UX Café » English http://www.uxcafe.de Ein Podcast über das Netz im Allgemeinen und User Experience im Speziellen. Thu, 13 Jun 2013 19:56:31 +0000 de-DE hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.4 iOS 7 http://www.uxcafe.de/2013/06/ios7/ http://www.uxcafe.de/2013/06/ios7/#comments Thu, 13 Jun 2013 19:50:22 +0000 http://www.uxcafe.de/?p=323 Hot on the heels of Apple’s recent iOS 7 announcement we’re discussing exactly that: Apple’s new iOS 7. Is it a good experience? Is it a good interaction design? Is it a good visual design? And can Jonathan Ive, besides all his hardware work, really design software? Let’s find out!

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Art vs. Design http://www.uxcafe.de/2012/07/artvsdesign/ http://www.uxcafe.de/2012/07/artvsdesign/#comments Sun, 01 Jul 2012 21:20:23 +0000 http://www.uxcafe.de/?p=317 What’s the self-image of UX professionals? Are we artists? Designers? Consultants? Or more like movie directors? Can we express ourselves within a project? This time, the guys have a little bit of a philosophical discussion.

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Challenges http://www.uxcafe.de/2012/06/challenges/ http://www.uxcafe.de/2012/06/challenges/#comments Sun, 17 Jun 2012 11:04:02 +0000 http://www.uxcafe.de/?p=309 +++ Recorded at UXcamp Europe 2012 +++

What challenges do we face and what to do about it? Together with the awesome crowd at UXcamp Europe, we discussed roadblocks and areas in need for improvement – and how to tackle these fellas to evolve as UX professionals.

Thanks to all UXcamp attendees for a great weekend, and special thanks to the Orga team for pulling this off again – we had fun!

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Of course http://www.uxcafe.de/2012/04/ofcourse/ http://www.uxcafe.de/2012/04/ofcourse/#comments Sat, 21 Apr 2012 11:53:13 +0000 http://www.uxcafe.de/?p=306 Holger brings up Om Malik’s posting The of course principle of design. The thesis: People are trying to wow their customers with their products. Om said: »Don’t wow your customers, just have them go: of course.« The guys have some thoughts about that.

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The Future (Holger’s Talk) http://www.uxcafe.de/2011/11/future-talk/ http://www.uxcafe.de/2011/11/future-talk/#comments Sun, 13 Nov 2011 22:10:45 +0000 http://www.uxcafe.de/?p=290 Predicting the future is easy – at least that’s what Holger thinks. What is the future of our digital world? What is the future of the Internet, of television, movies, books, music, social networks and communication? What devices will we have in the future and how will we interact with them? And what does this all mean for our work as UX designers today? Hear how the digital revolution is transforming our lives right now and where the market is heading in the next few years.

This is a recording of a talk at IxDA Berlin on November 2nd, 2011.

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Change Management http://www.uxcafe.de/2011/06/change-management/ http://www.uxcafe.de/2011/06/change-management/#comments Sun, 26 Jun 2011 21:51:46 +0000 http://www.uxcafe.de/?p=270 If we just do our job with user research, information architecture, wireframes and stuff, chances are high to build a useless website with lots of bad content. In his talk at UXcamp Europe, Stefan focusses on the business side of large-scale UX projects. His talk offers food for thought on why we need to align stakeholders, how to do it, and how to sell change management methods.

Thanks to all UXcamp attendees who attended the session, and special thanks to those who participated in the discussion!

Attendees who spoke up gave consent for publication of this recording. Apologies for the sub-standard audio quality in the first few minutes (mobile phone interference).

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The Future of UX http://www.uxcafe.de/2011/06/future/ http://www.uxcafe.de/2011/06/future/#comments Sun, 19 Jun 2011 18:00:12 +0000 http://www.uxcafe.de/?p=257 +++ Recorded at UXcamp Europe +++

Are we going to evolve into tie-wearing consultants? Do UX pros matter at all a few years down the road? And how do Africa and refrigerators fit in? Together with the awesome folks at UXcamp Europe, we discussed the future of our profession.

Thanks to all UXcamp attendees for a marvelous weekend, and special thanks to the Orga team – we had fun!

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Storytelling (Recorded by accident) http://www.uxcafe.de/2011/03/storytelling-recorded-by-accident/ http://www.uxcafe.de/2011/03/storytelling-recorded-by-accident/#comments Sun, 06 Mar 2011 22:34:39 +0000 http://www.uxcafe.de/?p=193 After recording a regular episode, Tom and Holger got into a heated discussion about storytelling – and the recorder was still running.

They discuss the matter mostly in the context of advertising. The gist of Holgers argument is that a good ad has to show the pain. Tom on the other hand says: It’s not necessary to show the pain if one can identify with the people and the situation in the ad – “I have to recognize my problems being solved.”

A supplemental comment by Tom:

Well, unscripted conversations aren’t always terribly well structured in their arguments ;). At 17:10 I refer to a psychology experiment (Dutton and Aron, 1974) that I’m not sure I ever manage to correctly relate to the discussion. It’s a damn interesting study, none-the-less, so here are two links to its Wikipedia description: Misattribution of arousal and Two factor theory of emotion. It turns out that the mapping between physiological states and specific emotions is more complicated than imagined in this work and it’s an on-going area of research. I think it elevates the quality of our discussion as a profession, however, when we can reference such work – and this, to my mind, is yet another reason to fight for much more open access to areas of the so-called ‘deep Web’.

Both Tom and Holger have some interessting points to make, but be warned: We earned that explicit rating in iTunes for a reason – this episode contains more four-letter words than all previous episodes combined!

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How to write the perfect pop song http://www.uxcafe.de/2010/07/popsong/ http://www.uxcafe.de/2010/07/popsong/#comments Thu, 22 Jul 2010 21:41:57 +0000 http://www.uxcafe.de/?p=109 According to our secret holiday schedule, it’s time for another episode! At UXcamp Holger talked about song-writing, creativity, shitty first drafts, and teaching stuff. The title is »How to write the perfect pop song« – and yes, indeed, this has a lot to do with User Experience!

A video recording of Holger’s talk is available on Vimeo, thanks to Marian Steinbach (uxzentrisch.de).

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Zombie Personas http://www.uxcafe.de/2010/06/zombie-personas/ http://www.uxcafe.de/2010/06/zombie-personas/#comments Mon, 21 Jun 2010 19:00:44 +0000 http://www.uxcafe.de/?p=97 This is by far the nerdiest episode we ever did, so fasten your seat belts. In his session at UXcamp, Tom said: "Personas – love ‘em or hate ‘em – you can’t not use ‘em. Either you have zombies, or you have living ones." In this recording of his session he talks about different kinds of zombies like Mirror Personas, Undead Personas, Unicorn Personas or Stupid User Personas. He gives advice on how to avoid these fellas and how to make good use of living personas during a project. As a bonus, Tom explains why 37signals doesn’t need personas at all.

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UXcamp Europe 2010 http://www.uxcafe.de/2010/06/uxcampeurope2010/ http://www.uxcafe.de/2010/06/uxcampeurope2010/#comments Sat, 12 Jun 2010 23:39:58 +0000 http://www.uxcafe.de/?p=84 Note: This is a special, hour-long episode entirely in English. We’d like to thank the organizers of UXcamp Europe 2010 as well as all the attendees who made UXcamp such a great event. Spread the word about UXcamp and see you all next year!

End of May, 400 UX pros from all over Europe came together in Berlin to discuss User Experience and exchange knowledge. Volker Gersabeck and Henning Grote, two of the organizers, answered all the curious questions by Holger, Tom and Stefan: How the idea for UXcamp was born, what they had to organize upfront, what the BarCamp spirit is like, and what feedback they’ve got from sponsors and attendees.

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