Category: Design Thinking

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A focused light starts a fire

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Woman with cool blue hair looking at a flower through a magnifying glass. Credit Freepik.com.

A focused approach using UX Design can ignite ideas, plans, and execution of brilliant user experiences.

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Design Thinking

It’s never too late to go back to the beginning

A designer puts up sticky notes on a planning board for a usability project. Credit: Freepik
A designer puts up sticky notes on a planning board for a usability project. Credit: Freepik

No matter how far down the track you are in a software project, you can zoom out and course correct.

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More thoughts about the UX job market (I got a job!)

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A row of letters on a letterset press.

2024 was a tough job market, but I managed to land a role by following my own advice.

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My Experience with the Five Steps of Design Thinking

Design Thinking started in the 70s (approx 1979) and has been used to design products and software since then. I’ve had great experiences with it.

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Your job as a designer

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A designer at their laptop holding a phone

Design isn’t just designing, it’s a bit more than that.

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Great design thrives with limitations

A calligrapher painting Chinese characters. Credit: Freepik
A calligrapher painting Chinese characters. Credit: Freepik

In software design, staying focused on the user’s problem is crucial. Keep it simple. Two tools can help maintain this focus: Personas and User Journeys. This focus ensures that the solutions you develop are relevant, effective, and truly helpful to the user. Design Thinking workshops, when done properly, involve multiple stakeholders in thinking about the […]