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The UX of Job Applications: Less Is More
The online job application is your company’s first chance to impress — or scare away — a potential future employee.
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Best UX: Tips for Writing Microcopy That Converts
The goal of UX writing and microcopy is to enhance the user experience. Microcopy plays the role of a guide, advisor, comforter and promoter.
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