A friend recently asked me how to shift his career to UX. He told me he wants to be a user researcher. This surprised me because most people in his position want to become a UX designer, not a researcher. I asked him why he wanted to go directly into user research. He told me: […]
Should You Read Fiction to Be a Better UX Designer?
A few years ago, I listened to a podcast interview with a well-known UX designer. During the episode, when discussing UX books, the designer said, “Stop reading so many UX books and business books. Pick up a novel for crying out loud! Good designers need to learn more than just design skills.” When I heard […]