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Design Thinking UX Design UX Maturity

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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UX Design UX Musings UX Research

What ChatGPT Says About Me

I asked ChatGPT, “based on the prompts I’ve given you, can you summarise who I am as a professional and as a person?”

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Accessibility Code & Development UX Culture UX Design UX Maturity UX Talks

Usability is a Culture: The Value of UX in Games

I was fortunate to give a short talk at the Christchurch Game Developer’s Conference called Usability is a Culture: The Value of UX in Games

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Code & Development UX Design

I am a Translator Between Design and Development

Someone asked me a question last week that really made me think. They asked, “so where do you sit between design and development?” It didn’t take me long to answer because I have thought about this a lot over my career. I’ve always gravitated towards doing both design and development. I love both equally. I […]

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Accessibility Code & Development UX Culture UX Design

Accessibility for Product Managers – Why it Matters

As a Product Manager, you can ensure accessibility is baked into your project roadmap and foster collaboration across teams. This collaboration is constant and ongoing.

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UX Design

A problem well defined is half solved

A quote has been banging around in my head for a week now: A problem well defined is half solved. Genius. So often we’re tempted to find a fix without first understanding the problem and then a lot of time is wasted realising we don’t really understand the problem to solve. Make sure to clearly […]

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UX Design

Give others the help you never got

Give others the help you never got. Growing up, we face challenges and obstacles, sometimes without the proper guidance or support. This experience is tough, but it also shapes and defines us as people and we carry this emotional response into our future interactions. Looking back, how much better it would have been to have […]