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Riander Blog: On what holds UX back or propels UX forward in the workplace
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On Experience Design Practice, Management, and Organizational Strategy. Monday, January 28, 2013. On what holds UX back or propels UX forward in the workplace. A version of this post has been published as a blog post for interactions magazine. Last month, Dan Rosenberg authored an interactions. In my courses and workshops, we identify all sorts of reasons UX isn't as influential as it might or should be, and we often do so in part via use of a simple "speedboat exercise" as I described in a UX Magazine a...
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Riander Blog: Words (and definitions) matter; however...
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On Experience Design Practice, Management, and Organizational Strategy. Thursday, October 26, 2006. Words (and definitions) matter; however. In a blog entry I posted a bit more than a year ago, I asked, " Is 'user' the best word? Referring to a personal experience where use of that word led to confusion, and referring to multiple recommendations for alternatives to it. The word 'user,' which was helpful in early engineering environments, is problematic in today's broader context. . Computer users...The p...
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Riander Blog: A matter of semantics…
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On Experience Design Practice, Management, and Organizational Strategy. Monday, April 20, 2015. A matter of semantics…. A version of this post has been published as an interactions magazine blog post. In 2005, I wrote a blog post entitled, “ Is 'user’ the best word? 8221; followed a year later by “ Words (and definitions) matter; however…. Jack Dorsey dropped its use at Square. Margaret Gould Stewart revealed that Facebook sort of banished the term. 8220;the next time you begin to ask about your users.
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Riander Blog: April 2015
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On Experience Design Practice, Management, and Organizational Strategy. Monday, April 20, 2015. A matter of semantics…. A version of this post has been published as an interactions magazine blog post. In 2005, I wrote a blog post entitled, “ Is 'user’ the best word? 8221; followed a year later by “ Words (and definitions) matter; however…. Jack Dorsey dropped its use at Square. Margaret Gould Stewart revealed that Facebook sort of banished the term. 8220;the next time you begin to ask about your users.
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Riander Blog: "There is only so much air in the room"
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On Experience Design Practice, Management, and Organizational Strategy. Friday, May 09, 2008. There is only so much air in the room". Listening to the great Bill Moyers tell Charlie Rose. Course earlier this year. John argued that you ultimately need to pose the following question to those who have the power now: "Is it better to have a small part of a bigger thing or a big part of a small thing? 8221; Hence, in an engineering-dominated company, it is engineering that needs to be convinced that by giving...
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Riander Blog: Soft skills
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On Experience Design Practice, Management, and Organizational Strategy. Wednesday, June 11, 2008. Facilitation skills are among those so-called "soft skills" that many argue are critical to the success of experience management and non-management personnel who more often than not find themselves working in " hostile territory. As Lisa Anderson, Director of User Experience at Autodesk, argued during her appearance as a guest speaker in my recent User Experience Managers and Executives Speak course. And sin...
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OE Strategy Blog: The value of local professional events
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Experience research, strategy, and design thinking for organizations seeking to make a positive difference in the world. Friday, January 10, 2014. The value of local professional events. We particularly like the programs in which we can participate. We've both led such programs, including my interview of Jon Kolko and Don Norman. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). The value of local professional events. Simple template. Powered by Blogger.
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Riander Blog: Realities, dilemmas, framings, ...
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On Experience Design Practice, Management, and Organizational Strategy. Wednesday, April 30, 2008. Realities, dilemmas, framings, . Thanks for your presentation. You're the only presenter to have spoken about the dilemmas we face. Most of the other speakers have been providing their 3- or 4-part prescriptions for success almost as if we will confront no challenges to following them! Early in the month as part of a presentation at HCIEd08. What claims did I make about that everyday reality? In San Francis...
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Riander Blog: Out with the Old, In with the New: A Conversation with Don Norman & Jon Kolko
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On Experience Design Practice, Management, and Organizational Strategy. Monday, November 14, 2011. Out with the Old, In with the New: A Conversation with Don Norman and Jon Kolko. Magazine.) I've also moderated several panels of three or more people. However, the best of these, for multiple reasons (some very personal), might have been the most recent: a "conversation" with Don Norman and Jon Kolko, which took place at the Academy of Art University (AAU) in San Francisco the evening of September 30, 2011.
