HOW GOV.UK IS HANDLING VOICE INTERACTIONS  Read this fascinating article on voice search and what the UK’s digital arm is doing about it. It’s interesting that one of the big challenges is to make content more easily understandable by search engines, with schema.org structured data as a potential solution. The need to design for voice is on the rise! Highlight: … Read More

A DESIGNER’S JOURNEY INTO FACEBOOK DESIGN Garron Engstrom writes a detailed account of how he started at Mitchell International, then Intuit, and finding his way into Facebook Design. Some great thoughts about being a generalist versus specialized designer: Highlight: “What is your dream company? Find out about their hiring practices. Do they hire specialists or generalists? Whatever it is, become … Read More

ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM THE UXBEGINNER BLOG Thanks a TON to everyone who filled out last week’s UX Career Survey. I’m silently rebuilding UXBeginner and UX School from the ground up, and these responses are truly helping me shape the next wave of resources to come. The process of creating this survey came as a surprise to me. There were things I was … Read More

UX + CRYPTO = LOVE  When new technologies and platforms come online, that means new opportunities for tech workers…and UX designers are no exception. Read from Coinbase’s Design Director Why Design Is The Killer App of Crypto. I love how she relates the development a new technology – automobiles – to the same challenges that cryptocurrency now faces: Highlight: “The … Read More

According to this short 2 min video from UPenn, about one quarter of an entire group is enough to create an inflection point to change the behavior of the rest of the group. Read this Co.Design article for a further breakdown: Highlight: “When a community is close to…large-scale social change…just by adding one more person, and getting above the 25% tipping … Read More

The Doorway Effect explains why it’s so easy to lose track of our original goal when we change environments – like walking through a door. This phenomenon occurs when our attention moves between levels, reflecting how our memories rely on the environment we’re in. Good tidbit to keep in mind when designing user flows, for anything that takes a user OUT … Read More

Launched: the brand new UX frequently asked questions page. After curating hundreds of questions from readers via email, Facebook and my own career coaching, I present you the top questions & answers across 4 categories. If you have a question about UX careers, this page is likely to have an answer for you. Highlight: Select a jump link to skip to … Read More

New UXers on our Facebook group and email are always asking “what are the best UX courses & training available?” I put together a new curated list of the best free & paid UX courses. Try sorting by cost and category. I’ll be adding images and some more details to this page as time goes on :) _ _ _ Let’s say you want … Read More