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design thinking / Ergonomics & Cognition / product development

The Road to UX Hell…

Recently, I’ve begun to see articles and blog posts suggesting that UX, as a discipline, should be retired. Code and Theory CEO Dan Gardner, believes that UX has “moved from …

Chalkboard with the word "feedback" written on it with chalk and underlined.
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Keeping Users in the (Feedback) Loop

Imagine your sister just had a beautiful baby boy. Now imagine being awoken at 5am a few days later by a text from your sister that said only “omg”. That …

Security versus Abusability
design thinking / product development

UX Design and Abusability Testing

As a part of this year’s World Interaction Design Day, the Daedalus UX team attended an Abusability Testing Workshop, organized by our local IxDA Chapter. World Interaction Design Day is …

design thinking / Ergonomics & Cognition

The Risks of Dismissing Minor Usability Issues

As a human factors psychologist, I am often asked to predict where users will (or have) run into problems with a product by evaluating its usability — the measure of …

design thinking / Products & Culture

Notoriously Notched X Not iPhone’s Ruination

According to a click-bait link to Slate, and a slew of articles elsewhere, iPhone X sales are “abysmal”. However, the 3rd party data in the Slate article​, data that says 30% …

design thinking / Products & Culture

Irredeemable 2-Spacers (Aka Teaching Outmoded Skills)

A little while back, our office had a rather lively email debate about how many spaces should be typed after a period—no, I’m not joking, this actually happened. Anyway, about …

design thinking / Ergonomics & Cognition / Products & Culture

But We’re All Designers!

Sooner or later, everyone who works in design hears something along the lines of but we’re all designers – usually from a Project Manager who didn’t agree with the designer and …

design research / design thinking / product development

Silence is Deadly

My posts always argue that as designers (and engineers, manufacturers, etc), we have a responsibility to create smart, beautiful, and useful products for our users. But lately, I’ve realized that …

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Because the Ballpoint Pen Inspired Roll-On Deodorant…

“A mind that is stretched by a new experience can never go back to its old dimensions.” – Oliver Wendell Homes, Jr. To explain what we’ve done, I must first …

design research / design thinking / product development

How To Tick Off Your User….

The other night I was peacefully asleep, enjoying a pleasant dream, when suddenly…. After a few confusing seconds, I realized it wasn’t my alarm clock. It was my Personal Diabetes Manager (PDM) …

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