UX isn’t just wireframes

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The importance of psychology to UX and HCI     When people think of user experience design (UXD), they may think of the sketching of a wireframe or testing of a prototype. These activities certainly makes up part of the process, but it’s not the full story by half. The psychology behind the user, what […]

Shortening the dev/designer divide

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Should developers design? Should designers develop?   (image credit: thenextweb.com)   I’ve worked as both a designer and a developer and as both at once. From this, I’ve learned that while each role requires specialisation, there is a strong overlap. I found this overlap to be particularly strong in the fields of user experience design […]

Good UX is good business

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UX as business strategy     As you may have gleaned from the banner on the homepage, “good design is good business”, so said former CEO of IBM, Thomas Watson Jr. Speaking to students in 1973, Watson famously said “We are convinced, that good design can materially help make a good product reach its full […]