Dear Diary: Using Diaries to Study User Experience
A UX diary contains notes on experiences using an application in a natural environment. Learn how to use diaries in your research studies. [Read More]
Hold the Sprinkles! Design Mapping for Agile UX Design
Agile design teams can often get swept up in a single product feature, iterating that one feature to its most perfect state. [Read More]
Testing by Teaching: Peer Tutoring, a Usability Evaluation Method for Children
Peer Tutoring helps engage and encourage children during usability testing. The social context makes the test more natural, resulting in richer findings. [Read More]
Making the Case: Rounding Out Usability Testing with Web Analytics
Using qualitative data, you can plan usability tests and analyze test results by reviewing where users currently go on your site. [Read More]
Mobilize: Make Good Things Come in Small Packages
How do you squeeze a feature-rich math desktop program into a lightweight mobile app? Start with the features most users need for most tasks. [Read More]
Which Path Is for Me? The Emerging Role of VP of UX
Ever wonder if you have what it takes to be a VP of UX? Chelsey Glasson and Ian Swinson spoke with twelve UX VPs about their roles. [Read More]
Simplicity, Not So Simple: Embracing Deep Gradual Engagement
Simplification is not so simple. Fundamentally, simple is good when it comes to experience design, but there is typically a trade-off. [Read More]
The “A” Word: Accessibility as Part of UX
Accessibility is often misunderstood, maligned, or misinterpreted. To create extraordinary digital experiences, accessibility must come together with usability, creativity, and technology. [Read More]
Back to the Future: UX in the Past 100 Years of Science Fiction
If you want to look into the future of UX design, take a close look at the science fiction movies of the last 100 years. [Read More]
Making Everything Fit (Book Review)
A review of Responsive Web Design by Ethan MarcotteMaking a case and practical instruction for creating a design that scales based on platform. [Read More]
Editor’s Note: What’s in a Name?
UPA has changed its name to UXPA—the User Experience Professionals’ Organization. [Read More]
WUD 2012: The Usability of Financial Systems
World Usability Day on November 8, 2012 is focused on the usability of financial systems—a topic that affects everyone, all around the world. [Read More]
Rubes Cartoons: Be Reasonable
Cartoons from the wild and twisted world of Leigh Rubin, syndicated cartoonist. [Read More]
