My students at Center Centre recently conducted a usability study for their client project. During the study, they had a long day of usability testing—four participants in one day. Students planned the day well. Despite planning, multiple things went wrong, as they often do during usability testing. Early in the day, a participant arrived 30 […]
Resources for Becoming a UX Designer
Last updated: June 17th, 2018 Why I Created this List I created this list of UX resources for people like you—people who want to become UX designers. As you shift your career to UX design, you’ll find there is no single, “right” way to transition to UX. There are many UX training options. There are […]
If You’re a Junior Designer, Join an Established UX Team
Ben’s Story I recently spoke with a junior UX designer, Ben, who’s struggled with shifting his career to UX design. Ben’s had two jobs as a junior UX designer. At both jobs, he was the first UX designer the organization had ever hired. Ben told me about the politics at his first UX job: The […]
Choose Your Own Adventure to Learn Usability Testing Basics
I originally wrote this article for Center Centre’s blog in 2015. At Center Centre, our students get to choose their own learning adventures. We don’t require students to learn from one specific resource like a book or an online tutorial. Instead, they choose resources and experiences that meet their learning styles and learning needs. As […]
Learning to Code Gives You Advantages as a UX Designer
My friend Bryan recently asked me for career advice. He’s a full-time user experience (UX) designer who works for a large, well-funded startup. Bryan said he sometimes struggles at work because he doesn’t have front-end development skills. He experiences challenges like these: Because he doesn’t know how to code, Bryan doesn’t always use the same […]
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