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AI Adoption in the Workplace Still Low, 2 Years Later

Summary: Designers may think AI features are now familiar to our users, but recent research suggests that adoption is still lower than we might think. Pew Research Center recently published interesting results from a large survey about AI usage in the workplace. In late 2024, they surveyed over 5,000 adults employed in the U.S., with… Continue reading AI Adoption in the Workplace Still Low, 2 Years Later

Kate Moran about UX Leadership and AI in UX Research

“I think UX professionals are better qualified for leadership roles than they (often) realize. That empathy and passion we have for users is just as important when applied to the business and the people you’re responsible for.” – Kate Meet Kate Moran – a globally recognized UX expert, UX researcher, and a Vice President at… Continue reading Kate Moran about UX Leadership and AI in UX Research

In-Person Research: Is It Worth the Effort?

Key takeaways 💡 In-person research allows UX designers to observe micro-gestures, facial expressions, and behaviors that remote methods might miss. 🔍 While face-to-face studies provide rich data, they require higher budgets, careful scheduling, and logistical planning. 🍯 Use in-person research for tasks requiring physical interaction, observing detailed non-verbal cues, or testing early prototypes. 🔦 Clear… Continue reading In-Person Research: Is It Worth the Effort?

Taking Control of Your Design Leadership Role: A Comprehensive Guide

If you’re a design leader, I bet you’ve had moments where you’ve questioned your role and impact. You’re not alone. Many UX professionals, including myself, have found themselves in leadership positions with high expectations but little clarity on how to navigate their responsibilities. This disconnect can lead to frustration, ineffective design efforts, and missed opportunities… Continue reading Taking Control of Your Design Leadership Role: A Comprehensive Guide

Hurry! 30% Cyber Sale Now Live – Don’t Miss Out!

It’s the most wonderful time of the year! Envato’s Annual Cyber Sale is officially live, offering an unbeatable 30% off all plans for the first 12 months. Whether you’re a creative professional, a business owner, or a hobbyist, this is your chance to save big on the resources you need to take your projects to… Continue reading Hurry! 30% Cyber Sale Now Live – Don’t Miss Out!

15 UX research deliverables to convince stakeholders

In this article, we’ll explore 15 essential UX research deliverables that can help you effectively communicate user insights and drive alignment across teams. Key Takeaways 👉 UX research deliverables help connect user needs with stakeholder goals, making it easier to align teams and improve designs. 👉 Clear, simple deliverables show real user insights, helping stakeholders… Continue reading 15 UX research deliverables to convince stakeholders

Your AI UX Intern: Meet Ari

Summary: Work with AI tools in UX the way you’d work with an intern: Treat their work as a first pass, double-check their facts, and provide specific instructions. We’ve long recommended working with AI tools like you might work with an intern — providing lots of instructions, guidance, oversight, and correction. This analogy helps avoid… Continue reading Your AI UX Intern: Meet Ari

Product Testing

Product testing is an essential stage in bringing any new product to market. Before a product is released to consumers, companies will thoroughly test it to identify any flaws or areas for improvement. The goal is to catch issues while the product is still in development. Though testing adds steps in product development,… Continue reading Product Testing

Content Standards in Design Systems

Summary: Content standards in design systems support a holistically consistent user experience and efficient collaboration between writers, content, and UI designers. Efficiency and consistency are always at the top of UX practitioners’ minds, especially for teams facing tight deadlines or resource constraints. While design systems commonly prioritize UI design components and patterns, incorporating content standards… Continue reading Content Standards in Design Systems

AI UX-Design Tools Are Not Ready for Primetime: Status Update

Summary: Our research and evaluation shows that there are currently few design-specific AI tools that meaningfully enhance UX design workflows. AI tools won’t be replacing UX designers any time soon. Currently available LLM-based tools are not shortcutting steps in the design process just yet. Our Study There’s so much marketing hype around AI that it’s… Continue reading AI UX-Design Tools Are Not Ready for Primetime: Status Update

Do You Suffer from User Research Imposter Syndrome?

Learn about lean user research and testing this May with my upcoming workshop. Find out more here or just email me and I’ll tell you all about it. https://cdn.simplecast.com/audio/9a370638-98b2-4070-b6d0-c16b5b5c99b3/episodes/35e18724-4f1e-46b8-a472-a50b0236a845/audio/7eda2666-8c08-42fb-a8c4-b35343002c1c/default_tc.mp3?nocache Listen to this post and subscribe using Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Spotify or RSS Hi all. I’ll go out on a limb and hope I’m not… Continue reading Do You Suffer from User Research Imposter Syndrome?

Test smart: How to validate product on a business-facing level?

It took a long time since my story How to Select Testing Techniques for an Agile Team was published (if you ask me what happened in between, the short answer will be: a war in Ukraine and a career pivot). The mentioned story focused on Agile Testing Quadrants, a method presented by Lisa Crispin and… Continue reading Test smart: How to validate product on a business-facing level?

6 Smartphone Overhead Tripods for Perfect Top-Down Videos

If you’re into food blogging or product photography, capturing the perfect shot often means shooting from above. Overhead photography brings focus to your subject by eliminating extra dimensions. But, snapping those perfect 90-degree overhead shots isn’t always straightforward, especially when using a smartphone. To nail those top-down photos, you need a reliable overhead tripod. While… Continue reading 6 Smartphone Overhead Tripods for Perfect Top-Down Videos

How you can create non-obvious UX research insights

6 tips to sidestep “we already knew it” feedback on a research report Image on https://www.nirandfar.com/hindsight-bias/ Every UX researcher wonders how they can create amazing insights that go beyond expectations and elicit a ‘wow!’ reaction from their audience. Despite conducting numerous rounds of interviews, sometimes our research reports can seem too plain and bland if they… Continue reading How you can create non-obvious UX research insights

Software accessibility for users with Dyslexia

It is estimated that 15% of the population has Dyslexia. In absolute numbers this means that 30 million adults in the USA alone are dyslexic and a lot of them don’t even know — because it is often not diagnosed. Dyslexia is a cognitive disability where the brain has difficulties to manipulate the sounds and letters of… Continue reading Software accessibility for users with Dyslexia

Software accessibility for users with Attention Deficit Disorder (ADHD)

When discussing accessibility, the first person that pops into the minds of people is probably a person in a wheelchair. Thinking about software accessibility, the next two types of disabilities might come into mind are blindness and deafness. These are three types of disabilities most people commonly think of when talking about accessibility: blindness, deaf… Continue reading Software accessibility for users with Attention Deficit Disorder (ADHD)

How to increase the UX maturity of Scrum teams

Investing in the UX skills of a Scrum Team delivers a huge return. Learn how. In this article you will learn: Why enabling Scrum Teams with UX Design capabilities is important. Why introducing UX capabilities to Scrum team is frequently hard. What is the job of an UX Leader in a product development organization. How to use… Continue reading How to increase the UX maturity of Scrum teams

Design and development during turbulent times

Usually we are talking about design in a perfect environment: stable internet connection, various tools to use, enough time and safe placement, but what if we erase all of those conditions and put war in your country instead of them? In this article, I will tell you how to design during a crisis. Hello, my name… Continue reading Design and development during turbulent times

How to Make Your Web Developer Portfolio Stand Out

The rise of the internet has changed how we interact with the rest of the world. We are constantly connected to one another and have access to vast resources for education, entertainment, and business. Yet, the continued practicality of these technologies relies on the talents of web developers to provide interfaces and structures. One of… Continue reading How to Make Your Web Developer Portfolio Stand Out

Which Soft Skills Make Solid Results in Parenting & Business, Together?

Parenting seems unrelated to business, but most of the people see it differently, it is very much related to people skills – and people skills are necessary for business as well. Our today question is ‘Which Soft Skills make Solid Results in Parenting & Business, together?‘. The writer Bea Wray covers her observation and understanding… Continue reading Which Soft Skills Make Solid Results in Parenting & Business, Together?

Which Soft Skills Make Solid Results in Parenting & Business, Together?

How to Work for Free Without Wrecking Your Career

Choosing to work for free, pro bono, gratis, without charge is something that most of us find ourselves doing at one time or another. Whether we’re filling a hole in our portfolio, there’s a friend or relative we feel beholden to, or because there’s an opportunity to aid a cause we value. Recently, I agreed… Continue reading How to Work for Free Without Wrecking Your Career

The Ultimate Guide to Creating a Socially Conscious Web Design

June 10, 2021 by Sangalang Kristine Leave a Comment A socially conscious web design prioritizes the experiences of users over aesthetics. Design working hand-in-hand with social responsibility is a fairly new concept. It is only in the recent decades that we have started to call out stereotypes reflected in conceptualizing web design. Web design, or… Continue reading The Ultimate Guide to Creating a Socially Conscious Web Design