I like design sprints. In Alan Cooper’s mind, I’m now a fake designer. Right now thousands of faux designers are trying to find ways to justify the existence of design sprints. Can’t do it. https://t.co/kbiGSGl4oH — Alan Cooper (@MrAlanCooper) October 24, 2017 But I like them, when used correctly, in the correct context. Design sprints … Continue reading “In defense of design sprints”

Want to know why everyone over a certain age gets mad when they have to buy your software? When I was 13 I bought software (mostly games and the occasional writing application) from a stand at the farmer’s market, on 3 1/2 inch floppy disks wrapped in shrink wrap. It ran on my dad’s Tandy … Continue reading “We didn’t have these problems when I was your age, before you stepped on my lawn”

Call it “Page integrity testing” (or PIT), call it the UX Review part of QA, call it just “testing”, but every UX Designer whose work gets through a team will eventually get asked to validate the project’s work. (Note: if you are not being asked to validate work at the end of a sprint that … Continue reading “Page Integrity Testing”